WITH all the assurances that God will take care of everything, especially when we are in most need of help and mercy, etc., we might be tempted to think that we can do anything, including intentionally doing bad things, since God will forgive us anyway. This...
IN our life, in all our relations with others, in all situations and conditions that we can encounter, we have to learn how to be properly accepting of things without forgetting what needs to be done for everything to be how it should be. It’s...
THAT’S “Be it done to me according to your word,” the response of Mary to the Archangel Gabriel who told her that she was going to conceive the very Son of God in her womb. (cfr. Lk 1,26-38) She at first asked, “How shall this...
THANKS be to God, we can still be considered as a strongly Christian country. Especially in this Lenten season we can see churches filled with people praying and doing all kinds of penitential practices. Yes, there are also those who take advantage of the Lenten...
THESE are the two opposing attitudes that can be seen in God and in us. We are quick to blame and accuse others for whatever fault, defect, mistake others may commit, including those that we make up simply because of our biases and differences. But...
THE readings on the Third Sunday of Lent remind us that we are meant for eternal life. In the first reading, from the Book of Ezekiel 37,12-14, we see how God promises to raise his people from their graves and fill them with his Spirit. The...
WE, therefore, should be wary of our tendency to rely more on our human and worldly estimation of things. Rather, we should always choose to be guided by God’s will and ways, by his abidingly loving and merciful providence, which we should try our best...
IT’S definitely his humility and simplicity that built up his greatness. And because of these qualities, faith in God’s will and ways was easy for him to follow and comply. In fact, especially in some crucial moments, he attracted some kind of special divine intervention...
IN this Lenten season when we are encouraged to do some deep reflection and penance if only to grow in our spiritual life, to make ourselves more identified with Christ, we should try to develop a lifestyle of abiding faith and hope such that nothing...
THAT’S from Psalm 51,12 that is often used as Responsorial Psalm in some Holy Masses. It’s a psalm that is worth keeping in mind always because in the end our real identity and condition can only be found in our heart. We should try our...