Receptive and responsive to God’s grace
CHRIST once told his disciples, and now us, that we should be the salt and light of the earth. (cfr. Mt 5, 13-16) In...
The divine wisdom behind the Beatitudes
OBVIOUSLY, if we are to use our human reason alone, without the guidance of faith, we would consider the Beatitudes a crazy idea. I’ve...
Our will needs to unite with God’s will
WE NEED to train our will to always be united with the will of God. That is the proper condition of our will and...
‘That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts’
THESE are words of St. Paul in his Letter to the Ephesians which is the second reading on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart...
A big challenge: loving God by loving our neighbor
INDEED, it is a big, if not overwhelming, challenge! But somehow Christ himself clearly told his disciples, and now us, about this. The way...
Sanctifying sex
THAT MAY sound like an impossible and quixotic thing, but truth to tell, not only would it be possible and practicable, but also and...
New heavens and a new earth
WE HAVE to be familiar with this truth of our faith, and develop the pertinent understanding and attitude towards it, as well as the...
Guarding against infidelity
LET’S NOT deny it. It’s a fact of life, as obvious as the noonday sun. We all have a strong tendency to be unfaithful...
Assuming Christ’s Body and Blood
WITH THE celebration of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, what we are most reminded of is this incredible truth of...
Implications and consequences of true Christian love
WE ARE given a good picture of what the implications and consequences of true Christian love are in one of the alternative first readings...