THAT gospel episode of Christ choosing his apostles practically randomly (cfr. Mk 3,13-19) can remind us of many things. First is that we are actually all apostles since if we are to be “another Christ” as we should, we cannot help but get involved in...
LIKE Christ, we should try to attract as many people as possible in order to lead them to Christ. In a sense, we should be like today’s influencers in the media and the cyberworld who with their gimmicks manage to go viral and trending with...
THIS observation is clearly illustrated many times in the gospel. Many of the leading Jews in the times of Christ did not believe in Christ, and their idea of what is right and wrong was simply very subjective, held with a certain consensus among themselves....
WE need to be keenly aware of these common dangers and do everything to protect ourselves from them and to fight them, since they will always be around, given our human condition here on earth. The secret again is to be in vital union with Christ,...
IF there’s one precious lesson we can learn from our devotion to the Sto. Nino, it should be about how we should be humble even if we know we have the greatest dignity among God’s creatures. Such humility would truly liken us to Christ who...
The year end of 2021 was tough for some Filipinos who were victims of typhoon Odette. Many were displaced as houses, places of works, businesses and even agricultural fields were destroyed by the typhoon. Electricity, internet connections and water works were cut off as debris...
Our celebration of the 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines cannot but bring us back to the Sto. Nino as the first image we have received to remind us of the loving God whom we believe. As we celebrate today the Feast of the...
It is advised by wise and holy people that in all our prayer and worship we have to respond to God's invitation to intimacy. True love always leads to experience of intimacy. Although it is never full but can be as deep as possible. The...
BECAUSE they could not get close to Christ, they opened the roof above Christ and lowered a paralytic so he can be before Christ to ask for a cure. (cfr. Mk 2,1-12) What a wonderful scene that shows how a strong faith is needed to be...
IN the gospel, Christ shows us how he always tried to pass unnoticed while doing a lot of good. In one instance, he told a leper whose leprosy he cleansed miraculously, not to tell anybody about the cure but only to the priest. (cfr. Mk...