Why I Look Like Tom Cruise
I get interviewed a lot.
Perhaps once a week, I get interviewed (No joke).
My problem is that I get asked the same questions over and over again.
So just to break the monotony, I give them the silliest answers.
Let me share with you one interview today.
Despite the jokes, I’m sure you’ll pick up something for your own personal growth. Here it is…
Q: Brother Bo, we’re going to ask you some very basic questions.
Bo: No problem. You wouldn’t know if my answers would be correct anyway, right?
Q: (Laughs) When and where were you born?
Bo: July 11, 1966 in Caloocan City. Or was that 1976? Let me show you my baby photo. (See below.) At least, that’s what my mother said when she gave me this photo. But because the creature in the photo looks like a miniaturized sumo wrestler, I’m wondering if it was really me. What do you think?
Do you see a neck? Nada. Zero. Zilch.
Q: Who are your parents?
Bo: Eugenio and Pilar Sanchez. The most fantastic human beings on the planet.
Q: We read somewhere that they have a great love story. How did they meet?
Bo: Mom was a pretty 19 year old girl when she met Dad. She was applying for work in his office. Dad, 6 years older than her, liked what he saw and, take note, secretly gave her the answers to the entrance exam—just so that she would pass! He then hired her on the spot and asked for his first date. This may scandalize you, but three months later, Mom and Dad got married. Obviously, they never told me this shocking piece of information until I was 31 years old—when I was far and safe from the impulsiveness of teenage romance.
Q: What was their religious background?
Bo: Catholic. Do you know what was their first date?
Q: What?
Bo: Morning Mass. And from that day on, they never stopped going to daily Mass for the rest of their lives. Before Dad died last year, they celebrated 63 years of wedded bliss.
Q: Where did you go to School?
Bo: I switched schools like I switched shirts. I started in Stella Maris, jumped to San Carlos Boys, hopped to St. Josephs, switched to Claret High School, and finally landed in the Ateneo. Yes, I never got a Loyalty Award.
Q: What was your course in college?
Bo: AB Philosophy.
Q: Did you take up Masters?
Bo: I took up my Masters in Theology but never did my thesis. I was just too busy with my ministry. My purpose wasn’t to get a degree. I just wanted to learn more.
Q: Where did you work?
Bo: In a normal job and normal company? Never. I’m now 41 and I’ve never had a Boss in my entire life. Ever since high school, I was already serving in ministry. And when I was in college, I was already working “full-time” in the ministry of the Lord. I founded 4 non-profit organizations and I’ve always been the leader. I guess I’m just lazy and I don’t want to work for anyone.
Q. Why did you become a preacher?
Bo: I had a spiritual conversion at age 12. I experienced God’s love in such a real and intimate way. And I wanted to do two things. First, the force of that love overwhelmed me and I wanted to love Him back. Second, I wanted to live a life of significance. I wanted my life to have eternal meaning. And so I had this desire to serve God by preaching. Would you believe, as a 13-year-old kid, I would imagine myself standing before 30,000 people in Araneta Coliseum, holding a bible and a microphone, preaching God’s Word.
Q. Did that happen?
Bo: I gave my first talk in the Araneta Coliseum at age 16. That was a miracle. Let me prove it to you: Here’s my passport photo when I was 16. Would you have listened to that… uh, alien?
The Creature.
Q. Was there a particular event in your life that caused you to become a preacher?
Bo: At age 13, Aida, our prayer group leader prophesied that I would receive the gift of wisdom and that I would preach. So she asked me to give a talk that following Friday prayer meeting. So at age 13, I preached my first talk and never stopped ever since. I owe my ministry to that woman, Aida. She believed in me. She saw something in me that others—even I—didn’t see in me. And all through the years, I’ve been trying to be an Aida in other people’s lives. I raise people up and release them to the world. It’s been fun.
Q. We have noticed that you talk about a broad range of topics. Do you have favorite topics now?
Bo: After almost 30 years of preaching, my favorite topics now are about building people’s self-esteem, teaching people to see themselves the way God sees them, and helping them to dream again. For me to do that, I have to change their distorted images of God and of themselves. Another favorite topic right now is helping people raise their financial literacy and teaching them the right theology and psychology towards money. Can I plug?
