Magnanimity amid all kinds of evil
“YOU have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him...
Author: Fr. Roy Cimagala
The pursuit for truth
WE have to realize that the pursuit for truth is a very tricky one. To be sure, truth is not just a matter of citing facts and data. Though these are important and even indispensable, they are useless unless they are animated by the true...
A reminder on chastity
“YOU have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Mt 5,27-28) Most likely, everytime we read this passage from the gospel,...
True charity surpasses our human systems
“I TELL you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.” (Jn 5,20) Words of Christ that warn us of the danger of self-righteousness as exemplified by the scribes and Pharisees of his time...
Our laws and God’s laws
“DO not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfil.” (Mt 5,17) With these words of Christ, we are reminded that our human laws should channel and reflect the laws of God...
Let’s be responsible of each other
WHETHER we are aware of it or not, and despite our differences and conflicts, we all share the same humanity, the same status as creatures of God made in his image and likeness. We are one people, forming one body of which each one of...
Why the beatitudes?
I BELIEVE we are all familiar with the beatitudes, those Christ-defined formulation of how we can be considered blessed. (cfr. Mt 5,1-12) They intriguingly convert what we usually consider as human disasters or clear disadvantages and inconveniences according to worldly standards into a source of...
What does Pentecost mean?
EVEN if Christ already died and ascended into heaven, his presence and mission continues to be with us, this time through the Holy Spirit. “I will not leave you as orphans,” he said. “I will come to you.” (Jn 14,18) It is the Holy Spirit...
Willingness to die for love
IF our love is true, we should be willing to die for love of God and for everybody else. This is what Christ showed us and also commanded us. He said that we should love one another as he loved and continues to love us....
Our God-based unity
HOW should we understand our need for unity? Perhaps we can get some ideas from the priestly prayer of Christ before he entered into his passion and death. In it, he addressed the Father: “I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they...