Matthew 4:1-11; First Sunday of Lent Much of Manila has changed since I left more than a decade ago. Along Katipunan there are far more high rise buildings. The site where a former school used to stand is now a sosyal (fancy) shopping mall. We also have the second largest parking lot in Manila, otherwise…
Month: February 2026
Magnets – Jett Villarin, SJ
Matthew 4:1-11, First Sunday of Lent Magnets are fascinating objects. The natural ones (like magnetite) have electrons spinning about all in the same direction, giving rise to force fields that either attract or repel other objects. We even give labels such as “poles” (north or south) to explain that like poles repel while opposite poles…
Breaking the Rules – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Matthew 5:20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37; Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Imagine that we’re the bunch of slaves God has rescued from Egypt. After 430 years of slavery, we’re free! From our great-grandparents down to our apos, we knew no other life except the life of a slave. The Egyptians cursed and swore at us with…
The Real Influencers – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Matthew 5:13-16, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time “You are the salt of the earth…you are the light of the world.” When Jesus said thesewords, I imagine, he must’ve been gazing at his friends for a while and felt very proud of them.Like the way, you parents, sometimes find yourselves just looking at your kids and…
Blessed – Jett Villarin, SJ
Matthew 5:1-12a, Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time To be alive is to be fed at varying frequencies. Take breathing. We need to bring in fresh air every few seconds or so. We cannot skip breathing for longer than several minutes. After an hour or so, we need to drink water. After a quarter of a…
One Lost Sheep 