Q. Yes, please!
Bo: I don’t know if there are still empty seats available, but I’ll announce this anyway. I’ll be giving my life-changing How To Be Truly Rich Seminar this April 5, 2008, from 8:30am to 12noon. I love giving this seminar because it really changes the financial lives of people. How? By changing their psychology and theology towards money. I’ve always believed that money problems are mind problems. So by changing their mind towards money, their money life will change as well. To find out if there are still empty seats available, they can email beaconlightevents@gmail.com right away. (Note from Bo: You can also read my P.S. at the bottom of this blog.)
Q. Why do you use various media? You seem to use everything. You use television and radio and books and magazines and the internet…
Bo: Media is powerful. It multiplies my reach. I think if Jesus were alive today, He’d use the internet too. Can I make another shameless plug? In the internet, I’ve created an international, borderless, non-physical community of people who want to grow in their personal life. I supply them with a mountain load of spiritual nourishment—like daily Bible reflections, monthly magazines, etc… All they have to do is log on at www.kerygmafamily.com. It’s FREE.
Q. You’re both a Preacher of God and also a Motivational or Inspirational Speaker. Is there a conflict?
Bo: Truth is universal. So I give one message. But yes, I’m a preacher in our prayer meetings because I can more openly talk about my sources—the Bible and our faith tradition. And I’m an inspirational speaker in my corporate seminars where I source my message from history, secular authors, social sciences, etc. But the message remains the same because the simplest truth that changes lives is universal.
Q. Why do you think thousands of people admire you?
Bo: Because I look like Tom Cruise. You don’t believe me? Our intestines, kidneys, and spleen really look alike. Okay seriously now. Gee, I’ll be guessing here. Three things. First, perhaps because I try to be honest with my failures and weaknesses. I don’t hide them. People know my sins. So perhaps they see themselves in me. Second, perhaps because I try to speak their language. I speak simply. I don’t try to impress people with my knowledge. Finally, perhaps because I speak what matters to them, their most pressing needs. Because I want to help them where they hurt the most. Aside from those three things, I really think it’s the Tom Cruise thing.
Q. How do you attain your own goals?
Bo: I start small. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Second, I bring together a dream team around me. I don’t go into a project without a fantastic group of people who will assist me in that project. Third, I keep at it. I keep positive. I keep faith. I keep focused. I believe that when a man is focused on his dreams with passion, he becomes a blessing-magnet. He doesn’t even have to look for them. Every blessing that he needs to fulfill his dreams will come to him. He will find blessings rolling down at his feet, begging that he receives them.
Q. We heard that you don’t send your kids to school. Instead, you homeschool them. Why such a radical decision?
Bo: It was a difficult decision. But after 4 years of homeschooling our kids, we see the fruits. We’ve been able to form the values in our kids. We enjoy a very strong relationship with them. To get my complete answer, log on at www.catholicfilipinoacademy.com In that site, you’ll also know the 16 reasons why we homeschool our kids.
Q. How is your relationship with God?
Bo: Alive. Intimate. Happy. Fun. Real. Honest. Worldly. I experience Him in the most secular moments of my life.
Q. You seem to be a very different kind of Preacher. You don’t only preach. You want to help the poor. You want to change the world. Why?
Bo: I began to understand that essence of Christianity. It is love. I’ll say something that will shock the daylights out of you. I believe that Salvation isn’t about going to Heaven. I believe Salvation is about bringing Heaven down on earth, especially to those who are suffering the most—the poor, the sick, the abandoned, and the spiritually lost. My faith is meaningless—my prayer meetings, my liturgical rituals, my bible reading, my religious beliefs—if I do not love my neighbor.
Q. What are you plans for the future?
Bo: I’ll continue to preach about God’s love. I’ll continue to teach people to believe in the God that believes in them. I’ll continue to share very practical ways of living the Christian life—in their families, in their jobs… I’ll use media more extensively to share this message. As a community, we will give half of our funds for evangelism and the other half for our work for the poor. Specifically, we will do developmental work for the poorest of the poor, establishing micro-credit and livelihood facilities. We will work with other groups to eradicate world poverty.
Q. Thank you very much. You have inspired us again.
Bo: Thank you too. You gave me great questions.
Friends, I hope you enjoyed this interview as much as I enjoyed answering it.
May your dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
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Bo, I think you look better than Tom Cruise (in God’s eyes)
bro. bo, you’re more than a good looking man compare to tom cruise.
Tom Cruise Looks like you.
Bro. Bo, how i wish to be part of every movement in your ministry..your answers to your interview are so inspiring and motivating…God bless you..
