WITH all the rapid pace of the developments and the multiplying number of things grabbing our attention today, we really need to get hold of a stable foundation, something that offers an anchor or at least a rudder to maneuver ourselves with some sense of...
WITH all this talk about lockdown, quarantine and voluntary self-isolation for about a month or so due to this Corona virus, we need to learn how to make good use of our time when we are forced to be indoors. We have to welcome this rare...
PENANCE is actually what we have to do all the time. It’s quite clear that we need it, given our weakened, wounded and sinful condition in the entirety of our earthly sojourn. But it has its more intense moments, one of which is precisely the...
WE know that in spite of our tremendous communication technologies, we still are not yet connected in peaceful and meaningful unity and harmony among ourselves. In fact, we can observe the contrary—that the more sophisticated our communication technologies are, the more divided among ourselves we...
THE month of March can be considered a special month for Blessed Alvaro del Portillo, the first successor and close collaborator of Opus Dei founder, St. Josemaria Escriva. Blessed Alvaro was born on March 11, 1914 and died on March 23, 1994. He was an...
FEAR, of course, is one of our emotions. It is our natural reaction when we perceive something to be a danger to us or is so incomprehensible that we feel helpless. Fear is one of our natural and instantaneous defense mechanisms. Since we are exposed to...
CHATTING with young people, the complaint I usually hear is that they find it difficult to pray, let alone, to persevere in praying. They feel awkward, they find themselves dry and uninspired, distractions often bother them, they feel they do not have enough materials or...
NEITHER is God’s word just an idea, a doctrine, an ideology. It’s not just a strategy, a culture or a lifestyle. Of course, God’s word involves all these, but unless we understand God’s word as Christ himself, the God who became man to reveal to...
WE cannot deny that our life will always be marked by all kinds of mysteries and uncertainties. Even in the world of nature where in theory we have the capacity to know things conclusively, we often find ourselves in situations of tentativeness and even of...
WE are now in the season of Lent which is an ideal time for us to go through the process of repentance, renewal and conversion. Given the temper of the times, we should feel this need deeply. We cannot deny that as Pope Francis noted recently,...