11.06.23Feature ArticlesPolitics and Opinions Musings on Jesus' Timeless Lessons: Dining with the Heart, Not Just Meals! - Forget the "Who", Embrace the "How" In our busy lives, we often hear homilies from priests in our respective parishes, offering insights into the...
11.03.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality Understanding the Catholic Doctrine About the After Life Realm: The Importance of Prayer For the Souls in Purgatory For us Catholics, we are taught that the Church comprises three segments: a) The Church Militant, consisti...
11.01.23Feature Articles Celebrating Saints: Inspiring Young Hearts to Grow in Holiness in the Age of Social Media Today (the 1st day of November) is dedicated to honoring the saints (Solemnity of All Saints Day), which pres...
10.07.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality Embrace the Power of the Holy Rosary: MUTC's Unsolicited Advice To The Youth For Catholics, the month of October has been dedicated to the Holy Rosary, particularly today (7th of October...
09.29.23FriendshipSpirituality Guardians and Protectors of the Faith: Archangels and Guardian Angels On 29th of September, the Catholic world commemorates the feast day of the 3 principal Archangels, namely: S...
09.28.23Feature Articles San Lorenzo Ruiz: A Beacon of Faith and Resilience For Filipino Communities Worldwide While processioning along the streets from 86th Avenue to 111th St. and then to Myrtle Ave, finally reaching ...
09.26.23BirthdaysFamily A Mother's Love, Wisdom and Grace: Reflecting on Her Impact Inay, or Mommy "Aying" to some of us, was an extraordinary woman who navigated the challenging role of mo...
09.23.23EnvironmentFeature Articles Sowing the Seed of Desperation: Lessons from the Parable of the Sower While pondering the Parable of the Sower from the Book of St. Matthew, I was particularly struck by the profo...
09.17.23Feature ArticlesHappiness Forgiveness as Strength: Anna's Inspiring Journey to Healing In the Gospel today of St. Matthew, Jesus is telling us that there is a transformative power of forgiveness, ...
09.14.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality Honoring the Holy Cross: A Reminder of God's Love, Sacrifice and Victory The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross which falls today (14th of September) is one of the feast days ...
09.08.23BirthdaysSpirituality Celebrating Mama Mary's Birthday: A Thoughtful Journey into Faith and Love For us Catholics, the 'BER' months bring even more reasons to celebrate, as they mark the observance of some ...
09.01.23HolidaysSpirituality The "Ber" Months Spiritual Significance: Preparing Our Hearts For The Season of Giving This blog shall attempt to discuss (from a layman’s point of view) the significance of the Ber months and ...
08.31.23BirthdaysFamily Embracing August's Abundance With Gratitude and Love Before this month of August ends, My Useful Tips.com (MUTC) would like to express its gratefulness to God for...
07.18.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings on the Eucharistic Life: Placing the Eucharist At the Heart of One’s Life Journey For this month of July, Pope Francis shares his prayer intentions, guiding the faithful towards meaningful sp...
06.17.23BirthdaysFeature Articles A Taste of Home: The Delight of a Quasi-Outdoor Dining in a Tranquil Oasis My Useful Tips.com (MUTC) had been invited by one of her siblings (the owner of An Asian Traveler blog) who c...
06.04.23BeautySpirituality The Beauty of the Blessed Trinity: A Mystery to be Lived and Celebrated During my early years of learning on some of the basic catechism of the Catholic Church, particularly on the ...
05.13.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality A Reflection For the Month of May: Inviting the Blessed Virgin Mary Into Our Hearts, Homes and Families The month of May holds special significance for Catholics, as it is dedicated to honoring the Blessed Virgin ...
05.08.23EnvironmentTravel A Friend’s One-Day Escapade in Tagaytay: Episode Two (Tagaytay Highlands and Crosswinds) 1. Tagaytay Highlands After enjoying a sumptuous meal at Balay Dako, we hurried to Tagaytay Highlands to m...
04.08.23Spirituality Musings on Easter Season: Reawakening Our Faith and Keeping the Spirit Alive After a period of silence and reflection during the Lenten season, it is now time to celebrate the great joy ...
04.05.23Others Musings on Holy Wednesday: Judas' Kiss of Betrayal Our Lord Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday) was a day of exuberance. People welcomed Him ...
03.29.23FriendshipTravel A Friend's One-Day Escapade in Tagaytay: Episode 1- Balay Dako! My phone rang, and I wondered who could be calling. To my surprise, it was a dear friend from my childhood/te...
03.25.23EnvironmentSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Earth Hour 2023: A 60-Minute Lights Off Moment From our humble webplace, we’re far from being an avid green activist, but as being part of this world, it ...
03.21.23AnniversaryFeature Articles Musings on Discernment: Its Value and Relevance The month of March is devoted to St. Joseph who is considered as the saint wearing many hats! Apart from bein...
03.05.23Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings on Benefits of Prayer, Repentance and Forgiveness: A Lenten Reflection As followers of Jesus Christ, it is important that we strive to be spiritually healthy not only during the se...