Bo, actually u dont look like Tom Cruise, ur one of a kind…..
Thank you Bro. Bo for another great Soulfood edition. You really have a unique way of spreading God’s love to others. When I say unique I mean it in a great way.
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Bro Bo,
Great answers! Honestly, you look more handsome than Tom Cruise. You’re good looking both inside and out. Carry on good and faithful servant of God!
u really are humorous, bro bo! I enjoyed reading your answers.
and a very good role model. I thank God & my husband for having met you.
Bo, quisiera que algun dia traigan Kerygma al Ecuador aca tienes una fanatica que es filipina y que esta viviendo en mi pais. !Es mi novia¡.
Si estas interesado en la traducción de tus enseñanzas no dudes en contactarnos.
Un abrazo desde Ecuador.
yes, bro. bo, this is what makes you my spiritual hypnotizer!
miss you at the Cebu Kerygma Feast!
i’m always bless everytime i read your messages, your writngs and listening to your talks in the internet or in the tv. it is my dream to see you one day, to interview you also coz i learn so many things about God through you. thanks for your honesty. i really admired your ministry which challenges me also. and thanks for all these inspirational talks and messages which i’m using them also in my homilies and talks.
Hi Bo! I had a good laugh when i saw your picture when you were 16. No one will ever think that you can spiritually hypnotize people
But you really do…………and i really thank the Lord for sending us YOU 
Hello Bro Bo, walang panama si Tom Cruise syo.. haha… kahit magsama pa sila ni Brad Pitt, hihi. Kidding aside, you are such a great and awesome speaker. You are truly anointed preacher. You really touch our lives for every words you preach. God Bless Bro. Bo and thank you so so so much.
thank you bro bo., everytime reading your message, it’s refreshing and i’ve learn a lot…especially this… ” I believe that Salvation isn’t about going to Heaven. I believe Salvation is about bringing Heaven down on earth, especially to those who are suffering the most—the poor, the sick, the abandoned, and the spiritually lost. Again thank you so much..To God be the glory. Godbless you
Very Inspiring… GOD makes all things beautiful in His time. God bless you more.
Hi Bro. Bo,
God bless ,thank you again for an inspiring,answers Yes I belived God loves me and we will make a way for me too.
Cynn
Bro. Bo, thanks for another inspiring soulfood again its gives me more strength to be with our Lord bilib talaga ako sa faith mo salamat sa pagbabahagi mo sa akin sana sa awa ng Dios makatulad ako syo.God bless you and your family also your ministry more power.
Bro. Bo
It’s you’re sense of humor and unique style of writing which attracted me first to the Kerygma magazine since your first year of issuing it. I was one of the so called-gold partners then..and now as KFAM member and active feast attendee - your style keeps on improving and I know I have also grown closer to God as I continue to be nourished by your preaching everyday. I never tire listening to your jokes and stories and even if I’ve heard it sa feast or sa preacher in blue jeans episode, I still enjoy listening/reading them. You are truly annointed and a gift to mankind. God bless you and your family.
Bro Bo, correction lang po…your sense of humor not you’re sense of humor…(hihihi)
i’ve seen more of your preacher in blue jeans videos than tom cruise’s movies. you’re worth watching, bro. bo.
I must admit that I’d still sleep with Tom but I think I’ll have a good conversation with you. Keep up the good work.Ü
hi bro bo! thanks for another humorous yet inspiring piece! I never knew how it feels like na ma-star struck until last sunday when my sister and cousin attended the ‘fest’ and saw you in person! grabe, I can’t help but giggle! =) I’ve been a kerygma subscriber for quite a long time already but it’s just last sunday that I saw you in person. Being beside you (for picture taking) is such a blessing for me already! and hearing you talk is the same as reading your articles!
And you are right, we came to like you because you talk simply, you are so natural and best of all, you practice what you preach! Looking forward to attending the feast regularly! God bless you bro. bo and more power to KFAM!
Thanks Bo, it help me to develop in our spirituality. Thanks, God Bless You.
great answers! thanks for all the wonderful articles you write. you’re really a blessing to us…
bo,
thank you. another inspiring words from you.
i looked closely your pictures(age 41). and my goosh ! ! ! you look like also brad pitt…. wow ! ! ! tom cruise and brad pitt in one person…. amazing! heheehheh
thank you again. you really are one of a kind.
Hey Bro Bo!
What away to start the day, haha (Got to read it first thing in the morning) Your interview was really entertaining and equally inspiring.
