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Drawing… »

When invitations come, it doesn’t mean that you are invited to join the food galore. You are invited because the celebrant wants to share with you their special day. Just last week I received three invitations from three close friends. One just celebrated today and the other two will commence one month apart. To be [...]

Inay »

A Heartwarming Mother and Son Story
by Seminarian Verge “Brother Utoy” Dalangin SSS
OTWOMD Guest Blogger
for “The Voice” series
The first time I put my vocation story into writing, I had a friend to comment on it for me. He then told me that after going through my 5-page essay, it wasn’t too bad at all, [...]

Alfred Hrdlicka’s blasphemous and twisted Jesus orgy artwork spurs uproar in Austria »

A clamor is heating up in Austria at this moment over a much debated art work done by Alfred Hrdlicka. In the said blasphemous art, the drawing shows scenes of the passion with characters engaging themselves in homosexual tendencies. In one of the drawings of the last supper, Jesus and his disciples was depicted [...]

Kami Naman (It’s our turn) »

Remember when you were a kid and you only see nuns, priests and seminarians in the premises of orphanages, cloisters and churches? Now time has changed and even priests, religious and formandees are out on the net to proclaim God’s Word. Men and women in cassocks and habits (or formerly in habits) are already taking [...]

Analyzing CBCP: shedding light on the controversial statement »

It was on February 26, 2007 that the Filipinos waited till the early evening of Tuesday this week for the result of the CBCP emergency meeting. People held on to their boob tubes awaiting for news of the bishops’ statement regarding the current political crisis in our country. Until about the time that the News [...]

Behold the Faces of Evil »

This is the infamous “Solidarity Walk” done since time immemorial to “show-off” that the whole cabinet is behind the President. Who cares? no one gives a damn since all of the President’s minions are just tentacles of the evil personified by Sec. Neri’s words and are just bunch of executive puppets. The PR adviser [...]

Vigilance »

vig·i·lance [noun] - watchfulness: the condition of being watchful and alert, especially to danger
Cardinal Sin was the iconic Archbishop of Manila who called on the people in rallying to EDSA that toppled two corrupt presidents. The people had a firm voice then in the person of Cardinal Sin. He was so charismatic and credible that [...]

Ensemble »

en·sem·ble (noun) - something formed by several items: something created from a number of individual parts put together deliberately
Like in biblical accounts, people who are “tapped” by Divine inspiration are often opened to the reality and gravity of accountability and responsibility to the people and to God. This realization often results in sudden movement of [...]

Transition. Evolution. Vocation! »

A Thirty Year Journey of Heeding The Call
by Seminarian Jhoen B. Buenaventura
OTWOMD Guest Blogger
for “The Voice” series
Discovery of one’s unique calling can be like a roller coaster ride, a trek that can truly make or break someone depending on the authenticity of his or her quest. Mine took thirty years of colorful journey… [...]

Michael and the Devil (part 1 of 4) »

THE DEVIL DOES NOT EXIST
The story which you are about to read is a full account of my personal experience before I entered the seminary. If you have any heart disease and anxiety attack, I suggest you skip this story to shield you from further exacerbation of your condition. I decided to disclose this [...]

It Started With A Song »

THE POWER TO FLY, THE WILL TO DREAM
I can’t get enough of this song of Jeffrey Osborneand later revived by Martin Nievera and Regine Velasquez. That’s why I wrote a follow up my previous entry below which I just recently posted last night. There are so many levels of this song that I cannot ignore [...]

Not Again…!!! »

I’ve been tagged again by a fellow blogger. When will this tagging ever end? It is like a vicious cycle. It goes on and on and the more you tag people, the more they tag you. I got this from a dear friend Onllarena who will be back home here in the Philippines this coming [...]

How Many Pinoys Do You Know? »

Aside from Manny Pacquiao who made a name for the Philippines in Boxing, there were also three Pinay Mt. Everest climbers who made a name recently as the first Southeast Asian Women to climb the tallest peak of the world namely Noelle Wenceslao, Carina Dayondon and Janet Belarmino. Filipinos are already making waves here and [...]

My Regency In Retrospect »

A Glimpse Into The World Of SVD Regency
by Seminarian Felmar C. Fiel SVD
OTWOMD Guest Blogger
for “The Voice” series
Formation is a matter of widening horizons! This is how I define my nine years of seminary formation. From a naive young college boy in the Divine Word Formation Center of Davao nine years ago, I [...]

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