ACCIDENTS happen. And when they do, we unavoidably suffer. Some days ago, the very likeable celebrity, Kobe Bryant, died in a helicopter crash, together with his basketball-loving daughter and other companions. The world was practically thrown into deep grief. Even big, strong men shed tears....
IT’S a little formula that can be helpful to us in developing and keeping a close relationship with God. We have to look for Him in everything that we do and handle so we can find him. And finding him, we can be drawn to...
IT’S a title of a Motown soul song originally done my Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell way back in 1966 and re-performed by Diana Ross in 1970. It was a big hit as it proclaimed the good news of hope whatever may happen in our...
IF we truly want to be like Christ, full of love and mercy, we should be very strict with ourselves but very lenient with the others. Yes, we have to be very demanding on ourselves but very understanding, forgiving and welcoming of the others even...
THIS is a big, tremendous challenge to priests especially when they—we, me included, of course—give homilies in the Mass which is a very privileged occasion for us to preach in the name of Christ as head of the Church. At this point, it may good to...
AM happy to know that our bishops have declared Year 2020 as the Year of Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue and Indigenous People. It’s part of the preparation for the 5th centennial of the Christianization of our country that will take place in 2021. It is definitely a...
WITH the many and rapid developments going around, we should see to it that we are always on the alert, lest we can easily get lost, lulled with all sorts of nice things down the road to perdition. This is not to be a wet...
WE really have to learn how to refer everything to God. This should be like an instinct, an urge that needs to be corresponded. We should always remember that the constant and ultimate parameter of our life is God, since he is the one who...
IF we have to approximate our ideal of being Christ-like as much as possible, I imagine that these are some of the qualities that we have to develop. We need to be broad-minded and big-hearted. That is to say, we have to be quite open and...
WHILE it’s true that we have to take care of the little things in our life, we should not forget that we are not meant to get detained there. We should always relate the little ordinary things in our life to the big and ultimate...
