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...
IN the gospel, there are two occasions when the expression “unprofitable servant” appears. One is the good kind, while the other the bad kind. The latter appears in the parable of the talents (cfr. Mt 25,14-30) where a servant who received one talent, instead of...
THIS should always be our constant concern. We should have a good grasp of what the big picture is of our life, what our ultimate goal is. And then we should be concerned about how we can relate all the items of day, both the...
THIS was clearly spelled out by Christ when he told his disciples who were asking him who the greatest is in the kingdom of heaven: “Amen, I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the...
WE need to be familiar with these two concepts that definitely would help us discern what truly was meant when Christ said certain things that would sound very inhuman and unchristian. One example is when Christ told a certain man who wanted to follow him but...
THAT’S what Christ told his disciples, James and John, who, feeling aghast that the Samaritans were not welcoming to Christ, suggested that fire come down from heaven to consume them. (cfr. Lk 9,51-56) Of course, Christ rebuked them, telling them straight that they did not...