Are Prayers Retroactive?
Are Prayers Retroactive? Recently I had an experience with a loved one having a possibly serious illness, and we prayed that the results of medical tests would be far more lighter than a...
Are Prayers Retroactive? Recently I had an experience with a loved one having a possibly serious illness, and we prayed that the results of medical tests would be far more lighter than a...
If things go well let’s rejoice, blessing God, who makes them prosper. And if they go wrong? Let’s rejoice, blessing God, who allows us to share the sweetness of his cross.
…But before you think about leaving, since they’re all the same anyway, and the whole institution is hopelessly out of touch with the world, please think of this.
It has been some months (almost a year, in fact), since I wrote the Blog Article “God is an Embarrassment in Our Lives”. The main premise is easy enough to understand: we’ve treated God...
On August 9, 2012, in the face of monsoon rains that caused massive and widespread floods in Manila, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) called for the people to pray the Oratio...
There is a parable in the Bible that describes Heaven as “landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard”. In the morning he found laborers in need of...
In these times of war, natural calamities, and personal pain, it is a common question with believers that why does evil happen to those who are good? In my previous post, I challenged each...
In these desperate times of disaster and crisis, here is an appropriate prayer to make: “Almighty Father, we raise our hearts to You in gratitude for the wonders of creation of which we are...
I found this while looking for a prayer for the disaster victims of the Dumaguete earthquake. It is three years old, but it is an appropriate prayer guide for our brothers and sisters in...
We actually don’t know what to do with God. At least, we don’t know how to share our feelings about Him without seeming awkward or out of place. We go to the weekly Mass,...