IT’S understandable that since we are now at the end of another liturgical year, the gospel readings focus on this truth of our faith—that both time and the world will end. Thus, in one gospel episode, Christ was asked about the signs that such end...
THAT gospel episode where Christ praised a poor widow for giving all that she had to live on to the treasury of the temple (cfr. Lk 21,1-4) graphically reminds us that Christian poverty, which is what is required for true Christian love to reign in...
WORDS of Christ in response to Pilate’s question, “Art thou the king of the Jews?” (Jn 18,33) That was when Christ clarified who he really was, and yet the poor Pilate and many of the Jews of that time could not get it. These words are...
“ALL the people were hanging on his words.” (Lk 19,48) Because of that, those leading Jews who wanted to put Christ to death could not carry out their plan. Let’s hope that we too can get so close to Christ that would frustrate anything that...
WE should be most aware of this truth of our faith. The Holy Spirit is constantly prompting us what to think, say and do. And that’s because God, being at the very core of our existence, cannot abandon us and is constantly intervening in our...
THIS is what we can draw from that parable about a nobleman who had to make a journey to obtain his kingship and called his 10 servants, giving them 10 gold coins, telling them to engage in trade till he would return. (Lk 19,11-28) As...
WE have to be aware of this way of looking and reacting to things in general that is actually ruling the lives of many people, especially the young ones, who do not know yet how to properly handle their emotions, feelings and passions. As commonly defined...
IT’S a new word I just learned recently. It refers to “the practice of ignoring one’s companion or companions in order to pay attention to one’s phone or other mobile device.” I suppose the word is an acronym for “phone” and “snubbing.” We have to be...
THAT’S what we should maintain in life. We need to develop a keen sense of the purpose of our life and keep it in play in every circumstance and situation of our life. Difficult? For sure. But we can always train ourselves for it. We are...
IN the gospel of St. Luke (17,26-37), we hear Christ lamenting over how people in the long history of humanity were entangled in their earthly affairs while practically ignoring the real purpose of life. “As it was in the days of Noah,” he said, “so it...