“SOME Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?’” (Mt 19,3) This is the opening passage of the gospel of the Mass on Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time. It brings...
THAT’S the task and the duty that we are reminded of on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated on August 15. Our body, just like our spiritual soul, is expected to also share in the very life and nature of...
WE cannot deny that in our family and community life, we have to contend with the unavoidable differences and even conflicts that we can have with others. For this, we have to be ready to be always patient and charitable if only to keep our...
“THE disciples approached Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?’ He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, ‘Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom...
WHEN Christ asked Peter if he too should pay taxes, (cfr. Mt 17,22-27) we are given some kind of indication that we should know how to live naturalness in the world while always keeping our spiritual and supernatural bearing. Especially nowadays when things are getting more...
WE should try to avoid the reaction of some Jews who could not believe what Christ said when he told them: “I am the living bread which came down from heaven.” (Jn 6,41) Instead, we should sharpen our Eucharistic piety, convinced that whenever we are...
THIS is what Christ is proposing to us. It is quite intriguing, but to be sure it is what truly is proper to us. We need to somehow lose ourselves to win what is truly necessary for us. We cannot deny that we are notorious...
IF Christ is the pattern of our humanity, then we have to be ready to carry his cross which is his ultimate expression of love for us. To carry his cross is the ultimate way we can identify ourselves with Christ as we should. We should...
THE story of the Canaanite woman who begged Christ to cure her daughter who was tormented by a demonic possession (cfr. Mt 15,21-28) should clearly remind us that no matter how God may appear at first to be deaf and insensitive to our appeals, we...
THE Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, celebrated on August 6, reminds us that we are meant to share in the life and nature of God. Yes, we too will be transfigured from our natural selves to the luminous supernatural life with God. And this...