NOW that Pope Francis has reacted to this latest clerical sexual scandal that erupted in the US recently, let us see how those beautiful intentions and words in his letter can be translated into action. “Looking ahead to the future,” he said in that letter, “no...
WE should be concerned about this matter. Our faith should not remain only in the theoretical, intellectual level. It has to be a functioning one, giving shape and direction in our thoughts and intentions, our words and deeds. In fact, it should shape our whole...
AT the beginning of every Holy Mass that we celebrate, we are asked to acknowledge our sins “to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.” I have always found this part of the Mass very meaningful, since I believe it is a necessity that we...
THIS is always a challenge for me as it should be for everybody else. Technology, especially at the rate that it is developing nowadays, is slowly but surely charming us into our own dehumanization, let alone, our dechristianization. And the main reason is that it tends...
IT’S good if we can often revisit these words of St. Paul: “It is written, ‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.’” (1 Cor 2,9) It is...
AM happy to know that the committee on the ongoing formation of the Archdiocese of Cebu is organizing a conference on priestly conduct as part of the celebration of 2018 as the Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons. I believe it is part of...
NOW that Pope Francis has made it a Church doctrine that the death penalty is inadmissible, we have to review the basis for the true value of human life. We cannot exaggerate the value of human life, since it is a life meant to have an...
WE have to make sure that whenever we encounter pain and difficulty in life, failure and loss, misery and misfortune, things that can usually happen in anyone’s life, we avoid falling into self-pity which will only make things worse. These predicaments in life are actually golden...
WE need to be able to distinguish between the two. They notoriously look alike, but one is genuine while the other is fake. One can truly help in our relation with God and others, while the other tends to harden our self-centeredness. One is usually...
CHRIST himself said it very clearly that it is in him where we can find our true rest. These are his words: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Mt 11,28) To be sure, the rest that...
