Faith and Realism
WE should have no doubt about this. For us to “get real” and to be realistic, we need to be guided by faith, rather than be led simply by our reason and much less by our feelings and instincts alone. These latter things give us...
Author: Fr. Roy Cimagala
The power of prayer
IF only we know the great and true power of prayer! Our problem is that we often relegate this duty of ours practically to oblivion, banishing it to exile and branding it entirely as useless, as just fantasy, too abstract to have any impact on what we consider as...
Are you spiritual or carnal?
I WAS happy to learn that a grandnephew of mine is part of a boy band in Manila that won a competition recently. His mother, my niece, diligently sends me videos of his performances. I can’t help but make time to see them, in spite of my tight...
Prepare to be a sacrificial lamb
TO be very realistic in life, we have to be ready and eager to become a sacrificial lamb. This is not bad news. This is Good News. Let me explain. Our problem is that, unfortunately, the expression, sacrificial lamb, has suffered a great diminution of appreciation in the world today....
Let’s learn how to suffer
SUFFERING is unavoidable in our life. Anyone who thinks otherwise is certainly out of touch with reality and is going through the worst kind of suffering that has no meaning, when, in fact, with Christ, suffering is literally dripping with meaning and redemptive power. We need...
Stretching our patience
I THINK that we can safely presume that we try our best to live patience. That’s because whether we like it or not, we certainly cannot avoid all sorts of difficulties, challenges, trials, pains and sorrows that require us or even force us to be patient. Our...
Mercy above all
THIS should be very clear to all of us. We have to be merciful ourselves, because God who is our Father is merciful. Christ himself said it openly: “Be merciful as your Father is merciful.” (Lk 6,36) In the Holy Bible, numerous references to the mercy...
Alone but Never Lonely
WE all, from time to time, need to be alone. Many of us do so because we want some space, some rest, some escape from what we consider as drudgery of life, or from some problem that we want to sort out, or simply that...
PWD
THAT’S “persons with disability” or “people with disabilities.” We have to distinguish their many kinds if only to better know how to care for them. This is part of the new sensitivity we should develop as the world becomes more complex each day. Remember that St....
Pentecost today
TO be sure, Pentecost which celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit is not an event in the past that at best is merely to be remembered if we care. It continues to take place up to now. In the first place, every liturgical celebration is...