LAWS, of course, are very important. Imagine a society without laws. Chaos can only be expected. But laws should be understood simply as guides and not as the ultimate end itself. And especially in the case of human laws, we can find many exceptions to them...
LET’S never forget the fourth commandment. In fact, with the current temper of the times, we have to reintensify our observance of this commandment that seems to be taken for granted nowadays for a number of reasons. For one, there seems to be a generalized weakening...
WE have to be most aware of this condition in our life here on earth. For as long as we live, we will always have some conflict in our inner selves as described vividly by no less than St. Paul. Considering that St. Paul was...
NOW that Pope Francis has reacted to this latest clerical sexual scandal that erupted in the US recently, let us see how those beautiful intentions and words in his letter can be translated into action. “Looking ahead to the future,” he said in that letter, “no...
WE should be concerned about this matter. Our faith should not remain only in the theoretical, intellectual level. It has to be a functioning one, giving shape and direction in our thoughts and intentions, our words and deeds. In fact, it should shape our whole...
AT the beginning of every Holy Mass that we celebrate, we are asked to acknowledge our sins “to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.” I have always found this part of the Mass very meaningful, since I believe it is a necessity that we...
THIS is always a challenge for me as it should be for everybody else. Technology, especially at the rate that it is developing nowadays, is slowly but surely charming us into our own dehumanization, let alone, our dechristianization. And the main reason is that it tends...
IT’S good if we can often revisit these words of St. Paul: “It is written, ‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.’” (1 Cor 2,9) It is...
AM happy to know that the committee on the ongoing formation of the Archdiocese of Cebu is organizing a conference on priestly conduct as part of the celebration of 2018 as the Year of the Clergy and Consecrated Persons. I believe it is part of...
NOW that Pope Francis has made it a Church doctrine that the death penalty is inadmissible, we have to review the basis for the true value of human life. We cannot exaggerate the value of human life, since it is a life meant to have an...
