Never let envy eat you
THAT story of King Saul being envious of David because, as the crowd said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands,”...
The story of David and Goliath
THIS story (cfr. 1 Samuel 17, 32-33.37.40-51) simply tells us one important lesson: that as long as we carry out our struggles with God,...
The story of David and God’s inscrutable ways
THE STORY of how David was anointed to be king plainly tells us that God’s ways are inscrutable. (cfr. 1 Samuel 16, 1-13) This...
Obedience over sacrifice
THE TWO are good and important and are, in fact, necessary in our life. But if we have to choose between them, we have...
Giving our body the proper spirit
WE ARE reminded of this very important concern of ours in that First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians where he said: “The...
When we have to go unconventional and innovative
IN LIFE, there are times when due to unusual circumstances or emergency situations, we may have to do some unconventional things, going beyond the...
Doing a lot of good while passing unnoticed
WE ARE somehow reminded of this kind of behavior in that gospel episode where Christ told the leper whom he just cured to “tell...
Recognizing God’s call
THE STORY of the vocation of the prophet Samuel is very interesting in the sense that he at first did not realize God was...
Christian life is both hard and easy
WE NEED to understand that there are times that we need to persist in bothering God for some extraordinary interventions in our lives. To...
Baptism of the Lord
IT’S ONE of the intriguing episodes in the gospel. Why did Christ ask to be baptized by John the Baptist? In fact, John was...