By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE need to know and to develop the right accepting attitude in our life. Things can get so complicated that if we do not know what this right accepting attitude is, we surely would be lost. We know that there are things that are beyond our control. In fact, most
February 9, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THIS is the burning question at the moment. While the general response should be, yes, we should, there are serious questions and issues raised around this matter. It’s usually the public officials who are pushing the official line that we should get vaccinated. And I think that’s very understandable. But
February 8, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT’S a question we can ask ourselves as we celebrate the 500 years of Christianity in our country. After 500 years, we have reason to believe that we have somehow “arrived” at a significant level of Christian life. The drama involved in that period must have taught us precious lessons,
February 6, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to learn to distinguish among these three terms which play important and distinctive roles in our life. We have to know which one is most important to us and which ones play some secondary but helpful roles. To start, a mediator is like a bridge that links two
February 5, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala IF we are truly followers of Christ, then whatever we give to others, especially to God, is done without counting the cost. It should purely be gratuitous, given as a gift. If our understanding of giving is that of a gift, we would know that what we give is not
February 4, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT’S how our love should be. It should be stable and firm in all kinds of weather and season in life. It should remain alive and throbbing in any circumstance and condition. It should be universal in scope, excluding no one in its concern. Whether at work or at play,
February 3, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THE feast of the Presentation of the Lord, which falls on February 2, can be considered as another epiphany, another manifestation of Christ as our savior. This time, the manifestation is done not to the three magi anymore, but to two characters, Simeon and Anna. The feast is a good
February 2, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala FOR fun, people nowadays often make and trade jokes about marriage. Some of the recent ones that managed to tickle me are the following: – I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me. (Bill Clinton) – here’s a way of transferring funds that is
February 1, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala CHRISTIAN life is both difficult and easy. Difficult because it truly demands more than what we can give or cope. The goal it wants us to aim at is nothing less than something supernatural, not merely natural. That goal can only be fully achieved in heaven, not here on earth,
January 30, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to be wary of these tricks that news and opinion makers often use these days to push their ideas, agenda or narrative. While it’s good that they should set out their credentials to establish and strengthen their credibility, we have to see if the tone and timing of
January 29, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THIS is what we should be very clear about. True freedom can only be found in God, in Christ who is the God made man to reveal to us who God is and who we are in relation to God. It is Christ who tells us all about freedom, what
January 28, 2021
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to be wary of this danger that is clearly becoming widespread. Self-indulgence is a constant threat, especially these days when good and evil are so mixed up that we would mostly likely be left confused and easily taken by sweet poisons that today’s new things readily offer. The
January 27, 2021