THAT gospel episode about a leper who asked Christ for healing and was immediately healed (cfr. Lk 5,12-16) can tell us many good lessons. One is that it shows Christ’s power over any disease and his willingness to touch and heal those considered outcasts of society. Another is the foreshadowing of
January 9, 2026
THIS was said of Christ. (cfr. Lk 4,18) If we are true to our desire to follow Christ, if not to be “another Christ” as we should, then we should also have this concern to bring glad tidings to the poor who actually are all of us. That’s because, although we
January 8, 2026
THAT’S what we need in our life here on earth. Given our limited, not to mention wounded, condition, we should see to it that whatever happens in our life, we should have a deep and solid trust in God’s providence. We are always in his hands, and even in situations where
January 7, 2026
THAT gospel episode about the multiplication of the loaves and fishes where Christ shocked his disciples when he told them to feed the big crowd with the very few things they had on hand (cfr. Mk 6,34-44) clearly reminds us that we should just give whatever we have, all the way
January 6, 2026
WE need to know the important relation between our temporal affairs in the world and our most important duty and responsibility of our own sanctification. We need to realize more deeply that our sanctification is done always in the world, which is the arena for us to tackle the test of
January 5, 2026
DEFINITELY, the main lesson we can learn from the Solemnity of the Epiphany when we commemorate the visit of the 3 Magi to the newborn Jesus is that Jesus is meant to be the redeemer not only to the Jews, regarded as the chosen people of God, but also to the
January 3, 2026
Chaplain Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) Talamban, Cebu City Email: roycimagala@gmail.com IT’S a phrase that is often used to start a race or to signal a countdown, creating excitement and anticipation before a race or an event. It’s a phrase that also can be useful as a daily spur
January 2, 2026
Chaplain Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) Talamban, Cebu City Email: roycimagala@gmail.com THESE words from the First Letter of St. John (2,18) should not scare us, but rather should make ever more realistic about the real purpose of our life, giving us an idea of what the dangers are and
December 31, 2025
Chaplain Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) Talamban, Cebu City Email: roycimagala@gmail.com THE story of Anna, already advanced in years and a widow, and who “departed not from temple, by fasting and prayers serving night and day,” (cfr. Lk 2,36-40) somehow reminds of those good old women who spend a
December 30, 2025
THAT’S a Responsorial Psalm in one of the Octave Masses of Christmas. It expresses precisely how we should feel now that Christ our Savior is born. We have to learn to be truly be happy, confident and at peace always no matter how things go in our life. The secret is
December 29, 2025
ON the Feast of the Holy Family, we are reminded that we actually comprise one big family of God with Jesus, Mary and Joseph. We are united, despite all the differences and conflicts we unavoidably have, due to the love God has for all of us which we should also reflect
December 27, 2025