WE need to see to it that even as we immerse ourselves as deeply as possible in our earthly affairs, we do not lose our sense of heaven and eternity. In fact, the ideal is that as we go deeper in our temporal affairs, our...
WITH all the explosion of the many attractive, tempting and riveting things we have today, we cannot deny that we really need to sharpen our virtues of prudence and detachment, otherwise there is no other way but to be swallowed by them and to get...
THIS is what Christ wants us to be always. “Let the children come to me,” he said. “Do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like...
WE should have the proper attitude towards our blessings and misfortunes. Given our condition, these are unavoidable items in our life and we just need to know how to handle them, so we can take advantage of them rather than get spoiled by them. The basic...
IT used to be that the ‘war zone’ is quite far and remote from us. But now with the new technologies which have made the world smaller and more tightly interconnected, the ‘war zone’ has spread out quite widely and is now quite near to...
ST. Augustine’s book, “De civitate Dei’ (The City of God), talks about two cities that are formed by two loves: the earthly city by the love of self, even to the contempt of God, and the heavenly city by the love of God, even to...
GOD is so full mercy he always forgives our sins. There’s just one sin that is unforgivable. It is called the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Christ said so: “All sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against...
IT’S true. We are never alone. Even in our most solitary moments, we have no reason to feel alone. That’s simply because God is always with us, is always intervening in our life, is always pouring out his love and graces to us. And if we...
LET’S be clear about this. We obviously are entitled to our rights but we should not feel entitled to privileges and favors that are above our rights and needs. If they come and we cannot avoid them, then let’s be thankful. But let’s be reminded that...
ONCE in a while, you get a jolt when you meet someone who would make you consider something that you have ignored up to now, considering it as trivial or with low priority, but which happens to have a solid claim for the historical truth...
