Beware of Pharisaical legalism
WHAT is Pharisaical legalism? At bottom, it’s the understanding of law that is based only on our human ways, ignoring the ultimate basis of...
The need for continuing adaptation
WHEN Christ said, “No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new...
What the Sto. Niño tells us
ON THIS Feast of the Sto. Niño, we are reminded that irrespective of whatever status we have in this life, it is always necessary...
Teaching always in Christ
WE SHOULD be clear about this. The best teacher we can have, the ultimate one, the one that teaches us everything and in the...
Christ’s baptism: end and beginning
THE FEAST of the Baptism of the Jesus Christ marks the end of the Christmas Season and opens the beginning of the Ordinary Time...
The direct testimony from heaven
“A VOICE came from the heavens, ‘You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.’” (Mk 1, 11)
As the gospel of St....
The calling of Nathanael
I ALWAYS get amused everytime I read about the calling of Nathanael, one of the apostles who later became known as Bartholomew. (cfr. Jn...
From mere curiosity to serious commitment
THINGS like this can happen in life. What may appear at first as something insignificant and casual may end up as something extraordinary and...
Knowing Christ leads us to know ourselves
ONE OF the things that St. John the Baptist did was to testify who Christ really was — that he was “the Son of...
The sterling example of John the Baptist
IT’S DEFINITELY an example of supreme humility, of total identification with Christ, of a wholehearted dedication to his ministry. Though he clearly played a...