Identifying with Christ on the cross
WHEN Christ told his disciples these shocking words: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come...
We need a big and compassionate heart
WHEN Christ summoned his 12 apostles, sending them out two by two and giving them authority over unclean spirits, he clearly told them also...
Confidence and abandonment
GIVEN THE fact that we in this world will always have to contend with complicated situations, challenges, difficulties, trials and the like, we need...
The temporal aspect of the Church’s mission
GIVEN the obvious fact that the Church has to carry out its spiritual and supernatural mission in an earthly and temporal setting, it behooves...
We are meant to give life to others
WHEN Christ chose 12 apostles to work closely with him in his mission of human redemption, (cfr. Mt 10, 1-7) we are reminded that...
We are laborers of God’s harvest
“THE HARVEST is abundant but the laborers are few; so, ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” (Mt...
Everything starts with God’s love
THIS IS very fundamental and indispensable for us to know. Otherwise, we would have a wrong idea of what our life is all about....
Rediscover God through faith and love
THAT RATHER amusing gospel episode about those who were so amazed at the preaching of Christ in the synagogue that they could not believe...
God calls us despite whatever
THAT intriguing story of how St. Matthew, a tax-collector, was called by Christ to be one of his apostles (cfr. Mt 9, 9-13) brings...
The roots of poverty and overcoming it, 2
THERE ARE an estimated 12,800 millionaires and 12 billionaires in the Philippines and 70 individuals with a net worth of at least $100 million,...