THE quick answer to that question is that they convert what we usually consider as human disasters or clear disadvantages and inconveniences according to worldly standards into a source of joy, a means of our redemption, a path to heaven, narrow and difficult though it...
We really need to be souls of prayer. This is what is proper to us. It’s a fundamental need because when we pray we connect ourselves with our ultimate life source who is God. Our need for prayer is infinitely more than our need for...
LET’S hope that more and more people get to realize the great importance of the Bible in our life. Though written by men, it is actually an inspired book that has God as its author. Its significance lies in the fact that it “teaches without error...
We need to see to it that our life is characterized by fervor and passion. We have to be driven, because this is a clear sign of genuine love. When there is lethargy or lukewarmness, you can be sure love is fading or has faded...
“WOE to me if I do not preach the Gospel.” (1 Cor 9,16) This was the cry of St. Paul conveying his burning desire to transmit the Good News to the early Christians. It’s a cry that also has to spring in each one of us,...
GIVEN the fact that our life is supposed to be a total offering to God out of love for him and for everyone, we need to make sure that we manage our work and rest so that we can go on completely offering ourselves up...
IF there’s any doctrine worth all our life, it’s Christ’s saving doctrine. You can be sure it’s not just some ideological or technical doctrine that can give us some temporal and earthly benefits in the area of politics, social life, economics, etc. It’s a doctrine that...
I’M referring to our human laws. No matter how well crafted, they are not meant to be the end or the goal themselves, but rather as means or a way to our ultimate goal who is God or our eternal life with God. We are reminded...
IT’S an understatement that the world today is sunk quite deep in ignorance and confusion. This phenomenon is actually to be expected. Given the way we are designed, we are prone to them. And yet, even if all these were so, we still can affirm with...
IT’S important that we realize the abiding need to educate our senses, that is to say, to make our eyes, ears, nose, tongue and hand discern the ultimate object and purpose of our life, who is God. They should not be allowed to go every which...
