God is a tremendous lover
THAT “Benedictus” prayer that was said by Zechariah, John the Baptist’s father, as an expression of a most profound sense of praise, thanksgiving and...
The inscrutable ways of God
THE GOSPEL story of the circumcision of St. John the Baptist, eight days after his birth, again tells us about the inscrutable ways of...
What does our soul magnify?
IT’S A question we have to ask ourselves, especially these days when we are hounded by a heavy wave of darkness, uncertainty and even...
Continuing discipleship
WE, OF course, are meant to be ‘another Christ.’ That is our radical identity, since we have been created in God’s image and likeness....
Beware of religious indifference
THOUGH man is at bottom a religious being, always looking for a deity to worship and to run to, that natural religiosity can also...
Charity requires toughness
WHEN Christ talked about the lost sheep and how the good shepherd would do everything to find it (cfr. Mt 18, 12-14), he must...
God’s providence and our needs and limitations
IF THERE’S anything we can learn from that beautiful gospel episode of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes (cfr. Mt 15, 29-37), it...
The faith of the centurion
REMEMBER that beautiful gospel episode of a centurion whose faith was praised by Christ? (cfr. Mt 8,5-11) He asked Christ to cure his sick...
What really is God’s word?
“HEAVEN and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” (Lk 21, 33)
With these words of Christ, we should feel the...
Remembering our dead
WE SHOULD be most thankful that as a people, we Filipinos still have a deep and strong devotion to those of our brothers and...