Quiet Storm

Loving, suffering, following – 05 May 2023, Silver Anniversary Fr. Ed Rodriguez Homily

It is always the Lord! – 02 May 2023

It is the Lord, again! – 21 April 2023

It is the Lord! – 20 April 2023

When we are lost, then found – 17 April 2023

Roots – Easter Monday Octave, 10 April 2023

Dying well is living well – Seventh Word, Seven Last Words, 07 April 2023

Love is perfection of life – Sixth Word, Seven Last Words, 06 April 2023

Only God can quench our thirst – Fifth Word, Seven Last Words, 05 April 2023

Our Cross, Our Consolation – Fourth Word, Seven Last Words, 04 April 2023

A model disciple, a beloved disciple – Third Word, Seven Last Words, 03 April 2023

We enter Paradise in the Cross – Second Word, Seven Last Words, 02 April 2023

Our sins, our relationships – First Word, Seven Last Words, 01 April 2023

On turning 58 – 21 March 2023

Rainbow connection – 06 March 2023

Deaths in Lent – 27 February 2023

Post-Valentine notes – 15 February 2023

The Good Nurse: every one must be good – 08 November 2022

When black butterflies mean more than death – 31 October 2022

When we fall, feeling down… – 04 October 2022

The gospel according to Five for Fighting on living & leaving – 20 September 2022

Poverty in priesthood – 01 September 2022

What surprises you? – 25 August 2022

Intimacy and our priestly celibacy – 18 August 2022

Prayerful requests of a priest to parishioners – 08 August 2022

That most sweet 4-letter word, “Dear”– 02 August 2022

The good hands of God, our gift of sight: a prayer for ophthalmologists and their patients – 28 July 2022

Singing, and dancing with my Father – 26 July 2022

Grey areas in the “Gray Man” – 25 July 2022

Life after life after life – Reblog, 17 June 2022

It is after the storm when leaves are greenest… – 15 June 2022

The other half of the sky – Homily, Mary, Mother of the Church, 06 June 2022

Priests and the elections – 19 May 2022

Mary in our troubled time – 13 May 2022, Feast of Fatima Homily

Beauty and blessedness at sunrise – 05 May 2022

He touches me – 26 April 2022

Holiness is in silence – Holy Saturday, 16 April 2022

Holiness is in the Cross – Good Friday, 15 April 2022

Holiness is companionship in Christ – Holy Wednesday, 14 April 2022

Holiness is being true – Holy Wednesday, 13 April 2022

Holiness is being faithful – Holy Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Holiness is being gentle – Holy Monday, 11 April 2022

Faithful, and most loving! – Wedding of Cristopher &Tim San Pedro, 22 February 2022, St Jude National Shrine, Manila

Anniversaries are for the hearts – 14 February 2022, 55th Anniversary of OLFU and FUMC

Musings on Simeon’s Canticle – 02 February 2022

Thoughts on homesickness – 24 January 2022

To rest – magpahinga -is to be filled with God – 19 January 2022

Life directions and freedom – 10 January 2022

The Cross looming at Bethlehem – 29 December 2021

On shedding tears and crying – 23 November 2021

Following Jesus in lights and darkness by Caravaggio – 21 September 2021

My screen this quarantine – when trolls and bullies rule the earth – 15 September 2021

Why the cross of Jesus is a “must” – 14 September 2021

My screen this quarantine – love and respect, the perfect company – 02 September 2021

The Holy month of August – 30 August 2021

My screen this quarantine – 12 August 2021

COVID-19, our transfiguration – Graduation Homily, OLFU, 06 August 2021

On living and courage – 21 July 2021

The wonders of gratitude – 15 July 2021

Directions where to go – Homily for Alumnus Capt. Dr. Nigel, 07 July 2021

Graduating in time of COVID-19: Being the right person in the right place at the right time – 02 July 2021, Baccalaureate Mass, SHS-BED, OLFU

Learning in time of COVID-19 – 16 June 2021, Baccalaureate Mass, BED of OLFU

Waiting – 11 May 2021

Every beautiful thing in community pantry – 26 April 2021

Pantry for the body, pantry for the soul – 22 April 2021

In praise of the Community Pantry – 19 April 2021

My unforgettable characters of COVID-19, images of Christ – 15 April 2021

Images of COVID-19, Images of Hope, Part 3 – 12 April 2021

Images of COVID-19, Images of Hope, Part 2 – 09 April 2021

Images of COVID-19, Images of Hope – 07 April 2021

Postscript to Holy Thursday: that non-essential “lugaw” is essential! – 05 April 2021

