There are many ways that the natural human activity of sports could be a lesson to our lives. That’s why it’s highly recommended that everyone engages in some form of sports regularly, because not only is it a healthy activity, it also teaches us lessons that we could apply to
June 1, 2023
In this month of May which is traditionally the month of the Blessed Virgin Mary, let’s talk about her. All the privileges that are given to her is due to her Divine Motherhood. Her being conceived without original sin (Immaculate Conception), her being assumed into heaven body and soul (Assumption),
May 31, 2023
Brian Tracy, a management guru, says that every time he has a strategic planning session that he conducts for large and small corporations, the first value that all the gathered executives agree upon for their company is integrity. They all agree on the importance of complete honesty in everything leaders
May 25, 2023
The title above is intentionally misspelled by Nir Eyal, the author of this book “Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life”, because he wants to highlight the word “distract” which he underlines on the cover of this best-selling book to emphasize that if you follow the advices
May 23, 2023
Is our Lord Jesus asking us too much when He tells us to love our enemies and do good to those who hate us? How can you possibly love someone whom you know is unlovable? It’s the reason why Christ made a lengthy statement about this topic because it goes
May 18, 2023
Love is both subjective and objective. The person who loves is the subject and the target or focus of the love is the object. The object of love determines what kind of love the person or the subject has. If the object of love is ice cream, then the love
May 12, 2023
Here are some insights on a good book entitled “How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships” by Leil Lowdes that gives us a number of tips in managing that chat with someone whom we’ve just met and keep that conversation interesting and engaging. According
May 11, 2023
Whom should we love more our parents or our children? St. Thomas Aquinas raised this question in his book Summa Theologiae and gave two answers. First, from the point of view of the object of love or to the person whom we are to love, he says, the more the
May 9, 2023
A good book to help us decide quickly and not lose a lot of time choosing from many choices, is the one authored by Annie Duke entitled “How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices”. Ms. Duke advises us to make a quick decision if a decision passes any
May 3, 2023
Another book that helps us reduce the use of our smartphones unnecessarily, is the one authored by Nir Eyal entitled, “Hooked”. It’s actually a book on how to build habit forming products. But we can use the same information to counter the attraction we have for these products so as
April 26, 2023
In the first letter of St. John we read, “perfect love casts out fear” (1 John 4:18). What does he mean by it? According to St. Thomas Aquinas there are two kinds of fear: servile fear and filial fear. Servile fear refers to the fear of a servant of being
April 25, 2023
Does the Holy Eucharist keep us not only from future punishment (Hell) but also from future sins? If we make good use of it, yes, says St. Thomas of Aquinas. It is the most effective weapon to conquer sin along with regular prayer and confession. St. Thomas says our bodies
April 20, 2023