Acknowledging our sinfulness
THIS is one important matter to attend to if
we want our Christian life to keep going. We need to acknowledge our sinfulness
and everything related...
Both delicate and tough
ESPECIALLY in discussing highly contentious
issues, like the political and social ones, all parties involved should try to
be both delicate and tough. This is how...
Transparency and accountability
IF WE WANT our life to be good, we need
to develop a keen sense of transparency and accountability. These traits assure
us that we are...
More than what we deserve
IF we truly love one another as Christ
commanded us, that is, in the way he himself has loved us, (cfr. Jn 13, 34)
then we...
Money and the spirit of poverty
MANY times, we are given the impression that
money and the Christian spirit of poverty are incompatible. To a certain
extent, there is some truth to...
Burning with desire
GIVEN our notorious tendency to fall into
spiritual lukewarmness and complacency, if not coldness, we need to often exert
conscious effort to burn with desire and...
Please be welcoming to God
THIS should be the attitude to have in
our relation with God. He always takes the initiative to come to us, to knock
at our heart’s...
Holiness in our helplessness
WE KNOW that holiness is for everyone. That’s
what God wants us to be, since we are his image and likeness, children of his.
He wants...
The devil and us
WE SHOULD never take the devil for granted.
They are always around, ever scheming and plotting against us in many, many
ways, and often in a...
God, not us, defines man
YES, INDEED! Only God fully knows who man is,
who we really are. Being our creator, he is the only one who can capture our
entire...