Jesus, our spirit and life
IN this Sunday’s Gospel, Peter remarked to Jesus, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” Such is Peter’s testament of unwavering faith and fidelity…
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Lorna Tolentino: What being ‘single and happy’ looks like
EVERY time the “Ber” months are about to start, I get a sense of nostalgia and astonishment on how fast the year goes by. This year has been bittersweet for…
Philippine Chamber Singers give their all to Original Pilipino Music at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Part I of II “I AM with you wherever you are. I am with you forevermore. There is no other love more than my love for you. I am with…
Allan Renier R. Mendez, DPT: “Failures build the sweetest success!”
DREAMS don’t only visit us during sleep, they also come even when we are wide awake, and we call them ambition. The realization of dreams becomes more impactful and significant…
Do you have sleep apnea?
TODAY, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), as a distinct medical entity, is becoming more known and understood, compared to ten or twenty years ago. It’s relationship to increased risk of cardiovascular…
The bucket list: Grazing in the grass (Part 2)
“…The saddest thing about life is to be forgotten as though you never lived… (Twelfth of a series) (2nd of 2 parts) [Select a handful of those things in your…
Musings on how to live life
There is much talk about positive thoughts and ideas on how to live life. So many people share tips on how to live a happy life. Some say, pray harder,…
Fr. Alden Sison’s pastoral creativity and culturally competent servant leadership
Part III of III of St. Genevieve High School’s transformative purpose of nurturing students’ potentials and building hearts “Love today invites us to look beyond the short-term, taking a concern…
Best fall haircuts for men and women
THE start of a new season means different things to different people. But as a hair expert, it primarily means one thing for me: new season equals new haircut. As…
Hope for the Catholic Church
ONCE again, Jesus insists on claiming to call himself the “bread of life” in this Sunday’s Gospel (John 6:51-58). “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever…
Queries from readers
CAN tubal ligation be reversed? Ligation of the fallopian tubes, performed for birth control, can be reversed to allow pregnancy to take place, depending on how long a segment of…
Sculptra® Aesthetic: Your facial skin’s new ‘BFF’
THEY say we start aging at 30. Now if you are in your 40s to 60s, that would mean about 10 to 30 years of aging process. But do we…
The bucket list: Grazing in the Grass
(Twelfth of a series – 1st of 2 parts) “…If life is like driving on the freeway, it is supposedly a time when you begin to downshift your gears, getting…
Jesus Christ’s spirit in me
“My health may fail, my body may age, but my love, faith and hope in God will remain frim and strong.” WHY do I keep believing in Jesus Christ and his teachings? This…
St. Genevieve High School: Its transformative purpose of building hearts and nurturing students’ potential
Part II of III Series “I recalled the Columbine shooting only four months earlier [1999] and challenged the students [Class 2000] to live the lessons learned from that horrific event….
Genital herpes and tea
WHAT is genital herpes? Genital Herpes is an infection caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV). Type 1 HSV causes oral herpes, involving the lips and mouth. Oral herpes could manifest…
The bucket list: Let the music move you
(Eleventh of a series) “… And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. —Ascribed to Friedrich Nietzsche CARE to…
On feeding one’s body and spirit
“We are what we eat.” THAT’S the tagline that we’ve heard for many years. Proper nutrition has a lot to do with the way we feel, with our physical and…
Alana de la Cruz spreads her ‘golden voice’
ALANA Nicole de la Cruz grew up in a small southern Illinois town across the river from St. Louis, MO. At the tender age of 2, Alana showed her love…
St. Genevieve High School its transformative purpose of building hearts and nurturing students’ potential
Part I of III Series “St. Paul in his letter to the Ephesians tells them that he kneels before the Father praying, “Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.”…
Jenn Cuneta grabs world’s vocal power in the palm of her hands
WHILE female voices maybe comparable in range, it’s still in the musical context that they widely vary especially when trained and well-developed which indubitably will have enormous range. One’s career…
Oxygen, dandruff, female tampons and other facts
WHERE does oxygen come from? Oxygen, which makes up about 20 percent of the air we breathe in, is an odorless, colorless, tasteless gas, that is essential for the production…
The bucket list: Become your own style icon
(Tenth of a series) “… As within, so without…” —Hermes Trismegistus WHILE appearances may deceive, more often than not, what you are is reflected on the outside. Becoming your own…
On traveling and shattering “borders”
“BORDERS? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people,” Thor Heyerdahl, the famous Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer, once said. Heyerdahl is…
How soon is soon enough to learn you have Alzheimer’s?
by Alex Smith Jose Belardo of Lansing, Kan., spent most of his career in the U.S. Public Health Service. He worked on the front lines of disasters in such other…
The departure lounge
LAST year, my wife, Farida, and I were out to lunch with some friends, the youngest ones in their early 70s. During our conversation, a surgical colleague, UP Class ’57,…
The bucket list – God has a list too
(Ninth of a series) ”Sister, do you speak Italian? Can I talk to you? I am angry with God.” I turned my head and it was a beautiful lady, elegantly dressed. I…
The treasure of persistent faith
A PRIEST flew thousands of miles to spend a month with the community of Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India. He was in a stage of discernment for God’s further purpose…
Romulo A. Aromin, Jr., MD: The doctor is “IN”-vogue
Choosing a career could be a vital pronouncement… ostensibly indistinguishable to taking a mate for a lifetime partnership. Other professions are almost impossible to actually gauge whether they were perfect…
Toxic agents in our home
Most cancers, in general, are caused by the body’s repeated exposure to harmful chemicals in our environment. These include tobacco, alcohol, and all dangerous ingredients in common household cleansing agents,…