THE amazing gospel story of the Transfiguration of the Lord (cfr. Mt 17,1-9) reminds us that in the end Christian life involves a dual process of how to humanize God and at the same time, how to divinize man. And that’s because if Christ was transfigured,...
WHEN Christ said, “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven,” (Mt 5,20) we have to understand that Christian life will involve the task of going beyond what simply is material...
“ASK, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.” (Mt 7,7) Words of Christ that clearly tell us to simply focus on God in whatever we do, irrespective of the changing circumstances and conditions...
THERE is no doubt about this. For us to feel the need for conversion, which is actually a constant need for us since we cannot help but fall into some sin, one way or another, we need to have faith. This truth about us was highlighted...
CHRIST was giving his disciples instructions on how they should behave and pray. At one point, he said: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them.” And he...
“AMEN, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Mt 25,40) These are words of Christ that are worthy of engraving in our mind and heart. They spell out our duty to take care...
TEMPTATIONS will always be around. And we just have to be prepared to deal with them properly. The secret is to learn how to be like Christ precisely at the moment when he himself was tempted three times by the devil. (cfr. Mt 4,1-11) It’s important...
TO determine the true spirit and intent of our laws, we should go to Christ. That’s because he is the original and final lawgiver. We should be wary when we would just make and interpret laws, whether the natural, moral or purely human laws, according...
“IF any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” (Lk 9,23) Christ’s words may frighten us at first, but he is actually giving us the best deal we can ever have in this life. We...
IT’S Ash Wednesday once again. And with it, we begin the liturgical season of Lent, a serious time of preparation for the culmination of Christ’s redemptive mission through his passion, death and glorious resurrection. Thanks be to God, Ash Wednesday in our country always evokes a...