San Kamilo Counseling & Healing Center

15/03/2026

In a quiet pond beside a sunny field lived Lily the Waterlily. She floated gently on the water, opening her white petals each morning to greet the sun.

Not far away, on the edge of the field, grew Sunny the Sunflower, tall and bright, always turning his golden face toward the sky.

Every day they noticed each other.

“Good morning, Lily!” Sunny would call from the shore.

“Good morning, Sunny!” Lily would reply, her petals sparkling with dew.

They were very different. Lily lived in cool water, while Sunny stood in warm soil. They could never grow in the same place. But that didn’t stop them from becoming good friends.

One windy day, Sunny saw trash floating in the pond.

“Oh dear,” he said. “The water around Lily looks dirty.”

So Sunny whispered to the birds, “Please help keep the pond clean.”
The birds picked up the trash and carried it away.

Lily felt the water become fresh again.
“Thank you, Sunny! Now I can grow better!”

Another day, Lily noticed the soil around Sunny becoming dry.

So she asked the frogs and dragonflies, “Please tell the clouds we need rain for Sunny.”

Soon gray clouds gathered, and gentle rain fell on the field. Sunny lifted his face happily.

“Thank you, Lily! Now I can grow tall and strong!”

Day after day they helped each other in little ways—keeping the pond clean, calling the rain, sharing kind words, and cheering each other on.

And even though they lived in different places, they both grew bigger, brighter, and stronger.

One evening, as the sky turned orange and pink, Sunny said softly,

“Lily, I think the best way to care for someone… is to help them grow.”

Lily smiled on the water.

“Yes,” she said. “Love helps others bloom.”

And from that day on, the pond and the field became the happiest place in the garden—
because a waterlily and a sunflower chose to help each other grow. 🌻🪷✨

15/03/2026

This Women’s Month, we celebrate the strength, wisdom, and compassion of women everywhere.

We honor women not only for what they achieve, but for what they nurture — peace within their hearts, peace within their homes, peace within our country, and peace across the world.

To be a woman is to carry courage and care at the same time. It is to choose dialogue over division, healing over hatred, and hope over fear. Today, we stand in solidarity with every woman who advocates for harmony in her family, justice in her community, and dignity for every human person.

May peace begin within us.
May it dwell in our homes.
May it guide the Philippines.
May it embrace the whole planet.

Happy Women’s Month. May peace dwell with us all. 🤍✨

15/03/2026

Gospel of the Day (John 9,1-41)

As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
Jesus answered, "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him.
We have to do the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes,
and said to him, "Go wash in the Pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed, and came back able to see.
His neighbors and those who had seen him earlier as a beggar said, "Isn't this the one who used to sit and beg?"
Some said, "It is," but others said, "No, he just looks like him." He said, "I am."
So they said to him, "(So) how were your eyes opened?"
He replied, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went there and washed and was able to see."
And they said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."
They brought the one who was once blind to the Pharisees.
Now Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes on a sabbath.
So then the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see."
So some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath." (But) others said, "How can a sinful man do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
So they said to the blind man again, "What do you have to say about him, since he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
Now the Jews did not believe that he had been blind and gained his sight until they summoned the parents of the one who had gained his sight.
They asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How does he now see?"
His parents answered and said, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.
We do not know how he sees now, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he is of age; he can speak for him self."
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged him as the Messiah, he would be expelled from the synagogue.
For this reason his parents said, "He is of age; question him."
So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give God the praise! We know that this man is a sinner."
He replied, "If he is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see."
So they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
He answered them, "I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?"
They ridiculed him and said, "You are that man's disciple; we are disciples of Moses!
We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this one is from."
The man answered and said to them, "This is what is so amazing, that you do not know where he is from, yet he opened my eyes.
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if one is devout and does his will, he listens to him.
It is unheard of that anyone ever opened the eyes of a person born blind.
If this man were not from God, he would not be able to do anything."
They answered and said to him, "You were born totally in sin, and are you trying to teach us?" Then they threw him out.
When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he found him and said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
He answered and said, "Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?"
Jesus said to him, "You have seen him and the one speaking with you is he."
He said, "I do believe, Lord," and he worshiped him.
Then Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind."
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, "Surely we are not also blind, are we?"
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you are saying, 'We see,' so your sin remains.

