Imagine you got the windfall of a lifetime. You’ve just won the top prize in lotto, which was worth millions of dollars.

It has been reported repeatedly in the media that immediately after Pope Francis’ election, he has been rolling up his sleeves, at least figuratively.

From the earliest times, the changing of the seasons has prompted reflection upon life’s end and what lies beyond the grave.

During my first year in the seminary, in my Religious Education class, our teacher challenged the class and asked if there was anybody who would be able to recite aloud all the Ten Commandments as written in the book of Exodus.

Honestly, I never really got into praying the rosary, but even so, I always admire our senior confreres who keep floating the rosary beads through their hands. And obviously it’s something that keeps them in their service of praying for the world and its people.

Throughout my formation we sometimes prayed the rosary together, but it never became my habit to use the beads for my personal prayer. 

The Philippines, a former colony of Spain, are called after King Philip 2 of Spain. The king wanted to evangelise ...

Many years ago I was reacting to this Parable of the Wedding Banquet as recorded in the Gospel of Mathew 22:1-14

The past few weeks have seen a cluster of parables presented to us.

The past few weeks have seen a cluster of parables presented to us.

Todays' reading are about saying 'Yes' and doing what we say we will do.

Each time we celebrate Mass, and on other occasions when we use formal prayers, we sometimes say words like, "......together with the angels...". Recently I have found myself wondering about those "angels"... I wonder what they are. Are they humanoid creatures with wings that fly around the place? Do they really look like those sad-faced white beings that are often depicted in pious European paintings? And what about Satan and the other "fallen angels"? What are we thinking about when we picture them?

’d like to borrow a very good story from Miguel de Umanumo, a Spanish philosopher and novelist from the 20th century about the origin of hell.

If you are like me, you have probably felt outrage, despair and deep anger reading about the situation in northern Iraq.

The explosive spread of the Ebola virus in several countries of West Africa is alarming health authorities, governments and communities world-wide. 

Jesus has His divine ways to select the members of His cabinet for the Kingdom of God,