HOW should we flow with the times without getting lost along the way? That’s the question many people, especially the elderly ones, are asking these days. They know that they always have to make adjustments in the way they handle the new developments, but they...
WE should not be surprised anymore by this fact of life and truth of our faith. If we truly are in love with the love of God, the love of Christ who gave us the new commandment to love our neighbor as he himself has...
WE have to learn to be both active and contemplative in our life. Active in the sense that we immerse ourselves as deeply as possible in the dynamic of earthly and temporal affairs, while also contemplative in the sense that in all these affairs, we...
THE joy of Christmas springs from the fact that Jesus Christ, our savior, is born. “Puer natus est nobis,” says the entrance prayer in the Christmas Mass. A child is born for us, he is Christ the Lord, our Savior. This good news should give us...
IF it is for a good cause, we should not be afraid to complicate our life. This is what Christ in effect told us when he talked about that shepherd who left behind the ninety-nine sheep of his flock to look for the one that...
JANUARY 1 is, of course, New Year’s Day. We will be noisy on that day, heartily welcoming 2019, a new page in our book of life. But that day is first of all, in our liturgical calendar, the Solemnity of the Divine Motherhood of the...
WE have to be aware of this danger. With how things are now, it is quite easy and tempting for something that is good to be spoiled because of a rotten intention one has in carrying it out. Yes, one can give alms, do a...
TO be more precise, suffer especially the babies. The other day, I had the misfortune—that in the end turned out actually as a great fortune—of being with two screaming babies on a one-hour plane ride. If there’s anything that I am most sensitive to and...
ASKED to give the homily at the Thanksgiving Mass of a newly ordained priest, I was wondering what to say to a person who I know must have received a deep and thorough formation for the priesthood. It’s like preaching to the choir, talking to...
WHILE it’s true that we have to give due, if not utmost, attention to our human economy in its different levels—local, national, global—it’s even more true that we have to give a most special attention to the divine economy or the economy of salvation. We...
