Category Archives: Opinion

WHAT can be a good sign that we have a true love, and not just some kind of infatuation and the like? I guess the answer can be derived from what Christ himself told us clearly. And that’s nothing other than when we can manage, with...

THE quick answer to that question is that they convert what we usually consider as human disasters or clear disadvantages and inconveniences according to worldly standards into a source of joy, a means of our redemption, a path to heaven, narrow and difficult though it...

“You have reached your destination!” We eagerly long to hear this message from our trusty Waze application. This consoling congratulatory robotic notice manages to make up for the wasted time in the twists and turns of horrendous traffic. The advent of such helpful applications like Waze,...

We really need to be souls of prayer. This is what is proper to us. It’s a fundamental need because when we pray we connect ourselves with our ultimate life source who is God. Our need for prayer is infinitely more than our need for...

Excerpts from the Homily Feast of the Presentation of the Lord February 2, San Pedro Cathedral “Twenty years ago, choosing this day, February 2, the now St. Pope John Paul II has started this beautiful custom of the church: the ‘World Day for Consecrated Life/Religious Life.’ The whole...

God’s love that surpasses all human bounds, going beyond respecting the rights of each human being, is certain to penetrate the human soul with ‘Magnificent Peace’ which is the fruit of the total giving of self as shown in Jesus’ life and Passion. The soul...

Some call this also the happy hearts day. And rightly so. This is a time when hearts are light and soft, sort of like God-held hearts of flesh. Greeting cards, romantic mushy texts, flowers, quiet intimate dates are various ways one shows another how loved and...