OF course, this is the biggest privilege given to a human person. Mary, of all people, was exempted from original sin from her conception in the womb of her mother, St. Anne, and remained immaculate, unstained by any sin all throughout her earthly life. The basis...
THAT’S in the gospel of St. John, chapter 8, verses 1 to 11. It’s a very nice story that shows us how Christ deals with sinners, teaching us a precious lesson of how we have to deal with others who may not even be sinners...
We have to do our best to have the right conscience which is where we can hear the voice of God who guides us all throughout our life. We should not just depend on our own light, no matter how brilliant and smart we think...
GOD wants us to be like him, holy, merciful, perfect. While he will do everything to achieve that goal and give us all the means, he cannot force us to be like him. That’s because, like him, we are supposed to freely choose to be like...
THAT’S how the word of God, as recorded in the Gospel, can be described. It’s old since it comes from eternity, even before time started. It’s also new because being an eternal word, it will never grow old in human terms, becoming obsolete and irrelevant...
IF we really want to be Christ-like as we ought to be, then we should be willing to suffer for God and for everybody else. This is what Christ did. He was willing to obey the will of his Father that involved the offering of...
WE all have to learn to develop our spiritual and supernatural bearing, since this is what is proper to us. As persons with intelligence and will, we cannot help but have a spiritual character in our life. With these natural endowments, we are meant to...
HERE we go again! These words may be spoken either in cynicism or with much hope, expectation and excitement as we begin another liturgical year with the celebration of the Advent season. Of course, we should try our best that we speak these words with joy...
THIS is none other than the celebration or participation in the Holy Mass. And that is simply because in the Holy Mass, we have the sacramental renewal of the supreme act of love that Christ has done for us. Such sacramental renewal is practically an...
WE often think of heaven or of the kingdom of God as so inaccessible here on earth that we think it only exists in our dreams, in our fantasies or in our desires. It cannot be here and now. And because of that, we often fail...
