Developing a sense of vocation
I BELIEVE that we should arouse in everyone the need to develop a sense of vocation. I believe that this is something that has...
Love makes the difference
THE use of our senses and all our other human powers and faculties depends on the motive and spirit that drives them. Their quality...
Enhancing our dignity
WE HAVE to realize more deeply that our dignity as a human person and as a child of God is enhanced to the extent...
Forgive, forgive, forgive!
IF NEED be, we have to make a shout-out of this word if only for everyone to follow this clear commandment of Christ: “Forgive...
Our certainties and life’s mysteries
WE HAVE to be humble enough that our certainties can never cope with the mysteries of life. No matter how objective and scientific these...
The power of silence
WE NEED to appreciate the power of silence, the silence of Christ, the silence of God. It is definitely not the silence of the...
Moving fast and slow
GIVEN our personal needs and those of the others, as well as the many conditions and varying circumstances in our life, and most of...
Humility and humbling oneself
POPE Francis said in his Apostolic Exhortation, Gaudete et exsultate, that humility is when one is humbled or humiliated. It’s a line that has...
Piety vs pietism
THEY can look the same, if appearances and things external are only considered. But one is true while the other is fake in this...
That we be perfect
CHRIST himself said it very clearly. In fact, he said it as a command. “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Mt...