It’s a usual problem in our world today. Whom to believe? People generally seem to claim to have or tell the truth. Who in our world are we to believe in? Now this is also connected with character. If he or she is one who usually...
As we consider world history and situations we come to realize the truth of Christ’s words: “If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples, you will learn the truth and the truth will make you free” (Jn. 8:31-32). Even if...
We do have ambitions for a long life. Yet counting from the very first centuries of human existence, we know and we should realize how short the human life span is. Sixty or seventy would be the average age or even eighty for the stronger...
One thing which we have to learn in life is to be able to face reality bravely. Part of the reality we have to face is our own weaknesses and shortcomings. But sure indeed one of the surest signs of bravery is to be able...
God did not create sin or evil in the world. Man has the free faculty to choose either good or evil. Evil is like the absence of good, that is, something negative. In the Bible, the last book talks about the eternal...
As the ancients used to say: “Ideae regunt mundum” – It is ideas that rule the world. Most movements in the world were generated by the ideas of strong-willed people desiring to bring some reform into our world. The important task for us is to...
Loyalty and love for the parents is really something admirable and natural. In fact it is of the basic commandments of God (the 4thcommandment): Honor your Father and your Mother. But as we grow towards maturity in life there are decisions we have to make...
God plays no favorites but gives His grace and love to everyone who is faithful and trustworthy in keeping His commandments of justice and love. You can see this in the roster of the lives of the thousands of Saints enumerated in the Catholic Church...
When we deeply contemplate on the world around us, people, friends, and acquaintances, we begin to realize there is a great and provident God who cares for us, so long we endeavor to keep His laws and principles. Certainly God expects us also to do...
The title we have here is mainly aligned to basic freedom we enjoy in democratic societies or most modern societies. Most nations today show respect for man’s freedom of choice, inclusive of religious tenets. Yes, in a free society we are free to choose what...
