Continuing need for repentance and conversion
WE HAVE to realize that we always need repentance and conversion. We have to be wary of the danger of feeling we are all...
It always pays to be simple and humble
YES, indeed! It always pays to be simple and humble. And the reason is because such qualities can only attract God to us. Take...
Being realistic in the world
“BE SHREWD as serpents and simple as doves.” (Mt 10, 16) What a combination of qualities Christ is telling us! Hard and even impossible...
Freely given, freely give
“AS you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out...
Synodality and today’s apostolate
“JESUS appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said...
Be guarded against self-righteousness
GIVEN our strong tendency to fall into self-righteousness, everyday we should devise some kind of plan or strategy to protect ourselves from it. That...
The spirit more than the body
WE ARE composed of body and soul. But of the two, let’s see to it that we give utmost attention to the soul which...
Whatever happens, trust God always
“WHY are you terrified, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm....
Always open to God’s will and ways
INDEED, we always have to be open to God’s will and ways that oftentimes can be quite challenging and unattractive, since they demand everything...
Giving our all but without bitter zeal
WE NEED to understand that if we really want to follow Christ, as we should, we should do it by giving our all, willing...