Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I...
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“Behold, I make all things new.”
Task Force Noah for Typhoon Frank Victims
Typhoon FRANK (International Codename: Fengsen) caused vast damage to life, property and livelihood of our follow countrymen over the weekend. As of the latest report, the number of casualties has been increasing. Damage was greatly felt in some regions where the actual path of the typhoon crossed. Almost the entire province of Iloilo is...
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Re: in making our new year resolutions
Am sure we all have plans for major personality (and physical?) overhauls this coming 2008. Or maybe there are work/ relational goals that we want to target for the new year. Either way, before we get too excited by all the planning and the listings, let us remind ourselves of the disposition in making...
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Christology in the Parables
I find Pope Benedict’s book Jesus of Nazareth such an insightful work. Particularly, His Holiness helped enriched the way I see Christ’s parables.
Echoing the sentiment of Reynor’s earlier post, a study of the parables as Jesus’ unique way of teaching is often a worthy exercise, specially as they are just beautiful and reveals to...
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He scourges every son He acknowledges…
The strongest argument atheists have for the non-existence of God is the presence of suffering. For surely, if God exists, and God is love and God is good, He would put an end to suffering. The presence of pain therefore justifies God’s absence…or worse His rather sadistic nature.
Christianity doesn’t go around the question of...
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OPLAN BASILAN
Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan (SLB) and ADMU DREAM Team launched OPLAN (Operation Peace Plan for) BASILAN as a concrete response to the growing humanitarian crisis in Mindanao in the light of the continuous military operations against the Muslim extremists. The fund drive will start today and will run up to August 31, 2007. This...
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EGAY TYPHOON MEDICAL MISSION
Typhoon EGAY (International Codename:Sepat) affected 631,262 individuals, 455 villages, 17 cities in Metro Manila, Cordillera, Southern and Central Luzon. Damage to property is estimated at P20 million. 5,700 persons have stayed in 40 evacuation centers and many have become ill.
In response, SLB-ADMU DREAM Team (Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan- Ateneo de Manila University Disaster Relief...
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God will know where it went
When I was in third grade, I embarked on a little experiment: I marked my bills with a rubber stamp and a signature before spending them, afterwhich I would wait for the marked money to return to me. In the limited perspective of a child I thought this was rather exciting; envisioning myself later...
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The Selfless Side of Self-Esteem
Many orthodox Christians have waged a battle against the psychological concept of self-esteem, arguing that the very nature of personal worth is inconsistent with the fact that we human beings are only as good as the work of grace in our lives. God-esteem is better than self-esteem — for all things we accomplish begin...
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Chastity And The Temple
We live in a sex-saturated culture; it’s in the air we breathe, the people we meet, the movies we watch. Catholic convert Malcolm Muggeridge describes it aptly when he said that “the orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment.” Chastity is viewed by the world as...
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