As always, thank you for sharing your life with us. You really are God’s gift to everyone specially to all Filipino youth.
All the best, Bro Bo! Ahoo2x!
Bro. Bo, you always inspired me everytime I read your emails and talks. Your such a blessing to us.Thank you so much…
i like bo because aside from the obvious (ie, he’s a good speaker :>), it really seems like he is exactly where God wanted him. that’s why he can just speak so freely and naturally. that to me is true freedom, and i pray for my time “to come” =)
God bless u and ur ministry, tom
Bro. Bo you are helping me a lot to stay connected with the Lord even if am in Baltimore, MD. God bless you for lovingly devoting your time without getting tired of continuously expanding God’s kingdom here on Earth until no space is left for the evil ones.
How faithful my GOD is!
Thank Bro. Bo for allowing HIM again!
Hello Bo!
It’s great to always read your soulfood…
Yes indeed, that was the quintessential answer!
You’re admired by thousands of people because you are honest to them and they know everything in you including your sins, just like saint Paul.
Godbless you Bro. Bo. I hope would be able to follow your path in the near future, even though if im already 32.
Bro. Bo,
I join you in your mission in doing developmental work with the poorest of the poor. I hope we could be partners someday in the future.
Thank you for keep on inspiring me!
God bless us more abundantly and exceedingly!
ome
Bro Bo,
Daghan kaayong Salamat sa mga inspirational stories nga imo gipadala kanako. My tears would nearly fall as I continue to read the lines. I can feel that God’s presence never leaves my side in all phases of my life. I thank God my officemate whom introduced me about you and the reason why I am now receiving daily e-mails from you.
God Bless you and your family always.
Hello Bo, thank you so much for your inspiring thoughts. Your thoughts and messages are refreshing my soul. And I know they are also refreshing other souls all over the world. Thank you and More power to you and your ministry. GOD BLESS US ALL.
P.S. You were cute in your baby pic!
Bro. Bo, thank you very much you’re really great.
Bro Bo, I hope I could also serve God by preaching, like you. I also wanted to serve the ministry, in Gods time, I hope I could fullfill that dream and I think its also a purpose. I would most likely to preach the kids, because I think its better to let God live in your heart and mind as a child. You are my inspiration. Your stories amuses me and often times gives joy to my heart. Thank you and God bless you more!
every time i read your message it really inspires me to do good things in life. thanks for enlightening me with your words.
brader bo, ur the sexiest man alive- in wisdom and in thoughts… i could say ur like “pepsi”, choice of the new generation! or i say “coca cola”, always the real thing! or might be “axe”, irrisistible! but i know ur such a “rexona”, you wont let us down!
more inspiring message from you plzz…
greetings from d maple leaf country!
Bro Bo, Thank you for all the encouraging word you give everytime you send email to all your members. I honestly say that I want to be like you..(although Im far from Tom Cruise) a preacher who wholeheartedly preaching the word of god and even help the poor and the needy. But how? I dont have enough guts but deep in my heart i know i can do it because God will give me wisdom and courage to do it. In my dreams God calls me to do this but due to some problems i was hang on to just dream and wait. I even want to attend some of your seminar but somebody always stricken me out (maybe they know that my dream to preach the word of god is in near so..you know evils doing everything). I still remember the scriptures noong si Jesus ay hindi masyadong gumawa ng miracles in his home town kasi hindi sila makapaniwala… sabi ko ganon din ata ako (coz i am also a sinner) and seguro there is the right place at the right time na gagamitin din ako ni lord to spread the good news not in my home town (kasi andito na si Bro Bo) but in other country where Jesus plans me to do. Thanks again Bro Bo
I really love your talks. they’re so inspirational and enlightening. i also would like to participate in your “how to be truly reach seminar.” can i possibly get future schedules of the seminars? thanks and more power.
Hi Bo…you look more beautiful than Tom Cruise…your words reflects more of God’s goodness and mercy…your message is truly inspiring…and this one really leaves a challenge “My faith is meaningless…if i do not love my neighbor.”
Continue being a blessing to others.
Hi Bro. Bo,
Thank you for another inspiring edition. Your answer to the question on why many people admire you
made me reflectl on how i could be one. That’s great! God bless you!
Dear Bro. Bo,
Thank you for the short biography, truly you are an anointed preacher. Your answers to the interview are funny, practical and very inspiring.
