Category Archives: Opinion

WE have to be ready to react properly when some praises and honors come our way. We should remain humble, knowing that all those praises and honors belong to God. “Deo omnis gloria!” This is the lesson Christ wants to impart when he talked about the...

THAT’S simply because our life will always be in some warfare. And it is not so much in the outside or the visible world as in the inside or the invisible aspects of our life. Our war will be more in our mind, heart and...

When we were studying Sacred Liturgy in the Major Seminary in Jaro, Iloilo, our Spanish professor, a good liturgist and a good spiritual guide, used to advise us future priests that whenever there was no requested intention for Mass, we should offer our Masses for...

THE expression is taken from the Acts of the Apostles (4,32). It means “one heart and one soul.” It was used to describe the way the early Christian believers lived. The full text is as follows: “Now the full number of those who believed were...

I WAS struck by a quotation used in Pope Francis’ “Gaudete et exsultate,” which is about the call to holiness in today’s world. He quoted a French essayist, Leon Bloy, who said, “the only great tragedy in life is not to become a saint.” (GE...