Interceding for others
WE SHOULD develop this practice. Given the truth of our faith that we all form a communion of saints in Christ and in the...
With Christ, we become invincible
WE SHOULD have no doubt about this truth of our faith. Christ himself said, “Whoever loses his life for my sake and that of...
Following Christ
WHEN Christ said that no blind man should lead another blind man, since both of them would just fall sooner or later, and that...
The true test of Christianity
I BELIEVE it’s when we manage to love our enemies that we can truly say we are real Christians. That’s because we can only...
Divine assurance of victory
THAT WAS clearly spelled out for us in the Beatitudes as articulated by Christ. (cfr. Lk 6, 20-26) As long as we believe and...
We need to pray
IT’S AMAZING that Christ had to excuse himself from his very busy schedule in order to pray. He is God himself. He should have...
Rash judgments, detraction, calumny
THEY often go together and we are very much prone to them. Thus, we have to be properly guarded, training ourselves to practice restraint...
Treating everyone equally in different ways
WE ARE reminded of this duty in the second reading of the Mass of the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. It’s from...
Continuous adaptation without getting lost
GIVEN the rapid developments all over the world, we are faced with the big challenge of how to adapt ourselves to them without getting...
Always mindful of God’s primal will for us
WE SHOULD always keep in mind God’s original will for us and do everything we can to fulfil that will of his. We should...