Let’s always honor our parents
LET’S never forget the fourth commandment. In fact, with the current temper of the times, we have to re-intensify our observance of this commandment...
Our inner conflict
WE HAVE to be most aware of this condition in our life here on earth. For as long as we live, we will always...
Tolerance and intolerance
NOW that Pope Francis has reacted to this latest clerical sexual scandal that erupted in the US recently, let us see how those beautiful...
Humanizing and Christianizing technology
THIS is always a challenge for me as it should be for everybody else. Technology, especially at the rate that it is developing nowadays,...
Developing an operative faith
WE should be concerned about this matter. Our faith should not remain only in the theoretical, intellectual level. It has to be a functioning...
Let’s acknowledge our sins
AT the beginning of every Holy Mass that we celebrate, we are asked to acknowledge our sins “to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred...
Treasure in vessels of clay
THE expression comes from St Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians (4, 7). It is meant to remind us that all of us, and...
Nothing should compete with heaven
IT’S GOOD if we can often revisit these words of St. Paul: “It is written, ‘Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have...
Laws are just guides
LAWS, of course, are very important. Imagine a society without laws. Chaos can only be expected. But laws should be understood simply as guides...
On priestly conduct
AM happy to know that the committee on the ongoing formation of the Archdiocese of Cebu is organizing a conference on priestly conduct as...