WE are now again the in season of Lent. It’s important that we know how to see the good, bright and happy side of this season that otherwise is usually considered as dark, and also associated almost exclusively with pain, suffering and sacrifice. We need to...
IT certainly would seem so, if we have to consider the tone of the exchanges of ideas, opinions and views in the media today—especially the American media. It’s amazing that people who flaunt their being tolerant, broad-minded, politically correct, etc. to the public, are throwing...
WE need to learn this art of speaking in silence. And that’s simply because whether we are in talking or quiet, we need to communicate and to relate ourselves to someone, foremost of whom is God and, in fact, of everybody else. Communication is indispensable to...
WE need to discover and appreciate the link between suffering and loving. The two need not go against each other. In fact, they have to go together if we want our suffering to be meaningful and fruitful. And we have a way to do that. By...
ONE sad thing that can be observed around is to see people, even young people, who have a very low self-esteem. They are usually shy and withdrawn, and if you get to know them better, you will most likely discover that they suffer a range...
ANNIVERSARIES of whatever kind, be it happy or sad, should elicit in us the impulse of gratitude and the resolve to be faithful. They are part of our past that involves a turning point or a landmark. As such they define our life to a...
WE have to be clear about this. We cannot have God without religion. They go together as far as we are concerned. Religion is precisely our relationship with God. It’s an unavoidable thing, whether we like it or not. It has its laws and requirements...
We have to understand the words of Christ well when he said; “Judge not that you may not be judged. (Mt 7,1) It does not mean that we should not judge at all. In fact, in the succeeding verse of the gospel passage, he said:...
WHAT can be a good sign that we have a true love, and not just some kind of infatuation and the like? I guess the answer can be derived from what Christ himself told us clearly. And that’s nothing other than when we can manage, with...
THE quick answer to that question is that they convert what we usually consider as human disasters or clear disadvantages and inconveniences according to worldly standards into a source of joy, a means of our redemption, a path to heaven, narrow and difficult though it...
