Let’s be cheerful givers
THIS is what St. Paul encourages to do and to be. His words: “Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully...
The joy of Christmas
THE JOY of Christmas springs from the fact that Jesus Christ, our savior, is born. “Puer natus est nobis,” says the entrance prayer in...
To be truly Christ-like
KNOWING that as a human person we are patterned after Christ, we should aim at making ourselves more and more like him. This should...
Some indices of personal growth
NO MATTER how imperfect and non-conclusive, it is always helpful that priests, or anybody who has the duty to take care of others, like...
The priest as mediator
WE HAVE to understand well the role of a mediator. He is like a bridge that connects two ends.
A perfect mediator is one where...
Avoid over-familiarity
DURING the proximate preparation for my priestly ordination, an idea that was repeatedly hammered ‘ad nauseam’ on us, the ‘ordinandi,’ was that we should...
Let’s always purify our intentions
IN ANYTHING that we do, let’s see to it that our intentions are pure. That is to say, that we have to be motivated...
When we reach our human limits
WE CANNOT doubt that we have our human and worldly limits. And yet in spite of that, neither can we doubt that deep within...
Advent asks us to begin well again
WITH the season of Advent which marks the beginning of another liturgical year, we are reminded of our duty to begin well again in...
Repeating and varying
I SUPPOSE this is what we observe in life in general, and especially when as priests we have to preach. We do the same...