MANY years ago, when I was still studying for my priesthood in Rome, I attended a retreat where I heard a recording of a homily given by Opus Dei Founder, St. Josemaria Escriva. What stunned me in that recorded homily was his repeated shouts of...
CHRIST was not contented only with offering forgiveness to those who crucified him while still hanging on the cross and just moments before his death. “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do,” he said. (Lk 23,34) He wanted that mercy to offered...
THE secret is simply to follow what Christ tells us. He is always around and is eager to help us especially in our needs and helplessness. This we can gather from that gospel episode about the third appearance of the resurrected Christ to his disciples....
THAT’S how our attitude should be toward the cross, in whatever form it may come to us. It may be in matters of health, finances, family and business concerns, etc., we should just welcome the cross knowing that if we carry it together with Christ,...
GIVEN the temper of the times, we really need to incorporate these attitudes, virtues and practices into our system. In other words, we need to live temperance now that we are wallowing in a very intoxicating addicting world of the social media and the digital...
THAT’S the ideal thing to do whenever we find ourselves in some difficult conflicts, especially in the area of politics. Let’s not make things worse by following the urges of the flesh, the ways of the world, and much less, the game of the devil....
CONSIDER the great and overwhelming joy Mary Magdalene and the other Mary felt when they discovered the resurrection of Christ. (cfr. Mt 28,8) They ran, very eager to spill the Good News to Christ’s disciples. Let’s hope that we too can have the same joy and...
HAPPY EASTER to everyone! Once again, we celebrate the final victory of Christ over our sins and their consequences. That’s what his resurrection, achieved through the instrumentality of the cross, means. We should all be moved to correspond to this BEST NEWS we could ever...
THIS is the highest point, the climax, of the redemptive work of Christ. With the Easter Triduum which starts in the evening of Holy Thursday with the celebration of the Mass of the Last Supper, we are made to understand that Christ, whose idea of...
THAT Christ knew that he would be betrayed by one of those close to him and thus suffer the consequences—his passion and death on the cross (cfr. Mt 26,14-25)—should remind us that we too would be betrayed, if not by others then by our own...