WE need to see the unity between heaven and earth, and try our best, with God’s grace, to conform to such reality. Obviously, this unity between heaven and earth will always be a tentative one while we are still here on earth, but we need...
Deep in our hearts we should have the attitude of Jesus, especially in answer to the persistent question: what am I to do or which Church denomination am I to join? Jesus Himself said that: "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find" (Mt. 7:7,...
I am sad to see that as a result of the Mamasapano raid, the mutual trust and social cohesion that had been nurtured between Christians and Muslims, in some sectors, had been greatly eroded. The exchanges in the social media have even turned nasty and starting to go...
Pope Francis uses the term, Comfort Zone, in his first papal exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel, chapter 1, no. 20). Before he was pope, he spoke about this in one of the pre-conclave informative sessions labeled "congregations" attended by voting and non-voting cardinals. When...
Niadtong ika-duhang Domingo sa Febrero, sa unang binasa (Job. 7) si Job nag-antos sa iyang sakit ug nagahunahuna nga ang pag-antos mao gayod ang mahiaguman sa tawo dinhi sa kalibutan. Busa siya nakasinati sa daghang kalisdanan, apan nagpabilin ang paglaum ug ang kahimtang sa iyang...
"Father, please visit my ailing mother, pray that my husband may be converted, thank you for your prayers for the board exam of my daughter, I was enlightened by your good advice during my darkest days." These are common expressions of our faithful who believe...
IT'S obvious that we have to do all we can to combat bad poverty. That's the poverty that dehumanizes us, that undermines our dignity as persons and as children of God. Anything that stands in the way of what we ought to be, both in...
Many troubles in our world, even in our inner self, come from a violation of Jesus' law: "Judge not and you shall not be judged" (Mt. 7:1). People in prison bewail the fact of their mistakes in life which they committed after a rash judgment on...
Last week I urged our readers to answer NOW the question, Why are the people poor? This question should be answered in the context of what is happening today to Filipinos in the aftermath of the massacre of 44 police men of the Special Action...
The Visit of Pope Francis from January 15 to 19 have been analyzed and interpreted in so many ways. The 2014 expose of Filipino multi-billion corruption caught the world's attention that Pope Francis had to say something about it because the faithful expected it. This...