Chaste sex?
WHY not? In fact, that’s how sex should be if we have to remain truly human and a child of God. Sex is a human act that is meant not only for our own good but also and primarily as a means to glorify God....
Category Archives: Opinion
What should be normal in us?
THE quick and short answer to that question is for us to be like Christ, to be “another Christ” (alter Christus), and even “Christ himself” (ipse Christus). This is what should be normal in us. It is not presumptuous of us not only to aim...
Servants and messengers in Christ
When Christ said that “no servant is greater than his master, nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him,” (Jn 13,16) he obviously does not mean that we cannot outdo and outshine our superiors in our work and social status. It’s obvious that...
Charity amid evil
MAKE no mistake about it. If we are truly Christian, if we want to be like Christ as we should, then we should continue to live charity even when confronted by evil or, worse, even when we suffer at the hands of evil in any...
Deepening our Marian devotion
NOW that we are in this Marian month of May during this wonderful celebration of the 500 years of our Christianity, perhaps we can review how our devotion to our Lady, the Mother of God, Mother of Christ and our Mother, the Most Blessed Virgin...
Mga adlaw sa kalipay
Ang unang pag-ampo karon kanunay nagremind, nagpahinumdum kanato sa maong panahon. Niingon ang unang pag-ampo nato, “Grant almighty God that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy”, mga adlaw sa kalipay. Ayaw kalimti bisan Covid-19, adlaw sa kasakit, adlaw sa kahadlok, apan...
Assuming the identity of Christ
WE have to be clear about this point. We are meant to assume the identity of Christ. And that is not a gratuitous, baseless assertion, much less, a fiction or a fantasy. It is founded on a fundamental truth of our faith that we have...
Mama Mary, intercede for us to end pandemic
In response to Pope Francis’ call to ask for the intercession of Mama Mary throughout the month of May to end the pandemic, we include in our personal, family and community devotion of the Holy Rosary this noble intention. The intensity of our prayer must...
Conversion at the foot of the Cross
Our traditional celebration of the Passion is full of dramatic actions. They were very often mercilessly violent, painfully bloody and selectively inhuman. This was the behavior of the Roman soldiers led by their leader known as the centurion. He supervised the public shaming and torture...
See things with faith
THAT’S how we should see things and react to them. We have to be wary of our tendency to be guided only by our senses, feelings or our reasoning that is not yet enlightened by faith. These can only capture the externals and appearances of...