The distinction is very important. Especially to priests and others who are in a position to give advice and counsel to others, this distinction is indispensable. Knowing it and learning how to behave by it can spell the difference between genuine help and disastrous harm...
THESE two constituent elements of any human law should be together. That’s the ideal. In our earthly reality, of course, the letter of the law will always be found wanting in terms of capturing the whole spirit of the law. This discrepancy between the letter and...
WITH all the new and very vicious viruses spreading around these days, we need to have a certain immunization to tackle this disturbing fact of life. And more than having a kind of medical immunization, what is more needed is moral immunization. We should learn, for...
NOW that we are in the merry month of May, it’s good that we remind ourselves of the great importance Mary, the Mother of God and our Mother too, occupies in our life. Let’s hope that we can not only develop a devotion to her...
A USUAL question many people ask is, If God is good, is goodness himself, if he is truly omnipotent and provident, why is there evil? It’s definitely a very complex question that is hard to answer. In fact, the Catechism recognizes this. “To this question, as...
THE story of Christ raising Lazarus to life again (cfr Jn 11,1-45) is a poignant reminder that all of us also need to rise from the dead, that is, the death of sin and its many dangers and threats that continually hound us all throughout...
THEY need not, and in fact, should not be given equal footing. Seeking the truth definitely is much more than just giving data and other pieces of information. Seeking the truth necessarily involves charity and the justice that should flow from charity and should tend toward...
IT cannot be denied that today’s quest for order is getting more difficult and challenging. There are just too many things around, producing so much clutter. The world is spinning increasingly faster. And things in general are getting more complicated and complex. We just cannot sit...
IT’S in guarding our mind and heart, seeing to it that they are welcoming and receptive to God, always giving him priority over all other things in our life. That’s the secret, since our relationship with God, insofar as our part is concerned, starts in...
WE have to be prepared for this eventuality that, sad to say, given our current frenzied conditions, many people claim to experience. There can be many explanations for this. One is that we are not actually taking care of our spirit of recollection all throughout the...
