Pasasalamat

Salamat Panginoon,
sapagkat minahal mo ako
Sapagkat ako ay ako.
’Di dahil sa aking sariling kabutihan,
o sa pagnanasa kong Ika’y mapaglingkuran
Kundi dahil sa ako ay ako
Ako na ikaw mismo ang lumikha.
’Di dahil sa aking sariling lakas,
Ni sa  pagnanasang masundan ang ang iyong mga yapak
Kundi dahil sa ako ay ako,
Ako na mahal mo.
Sa kabila ng mga tangkang pag-sisikap na [...]

Posted at 6:26 am on October 14, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

Running Away

Reflection on Jonah 1: 1-16 – 2: 1-2, 11
Don’t we all have experiences of running away from God like Jonah?

A few days ago, a friend texted me, telling me that she wanted to talk because she feels so far away from God. Perhaps, of all the people around she asked me for an advice [...]

Posted at 6:51 am on October 5, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

Silent Steps

Have you not heard his silent steps?
He comes, comes, ever comes.

Every moment and every age,
every day and every night he comes, comes, ever comes.

Many a song have I sung in many a mood of mind,
but all their notes have always proclaimed,
`He comes, comes, ever comes.'

In the fragrant days of sunny April through the forest path he comes,
comes, ever comes.

In the rainy gloom of July nights on the thundering chariot of clouds
he comes, comes, ever comes.

In sorrow after sorrow it is his steps that press upon my heart,
and it is the golden touch of his feet that makes my joy to shine.

-Rabindranath Tagore

Recently