By Fr. Flor Lagura, SVD
In the Service of the Word

A RECENT study made among people 50 years old and above found out that nearly 94 percent believe that God exists, 86 percent believe that there is heaven, and 70 percent say there is a hell. But the study stopped short at the question people have in their minds, namely will many go to heaven? Will all go there or will some be condemned to hell.

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By Darwin John Moises and Michelle Mendez-Palmares
Singlestalk

Michelle: There’s a not-so-recent phenomenon that has changed the way we relate romantically. I’m referring to cyber relationships found in this parallel universe called the World Wide Web where you can find anything and everything including love. However, there are peculiar concerns about love and relationships one encounters on the internet. For example, this girl whose relationship with a guy she has known for a year is mainly through e-mails. Though they talk on the phone a lot and chat online, she thinks that even if he is interested in her, there’s always a question if he likes her enough to evolve their relationship to a deeper level. It’s confusing when you exchange passionate e-mails or spend a lot of time chatting with each other and there seems to be no “development.” What do you think, DJ?

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By Izobelle T. Pulgo

Death is but a toll of the bell
Ringing for the owner to come back home
And the owner
Who had secretly escaped into a dimension
Called life
Would slowly wither
As he hears his mother bell calling.

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By Henry L. Yu, M.D

“SMALL minds talk about people. Average minds talk about events. Great minds talk about ideas.”

Which of the three would you love to talk about first and foremost? Would it be “ideas, people and events?” or is it “people, ideas and events?”

A “people person” would prefer to read books about people—their biography, philosophy, principles, lifestyle, etc. You believe that from them, you could and would learn a lot.
People-watching is one pastime that “people persons” love to do, where you watch and observe how people talk, walk, eat, laugh, run, jump, or text, all for free.
Just as the eyes are the language of the soul, body movements convey a lot about the person. You find so much pleasure in watching people, you make a guessing game as to how old is that woman sitting across the table in a resto, or that man walking aimlessly in the mall, or that guy texting while walking. Sometimes you guess it right, but looks can be deceiving.

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By Izobelle T. Pulgo

What do you do
When you know
You are not
Who you are supposed to be?

When you are
Somebody
You don’t want to be?
And that nothing
You can do
Can change who
You are meant to be?

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