I’m just curious about the home schooling of your kids, until when you will home school them? I can’t imagine you will do the home schooling until college.
bro bo, you are my idol and i assume that you look like me when you were a sumo wrestler.
but i wish i also have that wisdom. you inspire us so much even if we are far from home… i can still see you n this virtual world i hope Jesus will also appear in Godtube or youtube.God bless your gametes! and may you have a very long life, may your children be like you someday.
Hi Bo!
It’s been a month already when i logged-in here and I really enjoyed everything! Hope you will continue to do reach people like us! Thanks!
Hi bro. Bo. You are truly an inspiration to a lot of people. I just wanted to ask coz a lot of us here in Iloilo is waiting for you to conduct the how to be be rich seminar. We really, really desperately wanted to learn and be blessed with financial abundance. You are our hope, so please hear our plea…
Honey
Bro. Bo,
Thanks again for inspiring me…
Hope I can attend in one of your talks. and hoping too, to be a part of your preaching ministry and be like you preaching the good news of God to others. Especially to those who are most unloved and unwanted.Please help me to pray for them…
God Bless Bro. Bo…
Bro. Bo.. honestly, YOU DO’NT LOOK LIKE TOM CRUISE..
you look like JESUS! godbless to your ministry! I hope i can be part of it.
Bro. Bo, whenever you express how great your love is for the Lord and for the poor, I feel ashamed because i dont think i would fare with the way you do things in the name of God’s love. You are are one of God’s wonderful blessings to mankind so that we will know Him more through you. I’ve been wanting to see and listen to you in person but financial difficulties barred me from doing so. i’m here at the province breaking my neck to make both ends meet. I should be attending your truly rich seminar but… Anyway, your inspiration is infectious. Your sense of humor knocks the sense out of my dead-pan humor. Truly, you are God’s gift to mankind. May your tribe increase! We need someone like you who have the head, the heart and the hand to lead us towards “bringing down the heaven to earth”. May God continue to hold your big heart. God Bless You and your Kerygma Family!
Ei Bro Bo! Your words are simply stated yet deeply moving..Thanks for inspiring us with your unparalled gift of preaching! You may not look like Tom but you’ve touched billions of people more than TOm ever did. It’s not our outer glamour, but our inner self that makes us valuable….keep up the good work!
dear bo
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Bro. Bo your a blessing to everyone…. i hope one day magkita at magka usap din tayo….mas gusto kitang makita kaysa kay tom cruise. what people get if they saw tom cruise? Nothing! but with u people will inspire for every talk/ stories that you have. i hope one of this days maisama mo ang Santa Cruz, Laguna sa itenerary mo. God Bless and more power Bo.
I LOVE YOU BO… who change people and help them to know the better track… i love you…
GOD SPEED>>>>>
Hi Bro. Bo!
Great interview. Funny. =D hahahaha. Thanks for sharing your 16-yr old pic. It looks so different now from the 8 Secrets Book Cover. Gorgeous!
I hope you can also share to us how you delegate tasks to create a Dream Team.
I started as a small entrepreneur - a one man team. But now, as the demand and responsibilities in my business is growing (Thanks God for the blessings!), it’s a challenge to delegate to the right people the right set of tasks at the most reasonable cost.
Hi Bro. Bo, you’ve been an inspiration to continue to love. thank you. I hope one day I can be involve in your ministry.
hi bro. bo,
thanks for this nice article ’bout beauty. we’re God’s creature. He made us little less than the angels in Heaven, yet the most loved, since we are made in His own image and likeness! what great privilege then that was given to us, unworthy though we are. yet ‘ cause of God’s great love, not only did He made us according to His image and likeness, but He assumed our humanity, He took flesh and blood unto Himself, in order to save us from the ugly effects of sin. that’s when earth met Heaven, and Heaven met earth. now that we’re saved and cleansed by the pouring out of His Blood in Calvary, we regained our spiritual beauty that was lost from original sin. Heaven was opened, and it’s up to us now, to maintain that inner beauty, by availing ourselves of the Sacraments of the Church, the Channels of graces that God has prepared for us, His beloved creatures. as St. Augustine said, ” who is man that God in all His Majesty should be mindful of him ? ” the ANSWER is love, LOVE is the answer! how GREAT that love is!
may we strive to keep that inner beauty that shines from within, reflecting in our good works, bringing God’s love to others, so we all can glorify our Lord!
thanks for sharing and for this beautiful space!
