ASIDE from being able to distinguish between what is clearly good and what is clearly bad, we need to learn to distinguish the different levels and nuances of what is good, since we have to choose the right good at the right moment or situation....
WHATEVER may be our differences and conflicts, which are unavoidable in our life and some of which may even be very serious, we should always be concerned about unity, not only trying to keep it but also trying to build it up, even at the...
IN this life, with all the bad elements we have to contend with, we really would need to be properly guarded, protected but also keeping ourselves always on the go. We should not just be on the defense mode all the time. We should also...
THAT’S how we should handle ourselves. Let’s remember that, as St. Paul said, we have a treasure in vessels of clay. (2 Cor 4,7) And that’s because our dignity is that of being children of God, image and likeness of his, meant to share in...
AN intriguing statement, indeed! It’s part of the spiritual consideration that Opus Dei founder, St. Josemaria Escriva, made on the fourth sorrowful mystery of the holy rosary. The pertinent point goes as follows: “But don’t drag the Cross…Carry it squarely on your shoulder, because your Cross,...
I MEAN it’s God’s work, first of all, before it is ours. This business of our creation and redemption is begun by God and he also will be the one to complete and perfect it. (cfr. Phil 1,6) On our own, we cannot. Neither did...
THE story of Moses receiving complaints from his fellow Israelites as he led them out of the bondage of Egypt (cfr. Ex 14,5-18) reminds us of the hardness of our heart to resist conversion and return to God from our state of sin. Like those complaining...
WE need to realize more deeply that everytime we participate in any liturgical act, we are actually stepping into the supernatural world of God. We are made contemporaries with Christ as he continues his work of human redemption until the end of time. And that’s simply...
WHAT is the ultimate and constant purpose of our life? It is to be like God as God wants us to be. We have been created in his image and likeness. He wants us to be like him, full of love. We are meant to...
THIS may be the favorite pastime of many people, but it is never good to gossip. To gossip is at least bad manners. If ever we have to talk about somebody with some of our friends, only nice, edifying things should be said. We actually have...