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2026/03/15.html

14/03/2026

Once upon a time, in a small village beside a winding river, there lived a poor man named Mateo. Mateo owned very little—just a small hut, a wooden bucket, and a broom. But what he lacked in riches, he made up for with kindness, wisdom, and a heart full of love for God.

Every morning, Mateo would say a little prayer.
“Lord, help me serve You by helping others today.”

Mateo worked as the village cleaner. He cleaned sewers, swept the streets, and scrubbed the public toilets. Some people wrinkled their noses when they saw his work, but Mateo never complained. Instead, he would smile and say, “Clean places keep people healthy.”

One year, a terrible sickness spread through the kingdom. People in the castle grew ill, including the king himself. Doctors came from faraway lands, but no medicine seemed to work.

One day, Mateo visited the city to sell some firewood. When he heard about the sickness, he noticed something strange. The castle drains were clogged, the toilets were dirty, and the sewers were overflowing.

Mateo politely told the guards,
“Excuse me, I think I know why people are getting sick.”

The guards laughed at first.
“You? A sewer cleaner?”

But the king’s daughter, Princess Elena, heard Mateo and said, “Let him try. We have tried everything else.”

Mateo rolled up his sleeves. He cleaned the drains, unclogged the sewers, washed the toilets, and showed the castle workers how to keep everything clean. He explained that dirty water spreads sickness.

Within days, the bad smell disappeared. Soon after, the people in the castle began to recover. Even the king grew strong again.

The king called Mateo to the great hall.

“My good man,” said the king, “you saved my family and my people. You are wiser than many who wear fine clothes. Tell me what reward you want.”

Mateo bowed humbly.

“I only did my duty, Your Majesty. God teaches us to love our neighbors. I simply cleaned what needed cleaning.”

The king smiled.
“A man who serves others so faithfully is the kind of man who should lead a kingdom.”

Years later, when the old king passed away without a son, the people remembered Mateo’s kindness and wisdom. They asked him to become their new king.

King Mateo ruled differently from other kings. He listened to the poor, cared for the sick, and reminded everyone that no honest work was too small.

Sometimes, the people would see their king walking through the town with a broom in his hand.

And when children asked him why, King Mateo would laugh and say:

“A kingdom stays strong when hearts are kind, minds are wise, and even the sewers are clean.”

And every night before bed, King Mateo would still say the same prayer:

“Lord, help me serve You by loving my neighbors today and always.”

And so the kind cleaner who loved God became one of the wisest kings the kingdom had ever known. 👑✨

14/03/2026

God is listening. God dwells in the soul—and in the hands of this man—because he gives the very best of himself, whether anyone notices or not, whether he is richly paid or not. He plays as if he were standing on the grand stages of La Scala in Milan or the Opéra in Paris. For him, the music is not for applause but for offering; it is his calling, his joy, and the quiet purpose for which he lives. 🎶✨

In such moments, excellence becomes prayer, and every note becomes a humble act of praise rising to God. 🙏

14/03/2026

13/03/2026

Lead with Faith, Courage, and Purpose!

Join us for an Information Session on our Doctor of Education (EDD) in Catholic Educational Leadership and Pedagogy (CELP) on 24 March 2026 at 4:00 through Zoom.

The EDD in CELP is more than a degree. It is a journey of deepening vocation, sharpening vision, and building capacity for meaningful impact.

If you feel called to lead with faith, courage, and purpose, we invite you to take the next step with us. Register to join us online at go.ateneo.edu/CELP-info

Photo of the Church of Gesu: Pioquinto SJ, 2015