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...
A reminder on communion
BEFORE we get carried away by the dynamics of our present life, it is good to remind ourselves that whatever we do or whatever...
Hijacking the truth about humanity and Christianity
WE HAVE to be wary of this possibility. In fact, given how we are, we have a strong tendency to hijack what is to...
Time to love the Church more
NOW that the Church is buffeted by an ugly crisis of clerical sexual abuse and other related issues, we have to realize that now...