by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Feb 22, 2019 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
“Is a lamp brought in only to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand?” Jesus was referring to what we excusably call our hidden talent. Lack of opportunity perhaps or a commendable disinclination to make a public...
by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Feb 19, 2019 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
Can you imagine a birthday without a celebration, a thanksgiving being heartily celebrated by all concerned in the affair? Thanks are very much in order, for our birth in the occasion for engaging ourselves in the enjoyment and cherishing of an opportunity to take on...
by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Jan 24, 2019 | Catholic Faith, Fr. Bembol, Reflections
My friend said: “As a parent the welfare of a child may count for much, a humongous percentage of the parents’ PAGKUKUMAHOG. And yet parents can be dismissive of a child: a child in tantrums, a recalcitrant child, a contrary child, recriminatory,...
by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Jan 23, 2019 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
The celebration of the Sto. Niño is a needful event in that it acknowledges one of the most painful events in the life of Jesus. I refer to the massacre of the niños inocentes. I say this not in a spirit of recrimination or blaming. I say it rather in a spirit of...
by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Jan 23, 2019 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
Kapag tayo’y malalim ang pagmamahal sa isa’t-isa ay normal lang ang konsepto at aksyon ng sakripisyo. Kakaiba at tunay na kahanga-hanga naman ang sakripisyo kung ito’y isinagawa sa taong ni hindi natin kakilala – halimbawa ay ang pagsagip sa nalulunod na tao na ‘di...
by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Dec 29, 2018 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
Mga 340 taon lamang ang nakaraan nang sinimulang itayo ng mga angkan ni Shem ang Tore. Napagsabihan ni Yahweh ang mga konstruktor ng Toreng ito ng ganito: “Alam ninyong lahat ang trahedya ng delubyo (1764 B.C.E). Sa ganong kaikling panahon, paano kayong nakalimot?”. ...
