Gospel Mk 1:40-45 A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.”
Just overwhelmed
Seeing “LOLO KIKO” Oswald Vas Six million wet, cold and freezing people waited as the rains poured down to catch a glimpse their favorite Pope, “The People’s Pope,” Papa Francisco. I was there feeling proud to be a journalist covering…
To you I call – Music by Aurelio Porfiri
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What are you running away from?
When Peter bumped into Christ Rev. José Mario O. Mandía Outside Rome, along the Via Appia (Appian Way), one of the most ancient of roads, there is a church called the Quo Vadis. The chapel was built in the 17th…
God alone makes us happy
February 18, 2015 – Ash Wednesday Joel 2:12-18; 2 Corinthians 5:20–6:2; Matthew 6:1-6,16-18 Fr Fernando Torres, CMF Claretian Publications We really like to be seen when we do something right. We want to be recognized for doing something good. We…
Returning to the community
February 15, 2015 – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Leviticus 3:1-2,44-46; 1 Corinthians 10:31–11:1; Mark 1:40-45 Fr Fernando Torres, CMF Claretian Publications There is a new miracle in today’s reading. The Old Testament, and the culture of the time, considered…
How parents can educate their children in human sexuality
Giving real love to your child To protect one’s family, as Pope Francis urged, parents have to teach that sex is for total self-giving love. The outline below is based on the Vatican’s Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for…
Showing off
Aurelio Porfiri Please consider with me the following scenarios: your doctor is curing a health problem for you and he demonstrates good medical skills but you are not happy about that; or, your driver shows that he knows how to…
Gaming isn’t good for Manila
Jesus Estanislao, former secretary of finance of the Philippines PEDRO DANIEL OLIVEIRA In Manila, Philippines In an interview with O CLARIM, the former secretary of Finance during Corazon Aquino’s presidency addresses the reality of the Philippines in a spirit of mission,…