God bless you and your family.
star
Hi Bro. Bo,
I believe that whatever people’s opinion of us, what matters most is how our Heavenly Father’s eyes see us.
He sees us in His own Divine way that no one not even ourselves can see, unless we will be guided by His own Holy Spirit
For this may God be praised!
In Jesus Christ,
Emz
Tom Cruise sucks! You rule Bro. Bo! Jesus rulez!!!
ang swerte naman ni Tom Cruise kung kamukha mo cya, hehehe.
thanks bro. bo, you instrumental in my spiritual journey. God bless you and your family always!
correction lang po..”you are instrumental in my spriritual journey…”sorry
I totally agree w/you!! This is a great way to think!!
“I believe that Salvation isn’t about going to Heaven. I believe Salvation is about bringing Heaven down on earth”
You’re truly a gift from God to inspire people. Keep up Gods good work Bo
All the Best and more power
Francis
bro bo:
keep up the good work!!!
Bo, that’s really super-great! I enjoyed it, natawa pa ng husto. Your evangelizing work is terrific and I pray your work for the poorest of the poor will be even more terrific. I thank God He led me to you and giving me the chance to work with you in caring for the poor. Count me in in your future projects for the poor. And don’t forget, you and I will collaborate in providing scholarships for the persevering but financially poor youths.
Rey Ortega
The guy Paul from Ecuador is essentially saying.. My fiancee really likes you! if you want this translated to Spanish, let us do it!
”
it wanted that algun day aca brings Kerygma to Ecuador you have a fanatica that is Philippine and that this living in my pais. !Es my fiancèe. If these interested in the translation of your lessons you do not doubt in contacting to us. A hug from Ecuador.”
Jomar
http://www.jomarhilario.com
Katawa ka talaga Bro. BO. Alam mo everytime after the FEAST pumupunta ako sa harap just to have a closer look at you eh, gwapo ka naman pala! Thanks to you for sharing and inspiring us with your stories and reminding us about GOD’s infinite love. GOD BLESS!!
Bo,
you never fail to make me feel so loved and blessed! i am inspired by your wisdom and love. thank you. i hope one day i can work with you.
because you are the asian Tom Cruise! Hahaha!
Bo! God speed!
bo, that was a very enjoyable and interesting as always…it was like i am the one who is doing the interview and you are answering it…hehehe…good job bo…and keep it up..
god bless you more…..
Bro. Bo,
Bro. Bo,
Love your answers!!!… As in..
you and tom cruise don’t look the same ’cause you look better than him…hehehe
thanks again for your fruitful words..GOD BLESS US ALL…
Dear Brother Bo,
Thank you for the spiritual mesages.I was recently started on my blood pressure medications which was giving side effects.I know that i can cure my problem if i change my lifestyle.I am praying that God give me strength to do the things that i have to change.I am blessed to be able to read your powerful messages.More power and God Bless.
rosalita
bo, got some thing for you…..i was just caught by the name of the girl that inspires and prophesies that you will become a preacher. as what you have said, she sees in you what others,even yourself, cant. her name is AIDA right? surprise!!! her name in Bisayan dialect refers to a kind of a LAMP which is used to get lighted during brownouts…..that name truly lights!!!!
ronel
i don’t like tom cruise. he doesn’t go to church of God but goes to church of scientology. so forget about tom cruise. you don’t look like him AT ALL.
Your life always amaze and inspires me brother bo. I’m experience financial difficulties lately. Im a missionary too, being passionate with working with the poor through the environment. I really wanted to join in one of your “How To Be Truly Rich Seminar” Please keep me posted of your next dates. Thanks and God bless your ministry!
Brother Bo,
i was touched by your inspiring answers. The universal truth, bringing heaven down to the earth, honestly, etc..
Its really down to the earth….
Thank you and GBU
u exactly looked like tom cruise!!! hehehehehehe but kidding aside you’re greater than tom cruise, u have touched more people than tom cruise and the rest of d hollywood actors combined! thanx bro bo for being an inspiration…. May God Bless You Always!
Keep it up Bo.
Tom Cruz here
hi bro bo..
i’m new here..
you have enlightened me a great deal..
i hope to meet you in person..
i’ve been reading
one of your famous books..
“how to be really happy?”
it’s very inspiring…
thank you for writiing that book..
it changes people’s lives into a better and
a lot meaningful life..
have a good day..
