IT’S love, of course. But the real one, not the fake ones that are proliferating around these days. It’s the love that comes from God, is a participation of God’s love for all of us, irrespective of who and how we are. It’s a love...
TO be realistic about the concrete conditions of our life here on earth, we need to know how to be tolerant of certain unavoidable evils without condoning them. The distinction may be difficult to make, but we simply have to learn it if we want...
I AM very happy to note that there are serious agencies that are concerned about preparing people, especially the young ones, for the future. They are talking about the need for upskilling and reskilling them to cope with the demands of the future. What is more,...
“Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, ‘You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to...
I BELIEVE this is what many of us are fast realizing these days. With the multiplying things we have to attend to each day, we are pressured to learn how to orchestrate them if only to come out at the end of the day with...
AMID the complexities of our life today, we have to learn to stay humble and simple because that is the basic way to precisely handle these complexities well. When we are humble and simple we would know how to blend openness, tolerance and versatility on...
TO be sure, if we have to truly Christian, we need to be tough, really tough. Christ himself was tough, but with the toughness of love that goes all the way of assuming all the sins of men by offering his life on the cross....
THAT’S what Christ tells us about who we are and what we are supposed to do in this world. “You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world.” (cfr. Mt 5,13-16) He addressed these words to his disciples. And if we...
WE need to re-examine our spirit of fidelity because with all the rapid new developments around demanding us to be dynamic, open-minded and versatile in the way we live our commitments, it would be very easy for us to get confused and lost. Yes, to be...
THIS is the constant challenge we have to tackle. How should we convert the prose of everyday into a verse that can penetrate eternity, the forever? The secret, of course, is love. The love that comes from God, is energized by him and is directed...
