A USUAL question many people ask is, If God is good, is goodness himself, if he is truly omnipotent and provident, why is there evil? It’s definitely a very complex question that is hard to answer. In fact, the Catechism recognizes this. “To this question, as...
THE story of Christ raising Lazarus to life again (cfr Jn 11,1-45) is a poignant reminder that all of us also need to rise from the dead, that is, the death of sin and its many dangers and threats that continually hound us all throughout...
THEY need not, and in fact, should not be given equal footing. Seeking the truth definitely is much more than just giving data and other pieces of information. Seeking the truth necessarily involves charity and the justice that should flow from charity and should tend toward...
IT cannot be denied that today’s quest for order is getting more difficult and challenging. There are just too many things around, producing so much clutter. The world is spinning increasingly faster. And things in general are getting more complicated and complex. We just cannot sit...
IT’S in guarding our mind and heart, seeing to it that they are welcoming and receptive to God, always giving him priority over all other things in our life. That’s the secret, since our relationship with God, insofar as our part is concerned, starts in...
WE have to be prepared for this eventuality that, sad to say, given our current frenzied conditions, many people claim to experience. There can be many explanations for this. One is that we are not actually taking care of our spirit of recollection all throughout the...
IN one of the Lenten weekday readings, we have been reminded that we have to judge fairly. From the Book of Leviticus, we read: “You shall not act dishonestly in rendering judgment. Show neither partiality to the weak nor deference to the mighty, but judge...
I’m happy to be hearing a lot lately about culture. That’s because our bishops have declared 2017 as the Year of the Parish. They want to highlight the ideal that the parish is a communion of communities, and culture plays a prominent role in pursuing...
IT’S one factor among many others that we need to consider if we want to make our relations with others more human and Christian. It’s not even the most important one, but it is basic and should not be ignored. It may not define the...
RIGHTLY or wrongly, people often gauge the value of the Holy Mass by the quality of the homily they hear during that celebration. Of course, this is a very subjective way of valuing the Mass, and therefore should somehow be taken with a grain of...
