WE end the wonderful liturgical season of Easter with the celebration of the Solemnity of Pentecost. We are reminded that what Christ promised about the coming of the Holy Spirit to keep the work of human redemption going has taken place. We should feel good and...
In last week's Shalom I wrote how the Gospel writers Mark, Matthew and Luke narrate the conversion of the Roman centurion on Calvary. Of the 3 narratives, the more personal wording of St. Mark seem to tell us how and why conversion happened. "The centurion,...
LET us remember what Christ said so clearly. He is the vine, we are the branches. We can only have life, let alone, consistency and fruitfulness in our life, if we are united to him. Outside of him, we can only expect death, inconsistency and...
WHY not? In fact, that’s how sex should be if we have to remain truly human and a child of God. Sex is a human act that is meant not only for our own good but also and primarily as a means to glorify God....
THE quick and short answer to that question is for us to be like Christ, to be “another Christ” (alter Christus), and even “Christ himself” (ipse Christus). This is what should be normal in us. It is not presumptuous of us not only to aim...
When Christ said that “no servant is greater than his master, nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him,” (Jn 13,16) he obviously does not mean that we cannot outdo and outshine our superiors in our work and social status. It’s obvious that...
MAKE no mistake about it. If we are truly Christian, if we want to be like Christ as we should, then we should continue to live charity even when confronted by evil or, worse, even when we suffer at the hands of evil in any...
NOW that we are in this Marian month of May during this wonderful celebration of the 500 years of our Christianity, perhaps we can review how our devotion to our Lady, the Mother of God, Mother of Christ and our Mother, the Most Blessed Virgin...
Ang unang pag-ampo karon kanunay nagremind, nagpahinumdum kanato sa maong panahon. Niingon ang unang pag-ampo nato, “Grant almighty God that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy”, mga adlaw sa kalipay. Ayaw kalimti bisan Covid-19, adlaw sa kasakit, adlaw sa kahadlok, apan...
WE have to be clear about this point. We are meant to assume the identity of Christ. And that is not a gratuitous, baseless assertion, much less, a fiction or a fantasy. It is founded on a fundamental truth of our faith that we have...