“..dancing in the rain.”

“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass… it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – Anonymous.

- There are some realities that we have to accept. So dance! – Father Soc

 

"A good rule ..."

" A good rule for going through life is to keep the heart a little softer than the head." - Anonymous.

A hard head and a cold heart never accomplish much. - Father Soc

"The truly spiritual . . ."

"The truly spiritual are spontaneous lovers of life." - Fulton J. Sheen.

- "Don't put these off for tomorrow: live, laugh and love now. It's later than you think." - Father Soc

“…Can’t cross the sea…”

“You can’t cross the sea merely by staring at the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore

- “You’ll have to risk wind and storm. You can’t be playing safe all the time.” – Father Soc

“Laughter …”

“Laughter is an instant vacation.” – Milton Berle

“Take time to laugh and to handle things with lightness of heart. Life isn’t perfect but it still is wonderful!” – Father Soc

“ … wherever I find myself.”

“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself”- Maya Angelou.

- First, find home within you so you will be at home wherever you go. – Father Soc.

“Forgiveness …”

“Forgiveness liberates the soul. That is why it is such a powerful weapon. “ – Nelson Mandela.


- “ When I forgive, I not only begin to free the other person from the role of villain; I begin to free myself from the role of victim. The process of liberation begins with a ‘change of eyes.’ – Father Soc

“Love lost …”

Love lost is still love. It takes a different form, that’s all. When senses weaken another heightens: memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it and hold it. You dance with it.” – Mitch Albom

- The memory of betrayal becomes the inspiration for love’s renewal. As it was for Peter, so it is for us. – Father Soc

“Men are failures …”

“Men are failures, not because they are stupid, but because they are not sufficiently impassioned.” – Struthers Burt

- Well, if you have to do something, then do it with ‘gusto’! Passion convinces … – Father Soc

"...God's Grace carries."

"They travel lightly whom God's Grace carries." - Thomas a Kempis


- "Let grace carry you, life's burdens weren't meant to be borne by frail human shoulders alone." - Father Soc

“… your focus…”

“Your focus determines your reality.” – Qui-Gon Jinn

- Avoid pettiness, focus on the fundamentals. Many things that upset us are best ignored. – Father Soc.

“… because I love.”

“Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”- Leo Tolstoy.

- Without love, life would be totally incomprehensible and utterly ridiculous.” – Father Soc

“…God’s outburst!”

“Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion.” – Meister Ekhart

- Whether it is God hearing the cries of Hi oppressed people in Egypt or Jesus with the woman caught in adultery, we see God’s Mercy consistently affirmed throughout Scripture. Praise God for His Mercy! – Father Soc

“… God exists …”

“Of course, the Christian God exists. He is so absurd, no one could have invented Him!” – Russian Orthodox Archbishop Anthony Bloom.

-If you were to invent a God, you could do a lot better than the broken God on Calvary. But Jesus reveals a God who is at our mercy: a victim, vulnerable and weak.” – Father Soc

- for Mercy Sunday

“… fear of depth.”

“People today are in every way prevented from getting inside themselves. Our greatest problem is fear of depth.” – Thomas Merton

- “Cultivate depth.” – Father Soc

“.. the power of love …”

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, there will be true peace.” – Sufi

- Lord, spare our nation from those who want to gain power at any cost. – Father Soc

“.. to risk the unusual…”

“If you aren’t willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the usual.” – Jim Rohn

-Uniqueness may bring loneliness but mediocrity begets unhappiness. – Father Soc

“The great man …”

“The great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.” – Mencius

-Three principles to live by: Simplify your life. Keep needs to the minimum. Be thankful. – Father Soc

“What is beautiful…”

“What is beautiful is good and what is good will soon also be beautiful.” – Sappho.

- Often what is good for us may not immediately seem beautiful. In time, it does. – Father Soc

“The Resurrection …”

“The Resurrection is God’s ‘Amen’ to Christ’s statement - ‘It is finished.’” – S. Lewis Johnson.

-Jesus is risen! Easter is a gift and a mission. We must live as a risen people! – Father Soc.

- sent on Easter Sunday.



Also: (Read “WE ARE AN EASTER PEOPLE”- Message of His Excellency Most Reverend Socrates B. Viilegas, Archbishop of Lingayen Dagupan for the people of God). For the Pangasinan Free Translation, click HERE.

The priest …

“The priest will not understand the greatness of his office until he is in heaven. If he understood it on earth, he would die, not of fear, but of love” – St. John Mary Vianney.

Happy feast day!

- sent on Holy Thursday, in commemoration of the institution of the priesthood.