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My father mingled with friends of his children sparingly when they visited our home, much more entertained or talked to our visitors after introducing them to him for he was…

Two Sundays ago, we had the story of the disciples being sent out two-by-two and how they performed many miracles on their tour of the villages. Last Sunday’s Gospel told…

Writing the biography of Macario Talan Arcilla Sr., composer of Catanduanes Provincial Anthem, has been my dream for sometime now. Two reasons inspire me: his children are my friends and…

LOVE IT, LOSE IT… HATE IT, GAIN IT FOR ETERNITY Rev. Fr. Rommel Molina Arcilla   We were told, time and again, to love our very own life. I really…

Time is the most abused word in my friend’s dictionary. During weekdays, he performs “time in and out” in the office, weekends at basketball court, he does “time out” to…

(a priest forever) Rev. Fr. Rommel M. Arcilla   “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not…

Marte (not his real name) entered our class in English under Ma’am Araceli Lim, to the surprise of my classmates, to resume his secondary education at fourth year after returning…

(a priest forever) Rev. Fr. Rommel Molina Arcilla   My Father’s House The Gospel last Sunday spoke to us about the only incident in the life of Christ when He…

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Catanduanes Provincial Statistics Authority reported last week that marriages in 2020 declined by over two-thirds compared weddings a year earlier. Citing the preliminary marriage statistics…

When we were young, we wanted to grow old but now that we are old, we wish to be young.  We must be realistic: feeling young, looking young and thinking…