OF course, St. Paul himself said so: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thes 5,16-18) And in that episode of Christ visiting the house of the sisters Martha and...
ONE very gratifying task I do is talking with young people, usually those in the school where I work, and being given the chance to help them in some way. It’s amazing that just by inviting them for a short chat, they would already feel...
SINCE we have been created in the image and likeness of God, we should put all our energy in becoming like God. To be like God is not some kind of mental disorder that some people stereotype such effort to be. In fact, that is...
I’M referring to the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. That is where we get in direct contact with the living and redeeming Christ. We become contemporaries of his and join him in his redemptive work, sanctifying ourselves in the process and helping in the sanctification...
WE have to be better prepared when we are tempted. Our usual problem is that we think that when we are tempted, it is just a very personal affair that nobody else should intervene. This is not the way to deal with temptations. With this...
TO have an active mind is, of course, a good thing. It facilitates many things: our thinking, our judging, assessing and reasoning. It fosters insights and intuition, allowing us to see and read more than what our eyes and other senses can perceive. It mitigates...
I BELIEVE we all commit mistakes and suffer some failures in life. And certainly we feel bad about it. We just have to make sure that we do not stay long brooding over them and letting ourselves to sink to sadness and depression. We have...
IF we believe that God is the supreme being and the source of all good things in life, why don’t we talk a lot about him, especially in the public fora where most of the people are? It would seem that speaking about God is restricted...
THAT’S how we are in this life. We are both co-agents with Christ in our own redemption as well as objects of such redemption that is wrought out primarily by Christ and instrumentally by us. Yes, we are co-redeemers with Christ, concerned not only of our...
WE just don’t do apostolate as if it is just one more task to be done on some parts of the day. We are first of all apostles, and our apostolic concern should be constant and abiding, even while we are asleep or doing all...
