WONDERING what these are? Well, the worst evil is when man dared to crucify Christ. Nothing can be worse than that, insofar as we are concerned. Imagine, killing the Son of God himself! And yet such evil also caused the greatest good: man’s salvation due to Christ’s bearing all our sins
June 12, 2025
THIS is how our life should be lived. No matter how brilliant and intellectually and naturally gifted we are, we should always be guided by faith, making it the abiding light of our life, otherwise we would miss the most important goal of our life. Faith is God’s gift to us,
June 10, 2025
THAT’S right! Christian morality goes beyond natural morality that pursues only some earthly and temporal goals. It goes beyond these earthly goals, not suppressing them, but elevating and purifying them to the supernatural order. And that’s because Christian morality is based on the most basic identity of man as God’s image
June 9, 2025
WITH the Solemnity of Pentecost, we are assured that God in the Holy Spirit is always with us, intervening always in our lives to lead us to where we should be in our definitive life, i.e., to be truly God’s image and likeness, sharers of his divine life and nature. It
June 7, 2025
THAT’S how the cookie crumbles. If we choose to follow Christ as consistently as possible, we should expect suffering along the way and at the end. In fact, suffering would be an abiding companion in our life. We can draw this conclusion from that gospel episode where Christ asked Peter three
June 6, 2025
THERE is no doubt that this is the kind of love that Christ is showing us and is commanding us to also live. “Love one another as I have loved you,” he said. (Jn 13,34) And we know that he went all the way by offering his life on the cross
June 5, 2025
WE should not overreact when faced with this reality of our life. While we will try our best to avoid sin, we know that, given our weaknesses and the many temptations around, it would just be a matter of time before we fall again into sin, if not a big one
June 4, 2025
DAYS after the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, the liturgical prayers somehow lead us to the consideration of the truth of our faith that there is such thing as eternal life. That’s actually our definitive life toward which our earthly life should pursue with our all-out effort and God’s
June 3, 2025
THIS is the ideal condition for clerics to be in, when controversial issues, especially in the area of politics, are involved. Though they can have their own views and opinions, they should see to it that instead of insisting on their own views and even on their beliefs, they should listen
June 2, 2025
WHAT implications can we gather from the consideration of Our Lord’s Ascension into heaven? Quite a number actually. One is that Christ, who is the pattern of our humanity, finally shows us that where he came from and where he is going now are also where our origin and final destination
May 31, 2025
THIS is the attitude to have in the face of our unavoidable weaknesses and temptations and the consequences they bring. We should just get up after every fall, say sorry for every mistake and sin we commit, continue asking for grace and polishing our virtues and skills in the ascetical struggle,
May 30, 2025