The colors of Lent – 16 March 2021

Lent for dreamers – First Friday Homily, OLFU, 05 March 2021

Road trip in time of COVID-19: the company we keep in life’s journey – 04 February 2021

Roadtrip in time of COVID-19: Part 2 at Tanay – 26 January 2021

Road trip in time of corona, Part 1 at Baras, Rizal – 21 January 2021

Celebrating family in COVID-19 – 30 December 2020

Welcoming Jesus – 28 December 2020

Priesthood is loving Jesus first – 11 December 2020

Grace in every space – 09 December 2020

Why are violets blue? – 30 November 2020

Surely, there will be Christmas 2020…. – 23 November 2020

Following Jesus on the road – 22 November 2020

On leaving and living – 09 November 2020

The Body of Christ – 28 October 2020

How I found my vocation in life through a simple prayer for faith – 27 October 2020

Postscript-2 to St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians – 21 October 2020

A “postscript” to St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians – 19 October 2020

Holy Rosary in the time of corona – 17 October 2020

Hope. And be surprised! – 14 October 2020

Good Fridays on Sundays – 11 October 2020

Our dis-ease COVID-19 – 08 October 2020

On being kind and loving during COVID-19 – 02 October 2020

The gift of tears – 22 September 2020

Mary in the hiddenness of God – 10 September 2020

The hiddenness of God – 04 September 2020

New normal is not normal – 28 July 2020

Journeying in Christ – 25 July 2020

Life after life after life – 17 June 2020

St. Paul in time of COVID-19: need for pastoral communication – 11 June 2020

St. Paul in time of Covid-19: fighting with the sword of Christ – 08 June 2020

St. Paul in time of Covid-19: need to be focused more on Jesus – 05 June 2020

On staying home in the parish – 08 May 2020

Lamenting in time of quarantine – 03 May 2020

Call of the COVID-19 quarantine: a return to our contemplative spirit – 29 April 2020

Some lessons from Emmaus – 26 April 2020

The “fourth” temptation of Jesus – 23 April 2020

Father, into your hands I commend my spirit – 15 April 2020

Coming to terms with death is coming to terms with life – 13 February 2020

A poem after reviewing my life – 04 February 2020

Our “Nunc Dimittis” experience – 03 February 2020

Valuing the human person always: A review of the series “Giri/Haji” – 15 January 2020

Of funerals and weddings and Alzheimer’s in between – 13 January 2020

Our “Bestest” Gift of Christmas – 30 December 2019

Best Gifts of Christmas, II – 28 December 2019

Best gifts of Christmas – 27 December 2019

“The (unCatholic and unChristian) Two Popes” – 23 December 2019

The priest is always a radical – 10 December 2019

Advent is regaining our sight and vision – 06 December 2019

“Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories”, recipes for troubled hearts and lonely souls – 20 November 2020

Why old friends are the best – 16 November 2019

The beauty of love – 07 November 2019

Prelude to leaving into living – 31 October 2019

Let nothing disturb you… – 15 October 2019

Who is my Neighbor.com? – 15 July 2019

Do you love me? – 07 June 2019

Where is God? – 23 May 2019

I forgive only when you remember – 07 May 2019

What is a pilgrim? – 02 May 2019

Colors and shades of life – 03 April 2019

Lessons I have learned living half a century – 22 March 2019

Friends always talk straight from their hearts – 01 March 2019

It is where we stand that matters most, not where we sit – 22 February 2019

Valentine’s Is Love and Death Together – 15 February 2019

Vacation and Vocation: A Reflection on the Caller, the Call, and the One Called – 24 January 2019

Let God Come Close to You -18 January 2019

Let the Light of Christ Shine In You – 02 January 2019

Christmas is Reclaiming Our Being Children – 28 December 2018

Of Blessings And Curses – 08 November 2018

Our Hallowed Hiddenness – 31 October 2018

Respect In Digital Age – 24 October 2018