Throughout the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ, we can see the fundamental and central message of the importance of love for one another. His teachings and acts emphasize the emptiness of a society engulfed by egocentricity.
However, I sense a level of indifference to the plight of many of the “lesser” among us- a “survival...
“Behind mountains are more mountains…” This is a famous Haitian proverb that captures the whole saga of life in Haiti. Five years after the devastating earthquake, the struggle continues as residents seek to rebuild their lives. Many have lost hope of restoring what they had lost, only to surrender in acceptance of what is left...
Somebody once asked me how many loaves and fish did Jesus multiply. I failed the “test”.
I could only defend myself by arguing that what matters about the multiplication of loaves is not the numbers, but the lesson Jesus intended to give. And, definitely, it was not a mathematic lesson on “multiplication,” anyway!
Indeed, of what...
Earlier this year, when the parish priest of Nuestra Señora de Altagracia of Pedernales in the diocese of Barahona in the Dominican Republic left for a month-long vacation in Puerto Rico, he invited some priests to celebrate mass in his parish.
One Sunday, Fr. Jose (the assistant parish priest of San Antonio de Padua parish) and...
Though Japan is widely known to be an earthquake-prone country, the monster “Tohoku Earthquake” of March 11, 2011 was no run-of-the-mill earthquake. Occurring off the Pacific coast of the northeastern part of Japan, this massive magnitude 9.0 quake causing immense tsunami waves and touching off more than 80 aftershocks is thought...
Missionhurst Missionaries build Catholic communities in frontier situations: places where the gospel is not preached or lived. This blog is about their work in the four corners of the globe, and their holistic work in four areas of focus: relief and healthcare, socio-economic development, education, and pastoral work.
