Category: prayer

50 Days of Amazing Grace: Day 4 – A Mother’s Prayer

In relation to my most recent reflection, today's 50 Days of Amazing Grace post is "A Mother's Prayer," from http://www.cptryon.org. Image source here. Click here to read this beautiful prayer, which is totally spot on for us moms. :)May you be blessed today and every day onwards, dear fellow moms! 🙂

Truly Rich Tips: 5 Ways to Add More Prayer into Your Life

I am so honored and psyched that I am able to write about God and prayer and my faith on "maintream media" sites like Smart Parenting (SP).  I'd like to share with you an excerpt from another article I wrote for SP recently, entitled "5 Ways to Add More Prayer into Your Life."  Photo source here. "Prayer … Continue reading Truly Rich Tips: 5 Ways to Add More Prayer into Your Life

Truly Rich Reflections: The Family That Prays Together.. Makes Miracles Happen Together

The regular readers of this blog and my posts over at phistar.com's unBLOGGED section may already know that my sister conceived their first child “miraculously” last year, after almost 11 years of waiting. Our family attributed her getting pregnant, 100% naturally and without any medical intervention, to the intercession of St. Pio of Petrelcina. Well, our miracle … Continue reading Truly Rich Reflections: The Family That Prays Together.. Makes Miracles Happen Together

Ask, Seek, Knock

Today's Gospel reading is one of my favorite passages, and one which I have been quoting from a lot lately. It is about asking, seeking and knocking, in short ASK. These past months that we've been back from mission in Timor, I have been doing a lot of asking. And God has been doing a … Continue reading Ask, Seek, Knock

1st Sunday of Advent – Happy New Year!

I rejoiced because they said to me, “We will go up to the house of the LORD.” (Psalm 122:1) For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; 12 the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light (Romans … Continue reading 1st Sunday of Advent – Happy New Year!

Disciplining Your Child

The Catholic Filipino Academy held a parenting seminar on "Disciplining Your Child" last September, and the expanded outline of the seminar was recently published online. Here is the link to download or read it: http://catholicfilipinoacademy.com/uploads/Oct2010.pdf Hope this helps parents everywhere who have been struggling with how to discipline their kids (that includes yours truly! You'd know … Continue reading Disciplining Your Child

The Power Of Prayer (plus Expo Kid 2 pictures!)

Earlier today, Baby Chino Nebrao was operated on at the Philippine Heart Center. He had previously been diagnosed with severe mitral regurgitation with mild stenosis. The doctors said that he needed a valve to fix his heart, which supposedly was missing one of its valves. Chino's diagnosis, which was made about two months ago, put … Continue reading The Power Of Prayer (plus Expo Kid 2 pictures!)

Where To Go This Weekend – Events Around Manila

If you are looking for places to go this weekend, check out the following list of events coming up! 🙂 Have fun and remember, the MOST important part of the weekend is building perfect moments with your loved ones and taking time to experience Jesus and celebrate Mass on Sunday 🙂 (i.e. you don't have … Continue reading Where To Go This Weekend – Events Around Manila

Truly Rich and Blessed In Singapore!

Yesterday we left the place we had come to call "home" for the past five years. Indeed our family can testify to the truth of this verse from the gospel according to Matthew: "Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, … Continue reading Truly Rich and Blessed In Singapore!