02.21.23LoveSpirituality Musings on Love and Lent: A Gift and A Sacrifice Just like in previous years, Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday (which kicks-off the season of Lent) fall duri...
02.17.23Feature ArticlesFriendship Inspirations from "Milagros": A Memorial Tribute To A Dearest Departed Sister and A Faithful Friend/Co-Worker Milagros is a Spanish word for “Miracles”. This was the name given to her by our parents when she was bap...
02.16.23EnvironmentTravel MUTC's First Encounter with Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar: Useful Tips and Thoughts Apart from those information posted by Las Casas, as shown in its official website, everything about the plac...
01.05.23Feature ArticlesHolidays Musings On New Year: Rekindling and Deepening Our Faith in God We have just crossed the doorway that leads into Year 2023! A HAPPY and BLESSED NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL! A...
12.17.22Feature ArticlesHappiness The Joy of Advent and Christmas A friend was on his way to a wedding engagement when the car before him slightly swerved hitting part of an i...
12.03.22Politics and OpinionsSpirituality The Essence of Advent: Forging A Right Path for God's Coming For us Christians, we consider Christmas as the wonderful time of the year as we commemorate the birth of our...
11.24.22FriendshipHappiness We Are All God's Gifts: Happy Thanksgiving Day! “Persons are gifts.....they come all wrapped so differently, some so loosely, others so tightly, but wrappi...
11.21.22LoveSpirituality Giving Our All: Lessons Learned from the Poor Widow's Offering Who among us these days would put all our money from our own pockets/wallets into the collection baskets as p...
11.19.22HealthSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Having a Decent "john": A Human Right? Did you know that there is one particular day in our calendars devoted for our “Johns” throughout the wor...
11.11.22BeautyFeature Articles Musings on the Mystery and Relevance of Purgatory: Does that Ring a Bell with You? Few years ago, when we were briefly discussing about the feast of All Souls Day, I accidentally unleashed a f...
11.02.22FamilyLove Keeping the Legacy Alive: In Memory of our Tita "Sisters" in the Family Today is the Solemnity of All Souls. Lord God, we pray for all the holy souls in purgatory, our departed lov...
11.01.22Feature ArticlesSpirituality Who Are the Saints-in-Making?: Are You One of Them? Who do you think are the saints-in-making? Would they be the living (those who are still on earth doing extra...
10.23.22FriendshipSpirituality The Golden Rule for Praying: Follow the Rule and Be Blessed While I was drafting this article, I received a message from a friend requesting me to pray for her as she ne...
10.19.22HealthSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocating for Pink Month: Breast Cancer Awareness Month My Useful Tips previously posted a blog on this matter in honor of a dear cousin “Amalia” who was initial...
10.16.22Feature ArticlesFriendship Is It Necessary To Be Persistent In Our Prayers? Guys, have we asked ourselves on the following: How is our prayer life at the moment? How persistent are we ...
09.25.22Politics and OpinionsSpirituality Rich Man, Poor Man: A Wake Up Call For Everyone! The parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus is not new to us. We have been hearing this, at least once a year, ba...
09.15.22LoveSpirituality The Sorrowful Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary: A Brief Musing Yesterday we celebrated the Exaltation of the Most Holy Cross while today we are commemorating the Memorial o...
09.08.22BirthdaysFeature Articles The Relevance of Our Blessed Virgin Mary's Birthday In Our Faith Journey For us Catholics, there are more reasons to celebrate during the “BER” months as some of the major holy d...
08.31.22Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings on God's Do's and Don'ts of Attending/Hosting Banquets: Humility is Key Before the month of August ends, it would be good to know that many of the readings for this month delve on t...
08.27.22EmploymentSpirituality Accounting of "Talents" In an office setting, each employee is given certain duties and responsibilities by their employers based on ...
08.22.22Feature ArticlesSpirituality The Glorious Assumption and Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Its Relevance The months of May and October are usually regarded as the Marian months. However, the month of August has two...
08.20.22Happiness Humility - Is It Missing In Our World Today? Anywhere in the world, we may have heard some news about violent road rage accidents. In Manila (where tra...
06.24.22Feature ArticlesLove Devotion To The Sacred Heart: A Gesture of Love and Gratitude While drafting this article, I happened to browse through the pages of USCCB's (United States Conference of C...
06.19.22FamilySpirituality Eucharist And Family - The Real Deals: One Bread, One Body, One Cup of Blessing I was waiting for a friend in one of the mall restaurants when my attention wandered again and again to a tab...
06.12.22Feature ArticlesSpirituality Musings On One God, Three Persons: Our Faith and the Mystery of the Blessed Trinity With the little knowledge acquired from my mother and a catechist in school about the Holy Trinity (whose Sol...
05.29.22Politics and OpinionsSpirituality Responding The Call To Obedience: Its Beauty and Rewards While the entire month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Mother, it is still however under the Easter seaso...
