Word Alive

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 08:53:55 +0000

  IN a street accident, a lady doctor tried to help the victim but sudden­ly a nurse came in and said arrogantly, “Miss, excuse me. Everybody please step back! I’m a nurse. I’ve had a course in first aid and I’m trained in giving CPR.” As the nurse broke through the cu­rious crowd, she turned […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 16:45:40 +0000

  ONE Sunday morning after say­ing Mass at the Sacred Heart Church in Kamuning, Quezon City, a couple approached me and warmly greeted: “Father, we’re from this parish. We’re lay missionaries work­ing in Papua New Guinea and we’re on vacation.” Then they related their interesting mission work. * * * Nowadays, some renewal com­munities like […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 16:30:57 +0000

  A PRIEST, visiting a remote village chapel, delivered a 30-minute sermon on “Gratitude.” At the con­clusion of the sermon, he said, “And remember, however small the gift, always be grateful to the Lord.” Later, when it was time for the col­lection, an usher used the priest’s hat to take up the offering. * * […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2019 16:30:43 +0000

  DID you know that long before the soft drink Coke was ever produced, the Bible had already a commercial on it? The “ad” goes: “Have a Coke.” In Hebrew, Ha-bak-kuk! Levity aside, “Habakkuk” is the name of an obscure prophet in the Old Testament. In the first reading of this 27th Sunday, we read […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 16:30:53 +0000

  TODAY, September 29, is National Seafarers Sunday. According to the office of the Apostleship of the Sea in Manila headed by Fr. Paulo Prigol, CS, di­rector and chaplain, “seafarers” is a broad term which refers to peo­ple working in ships, active and retired seamen, fishermen, those waiting for maritime employment, including maritime students. * […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 17:00:40 +0000

  “A FACE that only a mother can love,” so goes an old dictum. With God, that should be rephrased, thus: “God loves faces that even mothers cannot love.” This divine love is actually ex­pressed in the book of Isaiah, which says: “Can a woman forget her baby and not love the child she bore? […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 16:30:51 +0000

  THERE’S an amusing fable about a smart dog who talk­ed out his two friend-ducks to fly him from north to south. The dog prepared for the trip by tying the ends of a long, stout cord to each of the duck’s necks. With his strong jaws he grabbed the cord at its middle and […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 17:37:58 +0000

  A STORY is told about a good and devout Catholic baran­gay chairman who died and off he went to the next life. In the afterlife, one either goes to the top floor called “heaven” where the righteous get their reward of eternal bliss. Those who have venial sins go to the second floor called […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 17:00:24 +0000

  ONE day, a father bought lot­to tickets on his way home and distributed them to his fam­ily members, including their lolo (grandfather). When the winning numbers were published the next day, lo and behold, the ticket given to the grandfather won the jackpot prize of P20 million. * * * The son was afraid […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 17:30:13 +0000

  ONCE there was a chronic gam­bler who said: “I would do any­thing, even the devil’s work, to see the lotto winning numbers ahead of the draw. I would become the rich­est man in the world.” Well, he got his wish. A messen­ger came to his door and handed him a newspaper dated one week […]