ALREADY for a number of years, I have been preaching and also being preached to. I thought of sharing my experiences for whatever they are worth. First of all, preaching is definitely not just a performance, although we priests should try our best to perform as...
ESPECIALLY in our prayer that plays a crucial role in our life, we need to learn how to turn distractions into enhancers. We cannot deny that very often our prayer is hounded by all sorts of impertinent and stray thoughts that would practically annul the...
EVERYONE should learn to be contemplative. We are actually meant for it. Equipped and wired for it, we reach our ideal situation when we manage to become contemplatives even in the middle of the world. We have to start with ourselves before we can dare...
IF we understand that our creation is still a work in progress, that our life here on earth is a life with God in Christ through the Holy Spirit who is still shaping and directing it until we become his image and likeness, and children...
WE need to learn this art. It plays a crucial and strategic role in our life. In many instances in the gospel, Christ told people after preaching, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (Mt 11,15) Let us try to avoid Christ’s reproach, “Though...
THIS was what Christ said, reassuring us that even if he went away and the world itself would disappear, he would still be with us, guiding and directing us to our ultimate destination. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass...
THEY may look and sound the same but they actually are worlds apart from each other. One destroys the truth. The other protects and defends it, and even promotes it. Lying can sound like the truth since it can cite facts and data, but the intention...
YES, that’s how our attitude should be when we work. We have to work for God and not just for men. St. Paul said so: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since...
THAT’S right! We can afford to be worry-free and as carefree as a bird if we only know how to be with Christ, trusting always in his unconditional love for us, his ever-merciful and wise providence over us. Even in our worst predicaments, when we are...
THAT’S right! It’s when we manage to glorify God always in our thoughts, our words and deeds, that we would have the best time here on earth, the highest “high” we can ever attain in this life. That’s simply because glorifying God constitutes the best act...
