Genuine and fake love
WE can presume that everything that we do is done in the name of love. We do it because there is something good that we can derive from it. That’s the way we are made. We are oriented always towards the good. We try to...
Author: Fr. Roy Cimagala
Be quick to show compassion
IF we really want to be “another Christ,” we should be quick to show compassion to others who are in need of one thing or another. Christ himself showed this in that moving episode narrated in Mk 5,21-43. While he was preaching, a synagogue official approached...
Freedom and responsibility
THESE are inseparable twins, like the two sides of a coin. One cannot be without the other. To be truly free, one has to be responsible. And to be truly responsible, one has to be free. And the more freedom one enjoys, the more responsibility he...
Truth has many layers
THERE’S an interesting episode in the gospel that tells us that truth indeed has many layers and we just have to be careful with our assertions especially when done as if we already know everything. It’s in the Gospel of St. John, Chapter 7. “Some in...
The humble and the proud
WE have to learn to know whether we are truly humble or are already treading the path of pride. With these confusing times, many of us do not know anymore which side of this issue we already are. Deceptive and illusive elements are so plenty...
Fight the exclusivistic tendency
LET’S always remember that even in our best intentions and efforts, we can still be and do wrong. This can be illustrated in that gospel episode where an apostle told Christ that they forbade someone who was driving out demons in Christ’s name because that...
The sense of heaven and eternity
WE need to see to it that even as we immerse ourselves as deeply as possible in our earthly affairs, we do not lose our sense of heaven and eternity. In fact, the ideal is that as we go deeper in our temporal affairs, our...
Sharpening our prudence and detachment
WITH all the explosion of the many attractive, tempting and riveting things we have today, we cannot deny that we really need to sharpen our virtues of prudence and detachment, otherwise there is no other way but to be swallowed by them and to get...
Always be child-like
THIS is what Christ wants us to be always. “Let the children come to me,” he said. “Do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like...
Our blessings and misfortunes
WE should have the proper attitude towards our blessings and misfortunes. Given our condition, these are unavoidable items in our life and we just need to know how to handle them, so we can take advantage of them rather than get spoiled by them. The basic...