What the 'Immaculate Conception' means.(Opinion & Editorial)

From: Manila Bulletin | Date: December 8, 2004 | Copyright information

A FAMOUS artist once held an exhibit of all his choice paintings. One painting which bore the face of a woman was extraordinarily beautiful.

"Whos this?" spectators ask. "Is she your girlfriend?" "Whys this work so different from all the rest?"

"That," the artist replied smiling, "is the portrait of my mother when she was younger.

"You know how it is. One has to give his best for his mother."

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We can say the same of Ma...

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