I’M referring to the growing cases of same-sex attraction among students in our country. Though specific research is limited regarding the prevalence of same-sex attraction among students in our high schools, colleges and universities, we cannot deny that we are hearing more and more about...
WE know that a number of times Christ complained about the hypocrisy of the leading Jews of his time. He issued a number of “Woe to you’s” to those who “tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over judgment and the charity of...
IT’S well known that our first or immediate reactions to things we see, hear or experience are not quite right. They can even be totally wrong. We should not be surprised by this fact of life. It’s part of our natural human limitations, not to...
A NUMBER of times, Christ complained about the lack of faith of the people of his time. “This generation is a wicked generation: it asks for a sign, and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet,” he once...
WE are familiar with that part of the gospel where ten lepers approached Christ begging for healing, and they were healed, but only one of them had the fine detail of going back to Christ to thank him, which made Christ very happy, of course....
THIS is the ideal condition for us to be in as we go about our temporal affairs, especially in business and politics, and in the more complicated and challenging sector of the new technologies. We should be as technically competent as possible in these areas,...
THAT gospel episode about a fellow who, by insisting and disturbing a storeowner, finally got the bread he requested for a friend who arrived at his home in the middle of the night (cfr. Lk 11,5-13), reminds us that there is always a need for...
WE should be clear about this point. Everything in our life should be an occasion, a means, a reason for prayer. Whatever the condition and situation in our life, whether considered humanly speaking as good or bad, proper or improper, in solemn or jovial moments,...
CONSIDERING the rapid shifts on the global stage, leaving us often sharply challenged and confused, we really need now more than ever a stable anchor that would put us on the right groove to help us navigate life smoothly and lead us toward our real...
THAT’S right! Our intelligence just cannot be on its own. Without God, it can only go nowhere even if it can spin a very sophisticated web of reasonings and discoveries. Our intelligence needs God to guide it, to enlighten it, and to lead it to...