IT cannot be denied that today’s quest for order is getting more difficult and challenging. There are just too many things around, producing so much clutter. The world is spinning increasingly faster. And things in general are getting more complicated and complex. We just cannot sit...
IT’S in guarding our mind and heart, seeing to it that they are welcoming and receptive to God, always giving him priority over all other things in our life. That’s the secret, since our relationship with God, insofar as our part is concerned, starts in...
WE have to be prepared for this eventuality that, sad to say, given our current frenzied conditions, many people claim to experience. There can be many explanations for this. One is that we are not actually taking care of our spirit of recollection all throughout the...
IN one of the Lenten weekday readings, we have been reminded that we have to judge fairly. From the Book of Leviticus, we read: “You shall not act dishonestly in rendering judgment. Show neither partiality to the weak nor deference to the mighty, but judge...
I’m happy to be hearing a lot lately about culture. That’s because our bishops have declared 2017 as the Year of the Parish. They want to highlight the ideal that the parish is a communion of communities, and culture plays a prominent role in pursuing...
IT’S one factor among many others that we need to consider if we want to make our relations with others more human and Christian. It’s not even the most important one, but it is basic and should not be ignored. It may not define the...
RIGHTLY or wrongly, people often gauge the value of the Holy Mass by the quality of the homily they hear during that celebration. Of course, this is a very subjective way of valuing the Mass, and therefore should somehow be taken with a grain of...
I AM sure that the first ones to be most happy at the celebration of the Solemnity of St. Joseph are our Lord, Christ Jesus, and his mother, the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. And we, of course, join them in this family celebration that is...
WE need to understand this point very well. And more importantly, we also need to understand the many intricate and practical implications involved in relating our human law with God’s law. With the way today’s legal and juridical systems worldwide are drifting toward extreme positivism that...
SORRY, but I have to disagree with that naughty meme often seen on jeepneys and other public utility vehicles that say that drivers are great lovers. No, they are not, unless they learn to be contemplatives who can always think and see God and other...
