THE story of the Canaanite woman who begged Christ to cure her daughter who was tormented by a demonic possession (cfr. Mt 15,21-28) should clearly remind us that no matter how God may appear at first to be deaf and insensitive to our appeals, we should never doubt his compassion for
August 7, 2024
THE Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, celebrated on August 6, reminds us that we are meant to share in the life and nature of God. Yes, we too will be transfigured from our natural selves to the luminous supernatural life with God. And this is made possible because in
August 6, 2024
SINCE we are patterned after Christ, we should also have the same heart as that of Christ which is full of compassion. This was shown, for example, in that episode where a big crowd followed him in a desert place and was moved with compassion and healed their sick when he
August 5, 2024
IF we want to avoid falling into complacency and familiarity in our relation with God, we need to continually deepen our faith and piety. We are reminded of this need in that gospel episode where the townmates of Christ failed to recognize him properly. (cfr. Mt 13,54-58) “Is not this the
August 3, 2024
IT’S a skill we all need to learn. And given the current conditions of the world where many people are trapped in their earthly and temporal affairs, this skill is urgently needed. Converting the perishable condition of our earthly life into the imperishable quality of our definitive life hopefully in heaven
August 2, 2024
WHEN Christ told his disciples that the Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind, after which the good fishes are separated from the bad ones, (cfr. Mt 13,47-53) we are clearly reminded that there is such thing as a general judgment
August 1, 2024
IN that gospel parable describing the Kingdom of Heaven as a treasure buried in a field and as a merchant searching for fine pearls for which the main characters would be willing to sell everything they had just to get that treasure and those fine pearls (cfr. Mt 13,44-46), we are
July 31, 2024
THE clear lesson we can learn from the parable about the wheat and the weeds (cfr. Mt 13,24-43) is that we should just have hope amid all the trials and challenges in our earthly life, since God will take care of everything. We should avoid overreaching our capacity to resolve all
July 30, 2024
WHAT lesson can we learn from that rather amusing gospel episode of the two sisters, Martha and Mary, welcoming Christ to their home? (cfr. Lk 10,38-42) Martha was doing well in busying herself welcoming their special guest. But when she complained about her sister, Mary, who seemed to be doing nothing
July 29, 2024
THAT gospel episode where Christ shocked his disciples when he told them that they themselves had to feed the big crowd that followed Christ (cfr. Jn 6,1-15) reminds us that we should just have confidence in the ways of God even if what we are asked to do is considered by
July 27, 2024
IN that parable of the sower and the seed, (cfr. Mt 13,8-23) it’s made quite clear that we are encouraged to be the good ground for God’s word which actually represents his great love for us and our salvation. We should avoid being the wayside, the rocky ground, and the thorns
July 26, 2024
