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  • The Nativity

    The Nativity

  • An Open Letter to Priests at a Time of Scandal in the Church

    An Open Letter to Priests at a Time of Scandal in the Church

    Having spent a week in Rome, I’m moved over and over again by my encounters with holy priests. (Yes, they exist!) To all my priest friends whom I look up to as fathers and older brothers, please know there is someone who prays for you specially – little me. I have no words to tell…

  • Isang Araw sa Buhay ng Isang Musikera ng Simbahan

    Isang Araw sa Buhay ng Isang Musikera ng Simbahan

    Alas-tres ng madaling araw. Maririnig mo nang tumutunog ang celphone/alarm clock mo. Ang sarap pa sana matulog, pero ayaw mong ma-late ulit. Bumangon ka at nanalangin na bigyan ka ng lakas para sa araw na ito ng Panginoon. Naligo pero hindi na muna kumain bilang paghahanda sa Misa at Komunyon. Madalas, problema ang pagpunta sa…

  • Visitation

    Visitation

  • Raising Future Astronomers: How to Get Your Kids Interested in Astronomy

    Raising Future Astronomers: How to Get Your Kids Interested in Astronomy

    A fellow-amateur astronomer once joked that we amateur astronomers tend to promote our hobby with quasi-religious zeal.  Indeed, when the editor-in-chief of this website suggested that I contribute an article about getting kids interested in astronomy, I enthusiastically agreed, not wanting to waste this opportunity to recruit more people to this hobby that I love.…

  • Annunciation

    Annunciation

  • I Wanted To Be A Cool Mom

    I Wanted To Be A Cool Mom

    Everything was going according to plan – or so I thought. At a pretty young age I decided I wanted to get married and have my own family.  In fact, by the time I graduated in elementary school, I already had a timeline on when these things should happen.  A year before I graduate in…

  • Crazy Rich Asians: A Movie Review

    Crazy Rich Asians: A Movie Review

    In all honesty, I was skeptical about this movie. I’ve seen books like Crazy Rich Asians before. To me, books about rich people are all about first world problems and backstabbing melodrama better suited for a reality show. My question going into this movie: “How I was going to relate to anything?” The answer was…

  • Viva Cristo Rey

    Viva Cristo Rey

    On trembling kneesI offer thee my Kingno price of goldof studded ringno fragrant oilfrom merchants oldno bounty harvestof my father’s soil Behold my KingThis servant chaste, possessThy Sacred HeartQueen Mother’s blest With steady handsand beads and twineto praise and serveThy Majesty Divine And if beads do count each Hail MaryThen my King, my Savior, all…

  • Musings

    Musings

  • Blessed and Beautiful

    A guest post by Alma Alvarez. KAIROS — this is the special time appointed by God. It is the Lord’s IN-THE-MEANTIME, pansamantalang panahon kung saan kahit hindi natin nakikita, may ginagawa Sya sa buhay natin. That is where I am right now.   I believe that my present state of life is where the Lord wants me…

  • A Character Report Card for Catholic Homeschoolers

    We’ve been using this character report card sporadically for a while now. We updated it recently so we can use it with the 9-year-old who needs this kind of guidance and self-monitoring at this time. So I thought I’d share with other homeschoolers who might be able to use it in their homeschool. You can…