Norbert Mercado: 107 books

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16 “Do not be afraid, Mary. You have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name...

“Smile, Norbert! This is your souvenir in Paris from me. Whenever you see this photo, you’ll remember this summer day in Paris.” Maude Adams From “A Summer Day In Paris”

Kara sang well. It was amazing how she memorized the lyrics of the song at such a young age.As she sang, my thoughts wondered to the time when my mother Francisca Lacierna Mercado, and her younger sister Ninay, fetched their sick brother Gadong who escaped from his Japanese captors during the infamous Death March in April 1942…

“Class, I’m Josephine Bracken Rizal-Abad, your teacher in English starting today. Together, we will be learning the language used by all the nations under the British Empire, and by the United States of America,” Josephine told her pupils in Cebu City on the first day of class.She had seven...

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”This question of Uncle Gadong rang in my ears as I sat at the base of the Ambuklao tower in the western field of Lanat, San Manuel, Tarlac, my birthplace.He asked me this question sometime in November 1961 when he visited us. He is the younger brother...

Jerusalem Angela Mercado was not so sure if she was prepared to take the 2016 Medical Board Examinations in Manila, Philippines after her classes in a review center in Manila ended in January 2015.When her father, Norberto, asked her if she would take the physician’s examination the following month,...

Aurelio Mercado, Sr., a public school teacher in San Manuel Elementary School in the town of San Manuel, in the province of Tarlac, Philippines, and his brother-in-law, Quirino Lacierna, were at the front yard of Aurelio’s house after dinner discussing the aggressive behavior of the Japanese Imperial Army in the East Asia-Southeast Asia Region.

“Good morning, Maestro,” a mother who wanted to enroll her ten-year old son in grade five in San Manuel Elementary School greeted the teacher, Aurelio Mercado.It was enrollment day in the largest public school in the town of San Manuel, the northernmost town of Tarlac bordering the barrio of Carmen...

“The Lord Jesus Christ will be accompanied by His army composed of the saints and the angels when He will return to earth from Heaven,” Reverend KentHutcheson told the students of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City during their Bible study in the front lobby of the...

"The wicked man who destroys the earth won’t last long, and he will eventually be swallowed by the earth," Engineer Timothy Muller, the Operations Chief of the Bechtel Corporation, said as he addressed more than fifty people that day. The crowd was mainly composed of engineers and firefighters...

On July 16, 1990, the most devastating earthquake in Philippine history takes place. Daniel, an engineering student is trapped beneath the rubble of the Hyatt Terraces Hotel. Rose, his girlfriend, is an OFW in Hong Kong. She awaits news of his situation.A love story which shows the nature of...

With her husband gone, Josephine decides to join the rebellion against Spanish colonial rule. What fate lies forth for the British lass from Hong Kong? Dulce Extranjera is the fourth and final book of the Morning Glory Series.

“Why would King Herod look for my Child to kill Him?” she asked Joseph.“I don’t know…” Joseph replied.Mary asked him where they would go.“The angel told me to go to Egypt with you and our Child, and stay there until he tells us to leave,” Joseph replied.Mary felt a certain joy when...

In 1951, best friends Pete Alvarez and Jose Aban, young men with adventurous goals and ambitions, have joined the Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea (PEFTOK) along with other Filipino soldiers in the 19th Battalion Combat Team.What experiences await the two in the Korean War?