By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE are not, of course, mere plants and animals whose periods of hibernation are periods of sheer inactivity. But with our current situation where we are made to restrict our movements and are asked to stay home, we should somehow learn the art of a kind of hibernation that is
March 24, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala AS Christians, I suppose we would readily realize that our life should not just be our own life, but rather always a life with God. And since God is supernatural, then our life also ought to be supernatural without, of course, compromising what is natural to us. Thus, there is
March 23, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT’S one of the last words of Christ (cfr. Mt 27,46) before he gave up his spirit on the cross. It’s an intriguing statement, considering that Christ is God who can absorb and suffer anything as if in a breeze. Nothing could actually bother or disturb him. But let’s remember
March 22, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT’S a piece of advice of St. Paul in his Letter to the Romans. (cfr. 12,15) It’s a call for us to share the conditions and predicaments of the others. It is to feel for them. The complete text is as follows” “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those
March 20, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE should, each one of us, develop a worldview as early as possible. This will help us to have a good and deep understanding about ourselves and the world in general, and about the most basic and ultimate dimensions of our life. It gives us a global picture of the
March 19, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THIS virtue of order is now posing to us as a huge, most tricky and nasty challenge. With all the growing number of things to consider, each with its own growing complexity also, we truly are most vulnerable to fall into disorder and chaos. Even if we manage to a
March 18, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala SOMEONE suggested this idea to me recently. He was reacting to a growing number of deaths involving young people, as young as in their twenties, who died of diabetes, stroke and some heart ailments. He said taking sweets like sugar-filled soft drinks and energy drinks and other saccharine items like
March 17, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala AS we celebrate another Solemnity of St. Joseph on March 19, let us revisit the crucial role the foster father of Christ played in the whole economy of salvation if only to instill in us more deeply that the devotion to him is ever relevant, especially these days when we
March 16, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THIS is a very intriguing part of our Christian faith. Not only should we love our enemies, as Christ taught us, but we also need to drown evil with an abundance of good. This was specifically articulated by St. Paul in his Letter to the Romans where he said: “Do
March 15, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THE hullabaloo surrounding the recent Oprah Winfrey interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has given me a sharp reminder on charity. And that’s simply because I realize that while my initial reaction was a strong dismissal of the whole affair, considering it as a waste of time, among many
March 13, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala MORE than “what,” the question to ask is “who” should attract us most. Definitely, it should be God and none other. Better said, if we make God the source and cause of all our attraction, of all our joy and pleasures, of what ultimately gives us perfect satisfaction and ultimate
March 12, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala INDEED, we have to stick with science, since it is a very serious effort to know the whys and the wherefores of things, the causes and effects of certain phenomena in our life. We have to be most thankful to those people who have dedicated themselves to this service, since
March 11, 2021