Be practical also
WHILE it is true that to be prudent in our actuations, we need to come up with some theories and hypothesis, we also need to realize that we should not stop only in the speculative level. We have to go all the way to the...
Category Archives: Perspective
An apt description of today’s troubles?
SOME words of St. Paul in his letter to the Romans appear to be a good description of today’s trouble in the world. In that letter, he describes the troubles and identifies the cause. It’s in Chapter 1,18-32 of said letter, and I think it is...
Virtues most needed today
FAR from falling into irrelevance, and much less, into obsolescence, as some people claim, virtues are actually most needed today. And that’s simply because with the fast-moving and more complicated developments of the times, virtues actually help us greatly in properly tackling the challenges of...
Mental case or demonic possession?
THERE seems to be a sharp surge of disturbed people around these days. As a result, we can see more people who are clearly mentally ill, with very erratic behavior. And if they are not withdrawn from the world, alienating themselves and rotting away in...
Connecting with the people
THIS is a big challenge to public speakers, especially to preachers who are charged to transmit nothing less than the living word of God. Given the way people are now—with all their differences and complexities—the task of effectively communicating with them without compromising the integrity...
Let’s plan and strategize
WE cannot overemphasize this basic need of ours to make plans and strategies. If we have to develop ourselves as we should, if we have to be truly productive and fruitful, if we have to take advantage of everything in life, whether good or bad,...
A little revolutionary book
IT’S entitled, “The Way.” It’s the first book written by Opus Dei founder, St. Josemaria Escriva, dubbed as the precursor of the lay spirituality in the Church. It’s now on its 80th year since its first edition that came out in 1939. To date, its...
Time a transit to eternity
WE need to be clear about this point. Our time here on earth is a time of transit toward eternity, from where we came and to where we are heading. That’s because we are creatures of God who is in eternity. We came from him,...
Judge not to judge
JUDGING, of course, is basic and indispensable to us. It is the first step we do to know things. As soon as our senses apprehend certain things, our intelligence is immediately activated and starts to make judgments so we can start knowing. From there, we...
The good vs. the best
ASIDE from being able to distinguish between what is clearly good and what is clearly bad, we need to learn to distinguish the different levels and nuances of what is good, since we have to choose the right good at the right moment or situation....