Many people confuse joy with happiness. But joy is deeper and can remain in us in spite of bad times. This is what Dwight Moody has to say about joy and happiness – “Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right
October 27, 2022
An important virtue to talk about is humility. It is notably so because the number one sin of humanity is pride. Pride occupies the topnotch place among the seven capital sins because the closest thing to ourselves is ourselves. The moment we gain consciousness the first thing we focus on is
October 26, 2022
“Honesty is such a lonely word; everyone is so untrue” goes the lyrics of the song of the same title by Billy Joel. It is so true indeed that the virtue of honesty has suffered so much beating nowadays because of the proliferation of fake news. There are news publishers who
October 21, 2022
Greed for money and material things has two parts: greed to get what we don’t have and the greed to keep what we have. Thus, the two opposites of greed are (1) the virtue of contentment, voluntary poverty, or detachment and (2) the virtue of generosity or having mercy on others.
October 18, 2022
Let us talk about the vice of greed and its opposite, the virtue of detachment. We will understand more the virtue when we talk first of the vice, in the same way that we will only appreciate health if we get to know first what sickness is. Greed is defined as
October 14, 2022
Chastity might be an impossible virtue to practice in today’s pornographic world. It is said that in the olden days if you need access to pornography you will have to look for it, nowadays pornography looks for you. That’s how tough the environment is and that is how easy you could
October 13, 2022
The virtue of generosity is giving to another person something of yours as an act of freewill. It is giving something usually monetary not out of obligation but out of goodness of one’s heart. It is giving freely not expecting something in return and not even a thank you. If we
October 11, 2022
There was an article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer back in August, 2019 that caught my attention because it was entitled “Teenage Pregnancies now a National Emergency in the Philippines”. The article raised an alarm because in Mindanao alone 15 to 18 per cent of teenagers have become mothers according to
October 6, 2022
If compassion is the favorite virtue of the modern world, the virtue of chastity could be the most hated. The modern world worships sex, and anything that hinders that worship is to be condemned and ostracized. It even sacrifices children in its altar by way of abortion. Abortion is simply wanting
October 4, 2022
“Living a life of unforgiveness is like driving your car with your parking brake on. It causes you to slow down and lose your momentum. And you end up tired and worn-out.” (John Mason) Holding a grudge is like having a termite inside you. It will little by little eat you
September 29, 2022
In the corporate setting, the one thing necessary is the most important office task of the day that when we get to do it, we could say that our day was purposeful and meaningful. Prioritizing and accomplishing the important tasks of the day is one of the main ingredients in time management. We tend to
September 22, 2022
Human laws ought to be subordinated to divine law. Human beings suck at directing themselves without divine guidance. Just look at what happened to Communist Russia and Nazi Germany. When a society tries to rule without God, it could easily justify killing thousands if not millions for the “good” of the
September 21, 2022