THE word, ‘narrative,’ today has acquired a bad connotation because it now is made to refer to attempts to conform our views according to a preconceived storyline that would already suggest bias and prejudice. It’s like things are scripted and controlled, and as a consequence...
In our task of apostolate, we should see to it that our dealings with others should be such that we inspire love rather than fear in them. We should avoid bullying others in whatever form it comes—physical, verbal, emotional, psychological, etc.—so that they may go...
ONE of the very popular parables in the gospel is that of the sower and the seed. (cfr. Mt 13,1-23; Mk 4,1-20; Lk 8,1-15) There we are told about the four kinds of soil on which the seeds of the sower fell. There were seeds...
THE final report of the Synod of Bishops on young people, faith and vocational discernment that concluded last October has an interesting observation regarding the digital culture that is now pervasive in the world. It talks about the great benefits and the dangers that the...
WHEN dealing with people, that is, with all kinds of people with all the differences and conflicts that we can have among ourselves, we have to see to it that we treat each other as equals, whom we have to love regardless of whatever. We are...
WE have to accept the fact that all of us are notorious for abusing the many good things we receive from God, our Creator and Father. Our intelligence, talents, health and whatever privileged endowments and blessings God has gifted us, are often used to simply...
WE have to be ready for this possibility. Failures can come to us anytime and in all forms in spite of our good intentions and best efforts. Some of them can already be suspected. But there are others that can come as a complete surprise. In...
AS we culminate the Christian Unity Octave on January 25 with the celebration of the feast of the conversion of St. Paul, let us give some thought to our duty to work out this intention at the very heart of the Church, the unity of...
WE need to develop a good sense of solidarity. It is that awareness of our duty that we are meant to be with everybody else, and to be concerned for them and to care for them. We should not think only of our own selves,...
SCANDAL, of course, is a sin. We need to be reminded of this since nowadays it seems that scandals are so common that many people think it is just okay to cause it or to be scandalized. When one scandalizes somebody else, he leads or tempts...
