THESE past months, I have been attending family and class reunions and these always gave me very happy, moving and memorable experiences. There is a sensation of being at home, of being part of a family or class where the process of growing up, of...
WITH the many and even endless things that we have to attend to everyday, it is important that we maintain a certain focus and know which parts deserve more emphasis and highlight. At least, this effort will avert the likely possibility of us falling into routine...
CHRIST himself said it very clearly. In fact, he said it as a command. “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Mt 5,48) We need to feel at home with this divine injunction, and not to be afraid of it. More than that, we...
THIS is quite a tough job. To guide souls is indeed a very delicate job. It requires nothing less than entering into the inner life of a person with the intention of helping and of eventually leading that person to God. But how can this...
IF only to be able to talk in the same wavelength as the young ones who are usually techies, I thought of familiarizing myself with some digital terms that would somehow capture the things I wanted to tell them. And I discovered at least two...
WE all know that we ought to love everyone, since we all belong to one human family, created by God to be his people meant to share his life in heaven and while here on earth. But given our human condition, this love has to...
IT is not, of course, a matter of indulging in commercialization of things spiritual and of religion and piety. That would be simony, a no no. But given the temper of the times, I think we need to be more pro-active in promoting the spiritual...
KNOWING that everyone has a vocation, the next thing we have to do is to find out what precise vocation is meant for us. There are a number of possibilities. One can be an ordinary layperson, or be cleric or a consecrated person. One can...
THEY can look the same, if appearances and things external are only considered. But one is true while the other is fake in this whole business of developing our proper relation with God and with others. We need to have the skill of distinguishing between...
POPE Francis said in his Apostolic Exhortation, Gaudete et exsultate, that humility is when one is humbled or humiliated. It’s a line that has been said by many other holy men and women before him. It’s true, of course. But I feel that we just...
