WE should always keep in mind God’s original will for us and do everything we can to fulfill that will of his. We should help one another to be aware of this fundamental condition of our life and to be faithful in effectively living by that condition. We are reminded of
September 5, 2024
WHY? Because Christ is always around and is ever ready to help us in all our needs. Perhaps not always in the way we want it, but to be sure, he always cares for us even if we feel we do not deserve to be helped by him. We have to
September 4, 2024
IF Christ is the pattern of our humanity, if we truly are meant to be “alter Christus” (another Christ), then we can also conclude that we are meant to also share the very powers of Christ. This thought can come to our mind when we consider that gospel episode where the
September 3, 2024
THE earlier we realize this, the better for us. And that’s simply because Christ is the very pattern of our humanity. How he is should also be how we should be, not of course in terms of our physical appearance and other natural attributes that we have, but rather in terms
September 2, 2024
WE have to be wary of this tendency of ours. We should not just follow rules and practices blindly and would just go through the motions for the sake of mere compliance. As much as possible, we should know the reason and motive behind our actions and mean them as sincerely
August 31, 2024
IT’S clear that from this parable (cfr. Mt 25,1-13) we are reminded to be always vigilant in our life, having a clear vision of what the real and ultimate purpose of our life is and of how we can make every event and circumstance of our life pursue that purpose. This
August 30, 2024
IN the Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on August 29, we are reminded of the ideal that we should not to be afraid of suffering and even of martyrdom, out of our love and fidelity to God, because in the end a greater good can come
August 29, 2024
WITH Christ lambasting the scribes and Pharisees of his time for their hypocrisy (cfr. Mt 23,27-32), we are somehow reminded that the secret to be truly sincere and to keep our integrity and consistency is simply to be with God who is Truth himself and our source and enabler of our
August 28, 2024
THIS was how Christ described the self-righteous scribes and Pharisees of his time. (cfr. Mt 23,23-26) This was a lamentation of Christ that can still be applicable nowadays. And that’s simply because we cannot deny that there is a great majority of people today all over the world who are getting
August 27, 2024
WE are precisely reminded of these points in that gospel episode where Christ issued a series of “Woe to you’s” to some people of the time precisely for their hypocrisy and their very narrow, shallow and outright erroneous understanding of what is right and wrong in their practices. (cfr. Mt 23,13-22)
August 26, 2024
THAT is how we should be. Our life does not contend only with the things of nature. It has to contend with spiritual and supernatural realities that often are shrouded in so deep and thick mysteries that no matter how much we try, we can never understand them fully. We should
August 24, 2024
WE can come to that conclusion when we consider what Christ’s answer was when he was asked what the greatest commandment of God was. “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first
August 23, 2024