Asian Tom Cruise, beautiful!
hi kuya bo,
great interview with tom cruise. hehehhe. thanks for the laugh.
hi brother bo.you inspire us youth a lot..even when im still in hi school i already read kerygma.thanks a lot for the wisdom.. God’s Speed and God bless you more..
By the way..you don’t look like Tom Cruise..its bad to lie..lol (^_^)
Hi Bro. Bo,
What surprised me more in this blog is finding out we share the same b-day
7-11! I totally envy that you live up to the motto - 24/7! 24/7 of touching people’s lives. I have a dream, a dream to be fulfill a higher mission similar to what you do. Can I be part of your dream team?
Today is a day of internal struggle - I write with a heavy but hopeful heart - as my husband struggle with his job, and I struggle to accept that we are in a situation that feels so impossible to get out of.
Oh please, I pray for your prayer - please say a prayer for us, Bong & Jenny Rex. We need and we appreciate the spiritual support. I know there are a lot of comments on your blogs to read and I hope this reaches you now - it’s a critical time. I believe in answered prayers.
Godspeed!
kuya bo, ang cute po ninyo nung bata pa po kayo at saka ngayon.
hi! i’m hazel…
I just would like to interview you about anawim…
and since think interviewing you is ok, n_n
I asked Fr. steve tynan for your nuber but he refused to give it to me, which i inderstend…
and you dont look like tom cruise..you dont have to be…you’re bo sanchez and many people prefered him than tom…
hahahaha….I Love it…..mas gwapo ka pa kay TOM Cruise.. thanks bro. bo keep spread more god’s word and i admire you very much..take care and more power
You know brother Bo its just because u really inspire us… I think ur the best instrument of God in sending his message for all of us….
U are more than Tom Cruise!
hope 2 see u personally…
Do you believe inJESUS as the way, the truth and the life? What is your stand regarding the way of Salvation and how can be save? How assured you are that you are going to heaven? Just to know what you stand is. Thank you and God Bless.
Bo,
B-ravery &
O-rder!
People like you really are brave enough to hang on
and make things in order for JESUS.
Please include my friend’s wife in your prayers, she
is undergoing chemotheraphy for an ovarian cancer .
I personally found prayers very powerful in situation like this, most especially coming from people like you.
Thanks
hi bo!
hi, i’m renee rica rivera. i’m 26 years old and married. i ‘m just 11 months married. how i miss my husband terribly. it is our second time to be apart . currently i’m in singapore tyring my luck and maybe i will stirke gold here and well have a good job. the first time we were apart was when when we first tried our luck here also in singapore. kaya lang something happened here kaya umalis kaagad kami. i just read your book na you the power to crete love. na touch ako. kasi at my age would you believe, sometimes i still feel parang teen ager ako. i have an inferiority complex. i have the tendency na i compare ang sarili ko sa iba. worst sa mga siblings ko. i’m the eldest kasi. 4 years ago we lost our father. since i’m the eldest, i took upon it myself na i’ll take care of the family kaya lang at that time i felt na kulang ang laht ng ginagwa ko.at the age of 22, sa call center ako nag wowork at that time financialy kulang na kulang ang support ko sa family. my 2 sisters are in college the other 2 siblings both young and in elementary pa. ginawa ko ang lahat. nag change gears bigla ang mga priorities ko. during that time i met a guy wherein after 3 1/2 years became my husband. happy ako nun. kaya lang sobrang miss ko ang papa ko. during the whole time ng wake i did not cry.it is after we buried him that i broke down. i would cry sa toilet sa room ko yung hindi makikita ng mama at mga kapatid ko. kahit ngayon kapag namimiss ko siya umiiyak pa din ako. i always always ask if my dad is proud of what i have become. my two sisters eventually worked here in singapore. nakatulong na sila financialy kay mama. that’s the time na nagstruggle ako to let go of the task og taking care of the family that’s until last year when we(my husband and i) decided to get married. ang tagal ng pag-iisip ko kung itutuloy ko nga ang yes ko sa boyfriend ko nung time na yun. i was getting the guilty feeling na i’m betraying my family kasi i want to settle down na. nagpaalam kami sa mama ko pinayagan naman niya kami. i got so busy that i eventualy forgot yung inferiority complex ko. after we got married that it became a bumpy road for us. last january, i decided to quit my job para makapunta sa singapore para makapagtrabaho saka matulungan pa rin ang mama ko. when we are already here, i was somehow pressured by my own sisters to really be serious in looking for a job.that time i was only going on my 2nd month of married life. in short, super excited