THAT’S how we should handle ourselves. Let’s remember that, as St. Paul said, we have a treasure in vessels of clay. (2 Cor 4,7) And that’s because our dignity is that of being children of God, image and likeness of his, meant to share in...
AN intriguing statement, indeed! It’s part of the spiritual consideration that Opus Dei founder, St. Josemaria Escriva, made on the fourth sorrowful mystery of the holy rosary. The pertinent point goes as follows: “But don’t drag the Cross…Carry it squarely on your shoulder, because your Cross,...
I MEAN it’s God’s work, first of all, before it is ours. This business of our creation and redemption is begun by God and he also will be the one to complete and perfect it. (cfr. Phil 1,6) On our own, we cannot. Neither did...
THE story of Moses receiving complaints from his fellow Israelites as he led them out of the bondage of Egypt (cfr. Ex 14,5-18) reminds us of the hardness of our heart to resist conversion and return to God from our state of sin. Like those complaining...
WE need to realize more deeply that everytime we participate in any liturgical act, we are actually stepping into the supernatural world of God. We are made contemporaries with Christ as he continues his work of human redemption until the end of time. And that’s simply...
WHAT is the ultimate and constant purpose of our life? It is to be like God as God wants us to be. We have been created in his image and likeness. He wants us to be like him, full of love. We are meant to...
THIS may be the favorite pastime of many people, but it is never good to gossip. To gossip is at least bad manners. If ever we have to talk about somebody with some of our friends, only nice, edifying things should be said. We actually have...
BAD days do happen! Let’s hope they will just be few and far between. But there certainly are days when we will have a perfect storm, when everything seems to conspire against us. Physically we can be a wreck. Emotionally we are shattered. Mentally we seem...
WE need to be familiar with the Spirit of truth. He is the one who will show us the whole truth and not just some aspects of it. If we really want to be in the truth and not confused and lost in the many...
OF course, St. Paul himself said so: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thes 5,16-18) And in that episode of Christ visiting the house of the sisters Martha and...
