Christ wants to be born in us
AS WE APPROACH that most wonderful event of the birth of Christ on Christmas Day, we are reminded of how his mother, Our Lady,...
Turning our weakness into strength
THE SECRET is to assume the identity of Christ and his attitude toward all forms of human weakness and limitations. He himself assumed our...
Learning from St. Joseph
AS WE approach Christmas, it is heartwarming to note that in our country, we have this blessed expression of popular piety called the Aguinaldo...
Both God and man
THERE is that gospel episode where some Jewish leaders started to persecute Christ because Christ, by making an invalid walk, appeared to them as...
St. John the Baptist and us
IT IS SAID that after the messengers of St. John the Baptist left, Christ immediately described who and how St. John was. (cfr. Lk...
Beware of false prophets and false Christs
WE ARE reminded of this warning in that gospel episode where St. John the Baptist told his disciples to ask Christ if he truly...
Conversion a continuing affair
WHAT can we learn from the parable Christ told the chief priests and the elders of the people, about a father with two sons...
Our Lady of Guadalupe
DECEMBER 12 is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Thank God, many parishes and communities in our country make her their patroness. And...
Let’s follow the advice of St. John the Baptist
EVEN while in prison, St. John the Baptist told his disciples to go to Christ to see if Christ indeed was the expected messiah....
Developing a deep sense of religion
THE LITURGICAL season of Advent can be a good occasion for us to develop and strengthen our sense of religion, our life of piety,...