Among the fearsome and unsightly creatures we sometimes meet are the common cockroaches (cucaracha in Spanish). Since they look so nocturnal and ugly, we just feel inclined to strike them down, also aware of their befouling effects on food, stored items, or surroundings they can...
The human heart, wounded by sin, ever since the first fall, has become a prey to temptation by the Evil One, and lured to evils in society stemming from its sinful cravings for power, profit and worldly/fleshly pleasures. Where lies the solution? Surely God will not...
The title speaks to us about all the people that have grown close to us from our parents: mama and papa, brothers, sisters and relatives, as well as friends. As a person grows in age, he gets exposed to multifarious relationships from the home to...
Orientations could be right or wrong. Truth is one after all. What may seem true at times turns out as mere superficial treatments of the truth. As Francis Bacon once said, “When evil pretends to be good it is the worst for it.” Many orientations today...
We have gone on as a nation for several years. Yet people still complain of unfinished projects. The need is sincerity in intention. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. It could be that people ignore the mechanics of finality. Finis est super omnia, say the...
THERE is some problem in our society today as far as marital relations are concerned. God said: “What God has joined together let not man dare to put asunder” (Mt. 9:5). Immature as many of us are, we think we gain more exploits the more women or...
St. Thomas Aquinas had mentioned that wrong ideas are like mistaken angles that when extended would magnify also the erroneous perspective. This is happening in our land today when people keep on moving in the guise of justice without even knowing where their actions lead...
(Mt. 19:29; Lk. 14:26; Mk. 10:30) PEOPLE keep looking for this hundredfold but seem to miss the point all the time. Others place it in social analysis which is another form of delusion and deception among those who do it without the consideration of God. This is...
WHY is it that in the world the greater number recognize Jesus as Redeemer? He is “the Way, the Truth and the Life” (Jn. 14:6). Moreover, He is Love. He asks us to love and forgive even our enemies (Mt. 5:43-48). He asks us to be...
(Lk. 6:20) Jesus said: “Blessed are ye poor for yours is the kingdom of heaven.” The word “blessed” connotes being happy or fulfilled. Hence we can say that the poorer people are happier people, I mean those who are not enslaved to riches because they trust...
