The employees of a large multinational corporation got the shock of their lives some years ago when its president announced he was quitting his job
Ages ago, I used to think the word “hang-ups” referred only to a person’s petty insecurities, say, a manager’s being annoyed by a subordinate’s brilliance
“We’re all called to be great saints. Don’t miss the opportunity!” This powerful message is broadcast via reruns of a well-loved TV series of the
Let’s face it – most of us live in the worst moments of our lives. Something bad happened to us ten or twenty years ago,
Did you know that work in the “corporate jungle” could be a lot less overwhelming, stressful, or boring if only people would start remembering and
The question of moral leadership leads us to the example of American President Abraham Lincoln who struggled with the sufferings of a divided nation but
“A chair is still a chair even when there’s no one sitting there…but a chair is not a house…and a house is not a home
We’ve all heard it said that some marriages are “made in heaven,” but couples who have been married a long time and those who have
It’s very easy to like priests who are charismatic personalities and knock-out preachers. It’s easy to appreciate those who have great PR skills, those who
After keeping the ritual of waving palm fronds on Palm Sunday to commemorate Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Christian believers (the practicing, the nominal, and
We Catholics are a fortunate lot. Unlike our Muslim friends who need to observe a daytime fast for thirty whole days during Ramadan, Catholics need
Is the company you work for one of the country’s biggest corporations? If so, does profit sharing factor into its mission? Profit sharing is that
I once read the touching story of a mother and her two young children who wandered through the forest for three days during the French
The story of Christmas is an endless tale of humanity’s unending search for Christ. According to biblical accounts of Christ’s birth, the shepherds “went with
The death of a loved one is perhaps the most difficult of life’s circumstances. It’s a pain that never goes away. I know this for
I came across a feature story in one of our leading newspapers detailing how Filipinos can get started with another 500 years of Christianity. It
It’s been thirty-nine years since my husband Lino and I said our “I do’s” on the morning of June 12, 1982 in a Catholic church
We all may have encountered several Marys, Marthas and Lazaruses in our lives. The biblical account of Jesus’ visit to Bethany to three of His
I can relate to Catholic Stand author Dennis Dillon’s sentiment about ingrates being the worst kind of human beings, and they are legion. I’ve met
Every so often there is an uproar of public excitement among the Filipino faithful over news from neighbors of a “perspiring” or ”bleeding” statue, or
Since stricter lockdowns were imposed in certain regions of the Philippines two months ago, I’ve thought about how the saints in heaven would have coped
Easter reminds us that as a result of Christ’s death on the Cross we are all called to die to ourselves – to our old
