REMEMBER that beautiful gospel episode of a centurion whose faith was praised by Christ? (cfr. Mt 8,5-11) He asked Christ to cure his sick servant and did not want to bother him by going to his place. “Only say the word, and my servant will be healed,” he said. So impressed
November 29, 2021
IT’S the season of Advent again, opening a new liturgical year. There can be many things that can come to mind with this season of Advent. For one, it’s a time of expecting and preparing for the birth of Christ on Christmas. That is in the short run. In the long
November 27, 2021
“HEAVEN and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.” (Lk 21,33) With these words of Christ, we should feel the need to know what exactly is God’s word. Why will it not pass away? The simple answer is that God’s word is not just an idea, a
November 26, 2021
WE should not be surprised that as we end the liturgical year, the readings of the Mass these days focus on the end times. They are not meant to scare us but rather to encourage us to be properly prepared and to really lock our attention on what are truly essential
November 25, 2021
GIVEN the fact that we have already been warned by Christ that the world will end badly and that in our life, we will always have some trouble, (cfr. Lk 21,12-19) we should be properly prepared for this condition in our life by learning how to suffer with faith, hope and
November 24, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala IF we have to have integrity in our Christian life, we should realize that we are meant for eternal life with God in heaven. We therefore should be always prepared for it, ready also to leave everything behind in this world which is meant only as a means and pathway in
November 23, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT gospel story of the poor widow giving her two small coins into the temple treasury (cfr. Lk 21,1-4) once again reminds us about how true Christian poverty leads to generosity and total self-giving which is the very essence of love that in turn is the very essence of God, as
November 22, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THIS Solemnity marks the end of a liturgical year, somehow reminding us that as long as we are still in this temporal world, we have to go through a cycle of beginning and ending, until we spin off to the world of eternity where our definitive life and home is. With
November 20, 2021
WE cannot deny that there are moments when we find ourselves angry, or even when we need to be angry. We just have to learn how to handle this emotion that in itself is neither good or bad. It depends on how we do it. In this regard, it might be
November 19, 2021
Chaplain Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) Talamban, Cebu City Email: roycimagala@gmail.com THIS is, of course, not meant to scare us nor to have a pessimistic view of life. Rather it is to be realistic, given the way we are and the way the world in general is, what with
November 18, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT’S right! The more generous we are with God and with others, the more generous God will be with us. This is just a simple law of ‘we reap what we sow.’ We usually sow just a seed, but with the generosity with which we take care of that seed, we
November 17, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT beautiful gospel story of Zacchaeus, the rich but short chief tax collector who was privileged to have Christ stay in his house, (cfr Lk 19,1-10) teaches us precious lessons about why and how we should be friendly, compassionate and merciful with everyone, irrespective of whether they are rich or poor,
November 16, 2021