pakami sa isa’t isa ng asawa ko. it was also our first tme na magaksama na kami lang no other people to mind. then nauna ng umuwi ang husband ko kesa sa kin. bo, that was the longest and loneliest week na hindi ko kasama ang asawa ko. after ng episode na yun ng buhay ko. i started to question myself. tinanong ko sa sarili ko, ito ba talga ang gusto mo? san ka na ngayon? ano na na achieve mo? i envied my two sisters who can help our family financialy. my mom would talk about them non stop. i felt belittled, bo. even when i was a teen ager, i felt i had to step up with my mom’s standards. i had to be the nice goody two shoes, straight a eldest daughter. when we were still boyfriend-girlfriend, robin(my husband now) would always remind me na small things make big difference then i’d be ok. kaya lang ng bumalik kami galing ng singapore, yun na ang mga questions na bumangabag sa kin. feeling ko lagi hindi enough ang mag gingawa ko for my family. honestly, i just have a simple dream, have a family, be a mom, and take care of my family. kaya lang nahihiya ako ishare sa mom and family ko. baka isipin nila ang babaw ko. na nag-aral ako sa u.p. tapos ganun lang kasimple ang pangarap ko. i always wanted to be a plain housewife. i shared this dream with my husband. natuwa siya. kaya lang every time i see my mom, naiisip ko lagi hindi i need to step up kasi yung mga kapatid ko na ang tumutulong sa kanya. kaya naman i shove it aside. on your book you said to list 100 dreams? i started to think of it, guess what wala ako naisip na personal dream.yung akin na pangarap for myself, wala. then early this year my other sister got pregnant, everybody including my mom sinabihan ako ng naunahan ka pa (getting pregnant) ng kapatid mo. i felt belittled again. i broke down and cried my heart out. it was 1 thing na i can’t do anything about it. i hated myself. i’m a control freak and that is one thing i can’t control or do something about it. i envied my sister again. now, i’m away from my husband again. missing him terribly kasi i said yes to my family na itry ulit ang buhay dito. i remember that you said its ok to say no sometimes pero hindi ko magawa just to please everybody. na touch ako dun sa book mo kasi i felt you are talking to me. sa akin. na para bang ito ka b ngayon. bo, i’m thankful i read you book. but i still have inferiority complex. my former office mates said i’m a perferctionists, maybe ah gusto ko lang naman na maayos ang buhay ng family ko. thanks sa book, aside from looking for a job, i’m now also trying to discover my purpose. i don’t know if you’ll ever get this because of your busy schedule but sana mabasa mo. i’d love to hear from you. i want to know if indeed small things make a big difference.
thanks a bunch and good luck
renee rica
i’ve just finished reading the book you wrote “how to be really really really happy!”
thank you for the inspiring thoughts and ideas. you used your sense of humor as an advantage to reach a number of people’s heart!
the book was a gift from my ninang last christmas!
keep rocking and loving!!
more power!
Hi bro.! Hmm.. i’m only a new member of your kerygma family, and I’m looking forward for my self-enrichment with you… And yeah, you look like tom cruise but you’re better than him I’m sure! Keep up the good work and may God bless you more!…
sir Bo, sorry to leave my inqury here. I’ve read about your comment. About IMG (international marketing group) which a brokerage firm that affiliates with big companies nationwide and internationally. You leave a comment of “Lahat gusto yumaman pero yung iba takot yumaman. If you think financial education is a waste of time & money, try ignorance!” I would like to confirm sir if this IMG is for real or a scam before deciding. I had attended a short talk (I can’t say it’s a seminar due to the information I got from one of their uplines are like salestalk about the business) I’m planning to attend one of their seminars in their main office but I don’t have time because of my work. Can you advise sir Bo. Thanks a lot and God Bless!
bro. Bo, I’ve been watching your preaching on Tv via my boss cable connection, and I was realy enlightened, how I wish to attend to your preaching in manila, but I was in Legazpi and has no time in going there for I worked full time and needs to work daily to feed my kids and send them to school. Though I was a Baptist, but still I want to listen to you and to the fact that your preaching does not conflict with what our pastors are teaching us I find it more relaxing or entertaining and deeply true. Praise the Lord Jesus and I thank him that I have known you. Goodluck and God bless.
So inspiring life story you have there Bo. I always inspired with all your articles… God so blessed with that gift. Thanks again
haha cool! I can see the resemblance.
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