Colm Meaney continues his series of the Philippines
Focusing on dialects in the Philippines
Being zealous for the Lord might sound like a good thing, but the line between being zealous and being a zealot is a thin one. Just a few verses before his pious profession of loyalty to the Lord, the prophet Elijah had been instrumental in the killing of some four hundred and fifty prophets of […]
Education in the Philippines, focusing on my visits to schools out in the hilly areas
Continuing his series on being a priest in the Philippines
Colm Meaney writes on the on the feast of Pentecost
Continuing his series on life in the Philippines
Travel has always been central to the Christian story. After all, it was the journey of Mary and Joseph to fulfil the census in Bethlehem that was the occasion of the birth of Jesus there. And there, the journeying three kings found the “king of the Jews” – an anticipation of the spread of the […]
Life in the Philippines
Pride can never approach to where you walk in the clothes of the humble among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.
Holy week is a time of many processions, a form of celebration and prayer beloved by Filipinos and myself. The first is Palm Sunday, when the Lord Jesus, seated upon a donkey, is led into Jerusalem by a joyous crowd, waving palm branches, chanting hosannas and acclaiming him as “Son of David” (Matt: 21:9). I […]
Colm Meaney writes on Holy Week in the Philippines