Battling fears, worries, sadness
IT’S REALLY a matter of faith, of how
strong our faith is. With faith, we know that whatever be our condition and
situation in life, God...
Never forget God’s mercy
IT’S, OF COURSE, good that we
constantly highlight God’s call for us to follow him, to be holy and perfect as
he is, since we have...
The new Pharisees
WE ARE familiar with this group of leading
Jews in the times of Christ. They could not believe that Christ was the
promised Messiah, and they...
Our yes and no
LET’S be reminded always of what
Christ once said. “Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever
is more than these is from...
Only with God…
WE SHOULD never forget that only with
God can we properly deal with our own weaknesses, and the many temptations and
sins around. Only with him...
When in difficulty and discouragement
WE CANNOT deny that our life has a lot
more to offer and challenge us than what we can handle and cope. We should not
be...
We are not God’s puppets
WE ARE children of God, and not his
puppets or robots. The freedom he gives us is real freedom because it can even
enable us to...
Always seek conversion
THIS is something the sense for which
we really need to develop consciously and deliberately. Given the temper of the
times that would desensitize us strongly...
Glorifying God
THAT, to me, is the best condition,
the best moment we can have in this life. To be able to glorify God presumes
that we have...
The subtle forms of self-indulgence
WE HAVE to be most careful with the
many subtle forms of self-indulgence that take us away from our real home-base
who is God. These subtle...