IN the gospel, there is an episode where Christ told some unbelieving Jews the reason they could not know who Christ really was. “How long are you going to keep us in suspense?” they asked. “If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” (Jn 10,24) And...
ON the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker which is celebrated on May 1, we are reminded of this often-ignored dignity of our work, all kinds of work, big or small, as long as it is not sinful work. It is a matter that needs...
IN his effort to convey very important truths of faith about us, Christ used literary devices, figures and images that we can easily identify and relate. It’s something that we should also do in our effort to carry out our Christian duty of evangelization. We...
THIS is again an incredible thing we have to learn to handle. Christ wants us to have him in our flesh! He should be the flesh of our flesh. We are reminded of this truth of our faith in that gospel episode where Christ told the...
YES, indeed! If we only believe in God, we would be assured of our salvation, of the fullness of our dignity as persons and children of God. Yes, we would be saints, sharers in the very life and nature of God himself, as we are...
THE ideal condition for us with regard to our own will is that it should unite itself with God’s will. It should identify itself with God’s will and channel it as faithfully as possible all throughout our earthly sojourn. This should come as a no-brainer if...
ON the Feast of St. Mark, the Evangelist, we are reminded that all of us, like St. Mark, are asked by Christ to also “go into the whole world and to proclaim the Gospel to every creature.” (Mk 16,15) That is simply the effect and consequence...
GIVEN our fickle and fragile human condition here on earth, we have to feel the need to feed our desire for God. We know all too well that such desire, when we have it, would not last long unless we do something to keep it...
THE story of the 2 disciples on their Emmaus (cfr. Lk 24,13-35) tells us that we can always count on God to help us, intervening in our lives in a most crucial way, whenever for one reason or another we find ourselves depressed and demoralized....
IT’S something we should expect. It should be considered a given in our life, a fact of life. God can test us. He can seem to ask us to do something not only difficult but also impossible. We are reminded of this aspect of our life...