As I write this, the euphoric splash of congratulatory greetings for Bishop Nolly Buco have not simmered down yet. Last Friday, October 18, Pope Francis has appointed Buco as the new Bishop of Catarman diocese, Northern Samar. It coincided, on the same day, with Buco’s celebration of his 31st priestly ordination anniversary.

New Bishop of Catarman

I still remember vividly, many years ago when I was in the seminary, the poster on the door of the comfort room of one of our priest-formators. On the poster was this message: “ON THIS THRONE ALL ARE EQUAL.” Obviously, the “throne” was referring to the toilet bowl.

Musings on the ‘throne’ of equality

“What God has joined together, let no one separate” (Mt. 19:6).


The divergent discourse on divorce, marital vows and indissolubility

I got up from bed this morning and while I was curtly reciting a prayer (which I habitually do upon waking up), a rather queasy thought flashed on my mind: Am I talking to God really because he truly exists?


Is faith in God just a placebo phenomenon?

Around the same month last year, I had the worthy opportunity of fulfilling a family obligation: unearthing the bone remains of my long late parents in the province. Tatay died in 1995, and Nanay in 2010. I and wife Malou, along with my younger sister, have to trek to the province to oversee the immediate exhumation of the bone remains of my parents and have them transferred to a Catholic Ossuary in nearby Palo, hometown of my father.

Musings Upon A Gravesite

Let me share this insightful piece from Dr. Bob Moorehead, former pastor of Seattle’s Overlake Christian Church, titled “The Paradox of Our Age”:

The Paradox Of Our Age

We mark this month of November the 11th anniversary of the infamous Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) that devastated Eastern Visayas and plucked over 8,000 lives.

Overcoming tragedies and challenges

No, I haven’t won the Lotto – not yet. But, is it possible to really pray hard (if easy, for others) and manifest winning the Lotto? How?


Praying and manifesting to win the Lotto?

Would you prefer a more private than public life? Or, the other way around? Then, in the arena of work, what are the parameters between official work matters and personal concerns?


The thin line between private and public, personal and official

Lavezares (named after Guido de Lavezares, Philippine Islands’ Governor General from 1572 to 1575) is a heart-shaped, coastal town in Northern Samar that’s full of historic vigor and religious fervor.


Mang Nilo’s enduring devotion to Nuestra Sra. de Salvacion

The Inspired & Blessed column by OpinYon News columnnist, Bob Acebedo.

Inspired & Blessed

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