You hear it every Christmas. Jesus is the real reason for Christmas. And that Jesus is Christmas.
We know that it’s the day meant to celebrate new life, to celebrate the birthday of the Messiah, the Emmanuel.
And yet, nobody even bothered to give the baby Jesus even the simplest gifts a new-born baby should need on a cold winter night, except for the wisemen from the East. And the little drummer boy. Continue reading What’s Your Christmas Prayer?
This Christmas Eve, over a couple of million Filipinos work overseas defying the extreme biting weather, racial discrimination, abuse, violence, and loneliness. What makes it more difficult for most of these OFW’s is that they have to (not) celebrate the Christmas season away from home.
I could imagine a mother working as a domestic helper in the Middle East sobbing like a child as she misses her young kids. She’s dying to embrace their little bodies as she washes off the bodies of children she’s not even related to. How she wish she could prepare and serve the Noche Buena for them. But 12 midnight is her work’s rush hour, thousands of miles away from home.
Or an engineer father in Africa who has never been home for more than 2 years and has never even witnessed the birth of his first and only child. He only wishes to spend one day with his child and wife. Just today. Just for tonight. Continue reading “If Only A Tricycle Can Drive Me Home This Christmas….”
December is one of the favorite months for getting married. It’s also one of the most expensive months because of Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations.
My wife and I dreamed of having an elegant yet simple church wedding. But after praying over and realizing the importance of a life-long marriage than focusing on having an extravagant wedding, we decided to have a pretty frugal one but can still be described as great and unforgettable. Continue reading Our Frugal Yet Elegant Wedding
