It's good to be reminded about these very basic practical expressions of authentic charity especially since we are now in the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Our Catechism tells us that "the works of mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of...
In our relation with others, we need to remember that the first initiative should come from us, and that initiative should be that of love. We have to love everyone first before we can expect others to love us in return. Or even when we...
You think that as a priest I already know everything about the Eucharist? The answer is a big, flat No. Even if I must confess that I know quite a bit about it, and already have an extensive experience related to this most sublime sacrament,...
Now that we are holding in Cebu the 51st International Eucharistic Congress, it is imperative that we once again give this most important and sublime sacrament a long, hard look if only to savor more deeply its many implications, spiritual and moral, theological and practical,...
I don't think it's an irrelevant or irreverent question to ask. Given the temper of the times, I believe it's a question that needs to be asked, though some qualifications also have to be made. While things related to our faith and piety have a distinctive...
NOW THAT we will be going through another political exercise of choosing our political leaders, we first of all have to go to God, praying and begging that we be enlightened and that the whole process be peaceful, beneficial and fruitful to all of us....
Oh, what tremendous goodness praising God can do to us! If we can manage to truly praise God, we can safely say that our heart is really with God. No one can praise God unless God is fully with him and he is fully with...
Now that the political scene in our country is getting hot and hotter by the day, we need to clarify a few points, so we all can do politics as it should be done, or, in another way of saying the same thing, as befits...
It's, of course, a given. We are all sinners! There's nothing new about that. Whether you are a priest or a mayor, saintly-looking, good-looking or plain-looking, we all have feet of clay, and from time to time, we fall in spite of our best efforts....
In our political discussions and exchanges, it's just fine to be partisan as long as we are open and respectful of all other views, including those that are different and opposed to ours. We should avoid any form of extremism by demonizing others who do...
