WE all commit mistakes in this life. We fall into sin from time to time. We suffer failures and misfortunes. Many other miseries can hound us in this life and they can form even some kind of perfect storm. We can even feel that God...
EVERYTIME a dying person asks me about how to prepare for death, I would be both happy and nervous because I know the task is not easy at all to carry out. It’s a very delicate one, requiring me to be clear about what death...
THE two words can look and sound almost the same, and the reality behind them are just as much. That’s why we need to be most careful. It’s very easy to slip from a passing distraction to a total wreck of a destruction in ourselves. There...
BECAUSE of our current condition where we are restricted in our movements and somehow forced to stay home most of the time, we can say that we have more time to spend with the family which is a good and welcome development. We should try...
WE end the wonderful liturgical season of Easter with the celebration of the Solemnity of Pentecost. We are reminded that what Christ promised about the coming of the Holy Spirit to keep the work of human redemption going has taken place. We should feel good and...
LET us remember what Christ said so clearly. He is the vine, we are the branches. We can only have life, let alone, consistency and fruitfulness in our life, if we are united to him. Outside of him, we can only expect death, inconsistency and...
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....
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...
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...
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...