by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Sep 16, 2018 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
My Lord, with every granting of Thy grace I lift up towards Thee both arms and face. Undeserving as I am of these Thy gift They yet provide my yearned for uplift. As a mere child at the receiving end Of benefactions that Thou dost extend, I must now grope for...
by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Sep 16, 2018 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
As Confucius agreeably says, defining one’s terms should prevent wasteful misdirections and misunderstandings. In the instance of stewardship as “a way of life,” I propose that for MODUS VIVENDI we might come nearer to its real meaning with a “way of...
by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Sep 15, 2018 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
Time and again, as a Catholic priest, I have been approached by my friends and parishioners – particularly the distaff side – and asked to recommend to them what (and in what order) I deemed the most absorbing, or interesting, or exciting, or “relevant” (as if...
by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Sep 15, 2018 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
Basking under Philippine skies For more than three centuries How must our Lady of Aranzazu Have found Pinoys MUY SIMPATICO! To have graced these hospitable shores Where Marian devotion’s in full force, She gives us the prospect of continued Love and respect,...
by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Sep 15, 2018 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
The magical number viz. 9 As applied to our dear Lady’s feast Somehow comes across as sublime All got up with a mathematical twist. Ever since the great Pythagoras Iniated his number lore Was not so daft, not even half-assed As most co-called...
by Fr. Bembol Hiteroza | Sep 15, 2018 | Fr. Bembol, Reflections
For a devotion to NSDA going back 3 centuries and still going strong and ir appears getting stronger yet – what but genuine amazement and joy can match such longevity and ardour, in our times of passing even evanescent fad and crazes and shallow baseline...
