Category: Essays

Taken For Granted

I fell in love. Yes I did, with my current treatise in Philosophy, Metaphysics. It spoke for me of the wonder of being. This morning,

Facing the Mirror

Just among us brothers, we have been teasing ourselves on who’s the most narcissistic. I have my own gauge as to who that would be

The Salesian Lay Brother

Bro. JP and I have been discussing terms and labels last night. We were asking ourselves how should we call those in formation just before

Schwarz Football Club

Saturday mornings in the Post Novitiate are more lively than the other days, not because the brothers are high on caffeine, but because in the

Little By Little

“Little by little we take it in and we get used to it,” this was how Fr. Dixie pointed to us brothers in his homily

Pride Kills

Of all the many deadly things that exist in this world, there is no other more potent lethal weapon than the primordial pride. In a

Best Vantage Point

Psychology states that we have our own personality that predisposes how we respond to the world. In Philosophy, we call it framework. I have been

In the Light of Truth

“There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and there is nothing secret that will not become known and come to light.” Luke 8:17If

Down Mt Tabor

I have heard of people wanting to go up Mt Tabor, the mountain of Transfiguration. Many times in retreats and recollections, a metaphor to the