THAT gospel parable about a king giving a wedding feast to his son and invited many guests who, later on, refused to come (cfr. Mt 22,1-14), reminds us that we should see to it that we do not get trapped in our earthly and temporal...
THAT’S the lesson we can draw from that gospel parable about a landowner who hired laborers at different hours of the day to work in his vineyard. (cfr. Mt 20,1-16) The landowner promised to pay the usual daily wage to those he hired at the...
“AGAIN I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.” (Mt 19,24) These are words of Christ that horrified the apostles when told about...
THIS no pipe dream at all. St. Paul assured us that “in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Rom 8,28) It would just be a matter of us seeing to it...
IN the gospel, we can hear Christ expressing his burning desire to pursue his mission here on earth. “I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?” he said. (Lk 12,49) If we want to be true...
WITH the celebration the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady, we are reminded that though we feel so unworthy of it, we are actually meant to be in heaven in our definitive state of life. And that, not only spiritually, but also corporally. We...
WITH all the rapid developments we are having these days, giving rise to a number of contentious issues, we need to find a way of how to pursue the truth that should always go with charity. It’s a tall order that we should just try...
IT’S easy to understand why Mary is honored as Mother of the Church the day after Pentecost Sunday. And that’s because Pentecost, or the coming of the Holy Spirit, being the birth of the Church, it’s logical that Mary, being the Mother of Christ and...
DEFINITELY, it is not in being adorned with sorts of medals and public recognition, showered with all kinds of honors and privileges. It’s rather in being simple and humble, in having a heart completely emptied of its ego and filled with love and compassion for...
THIS is the ideal condition for us to be in. Given the way we are, as willed by God himself, our Creator and Father, we need to be always with him all the time even as we go through our earthly and temporal affairs. To...