Word Alive

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 16:20:14 +0000

    THREE classmates in high school met in a class reunion. “In our town,” said the first, “peo­ple call me ‘Monsignor’ because I am a lay minister.” The second bragged: “Well, I’m a charismatic elder. I give spiri­tual talks so everybody calls me ‘Cardinal’.” * * * Unimpressed, the third said: “I’m higher than […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 16:20:57 +0000

    THERE was once a professor in theology at a Catholic university. On his first day, he asked the students to write down what their notion of Je­sus was. While going over the papers later, the professor was amused by the many curious answers. * * * There was one that particularly caught his […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 16:20:40 +0000

  A MAN once bragged that he read the Bible from cover to cover sev­eral times. But someone said, “People who talk of knowing the Bible from cover to cover, know only the cover.” Just reading the Bible for infor­mation or for historical value is not enough. It may even be boring since many stories […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 16:20:48 +0000

  A POLITICIAN has a strong de­votion to the Sto. Niño. After an election, he won again through cheating and irregularities. Grateful to the Sto. Niño, he asked a priest to say a Thanksgiving Mass! To have a devotion to the Sto. Niño is good but it doesn’t jibe with the politician’s cheating. According to […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 17:30:18 +0000

    A STORY is told about a Franciscan, a Jesuit, and an SVD who paid hom­age to the Christ Child in Bethlehem. The Franciscan was interested in the manger to serve as reminder of the poverty and simplicity their Order professed. * * * The Jesuit was more interested to have Jesus enrolled at […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 17:00:09 +0000

    ONCE I solemnized the wedding of a friend. After that we didn’t see each other for some time. When I met the couple, I asked: “How’s your marriage going?” The husband said: “Father, I’ve discovered that there are three rings in marriage.” “That’s new to me,” I replied. “And what are these?” * […]