False freedom enslaves
THIS is what we should be very clear about. True freedom can only be found in God, in Christ who is the God made man to reveal to us who God is and who we are in relation to God. It is Christ who tells us...
Category Archives: Opinion
Life is here
We, Dabawenyos claim that life is here. This is not only a slogan for tourism purposes only but a reminder for each one of us that life is a precious gift from God. It is sacred and therefore is worthy of respect. As we celebrate Pro-life...
Formula for Forming Human Fraternities
We wrote in the previous Shalom that Pope Francis and Cairo Grand Imam Al-Tayyeb have issued a four-part formula for forming human fraternities. we showed it in the same article. It was also mentioned that Fratelli Tutti is the Pope's own way of making the...
Formation for the new normal
WE need to pause if only to figure out how we can meet our need for continuing education and formation under and for the new normal. Things are quite different now, and there are bases to think that these differences are quite drastic and will...
Sense of responsibility and abandonment
WE should develop the proper sense of responsibility and abandonment. Given our human condition that is marked both by power and weakness, talents and limitations, we should feel responsible for everything in our life as much as possible, as well as learn to live the...
Let’s always be focused
ESPECIALLY these days when we are easily carried away by many distracting elements, what with all we can devour in the social media, videos, etc., we need to remind ourselves quite strongly that we have to be well focused on what is truly essential in...
What fruits can we reap after 500 years?
I’M referring to the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines, the preparation for the celebration of its anniversary the Archdiocese of Cebu, in particular, is now in its final sprint. It’s definitely a complex question to answer. We can say, of course, that many good...
Seeing God everywhere
WE have to learn how to see God everywhere. This, of course, will require some assiduous training and discipline, but we have our whole life to achieve it, and to be sure, whatever effort and sacrifice would be involved would be all worthwhile. We need to...
Two Ambitious World Projects: Christian Unity and World Peace
Summarizing these movements of peoples, it can be stated that those who believe in Christ must be One, and those who believe in our common humanity must treat each other as Brothers and Sisters. For an enormously long, long time now (since 1910?), every year from...
A real saint is not scandalized by evil
YES, if one is truly a good and saintly man, he would not be scandalized by any evil that can simply be around him or can even hound him. It’s not that he is not affected by evil. Like any man, he is. At least,...