As it is in heaven
THAT is what Christ himself told us to aspire—that God’s will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. Yes, while we are here in this world, we should always have a sense of heaven and a hunger for it. The world, with...
Category Archives: Perspective
Pacing and changing gears
THIS is an art and skill that we have to learn, especially these days. With all the developments around and the many challenges and tasks they involve, we have to know when to move fast and when to go slow, if only to keep ourselves...
God predestines no one to hell
ONE burning question many people ask is, if God is truly God and knows everything from all eternity, why does he still create a person when he would already know that that person would end up in hell? Does he not predestine that person to...
Battling addictions and obsessions
THERE is no doubt that cases of all kinds of addictions and obsessions are on the rise these day. They even affect little children. These cases are often referred to as mental illnesses or emotional or psychological disorders. Aside from the usual addictions and obsessions of...
Hope urgently needed today
INDEED! Given the way things and many people are today, hope has become an urgent need. There are just too many signs that many people today, especially the young ones, are trapped and entangled in worldly things. They have forgotten or do not even know...
One view on the millennials
THIS is just one view among many others with regard to the so-called ‘millennials,’ those young people born between 1980 and 2000. I have heard quite a bit of comments about them, and many of them are not good. I thought of putting my two...
Tired but not bored
IT’S understandable that at the end of the day we get tired, dead tired even. That can only mean that we have worked a lot and have worked to exhaustion. But we should not be bored. Boredom can only mean we are not happy with our...
Train to be spiritual warriors
GIVEN our objective dignity as children of God and our current human condition that will always be hounded by our own weaknesses, the temptations in the world and by the devil, we should train ourselves to be spiritual warriors who know how to wage a...
We need human devices
IN our relationship with God and with others, we need these human devices that would help us keep a lively awareness of our duties towards them and especially of our need to relate everything to God. Yes, we have to use first the spiritual and supernatural...
A blank check from God
THAT’S what God has practically given us. He has created us to be his image and likeness. And he has given us everything to reach that goal—our intelligence, will and his powerful grace, and everything else that is for our own good. In a sense, his...