THAT’S how we are in this life. We are both co-agents with Christ in our own redemption as well as objects of such redemption that is wrought out primarily by Christ and instrumentally by us. Yes, we are co-redeemers with Christ, concerned not only of our...
WE just don’t do apostolate as if it is just one more task to be done on some parts of the day. We are first of all apostles, and our apostolic concern should be constant and abiding, even while we are asleep or doing all...
WE need to be more aware of this reality so that we both can enjoy its rights and privileges and fulfill the duties inherent in it. Truth is no matter how isolated we are physically, mentally or emotionally, we are all interconnected for the most...
THAT is what Christ himself told us to aspire—that God’s will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. Yes, while we are here in this world, we should always have a sense of heaven and a hunger for it. The world, with...
THIS is an art and skill that we have to learn, especially these days. With all the developments around and the many challenges and tasks they involve, we have to know when to move fast and when to go slow, if only to keep ourselves...
ONE burning question many people ask is, if God is truly God and knows everything from all eternity, why does he still create a person when he would already know that that person would end up in hell? Does he not predestine that person to...
THERE is no doubt that cases of all kinds of addictions and obsessions are on the rise these day. They even affect little children. These cases are often referred to as mental illnesses or emotional or psychological disorders. Aside from the usual addictions and obsessions of...
INDEED! Given the way things and many people are today, hope has become an urgent need. There are just too many signs that many people today, especially the young ones, are trapped and entangled in worldly things. They have forgotten or do not even know...
THIS is just one view among many others with regard to the so-called ‘millennials,’ those young people born between 1980 and 2000. I have heard quite a bit of comments about them, and many of them are not good. I thought of putting my two...
IT’S understandable that at the end of the day we get tired, dead tired even. That can only mean that we have worked a lot and have worked to exhaustion. But we should not be bored. Boredom can only mean we are not happy with our...
