By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to do everything to have intimacy with God all the time because that is the best and proper condition for us to be in this life. And by intimacy, I mean not only involving our mind and will, such that we have an abiding awareness of God’s presence
December 10, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala IT’S an art that is most worthwhile to learn and to have. Whenever there are drastic changes in life, like what we are having now when our movements are significantly restricted, we should know how not only to survive but also to prosper. Impossible? Well, that really would depend
December 9, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT’S how true love is, a love that is a clear sharing of the love that is in God as shown and lived by Christ himself. It’s a love that is not scandalized by anything. It, of course, continues to maintain that what is wrong is wrong, what is sinful
December 8, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THE spirit of Advent is supposed to remind us that we have to be focused on our ultimate end while cruising in the shifting conditions of our earthly life. We are supposed to keep our eyes, mind and heart on our final destination which is to be with God in
December 7, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE need to develop a certain yearning for Christ, a longing, an urge, a passionate desire, since this is a basic necessity for us, given the fact that Christ is everything to us. He is our savior. He is the pattern of our humanity. We achieve the fullness of our
December 5, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THOUGH there is such a close relationship between the person and his acts, we should try our best just the same to distinguish between the two. True, how the person somehow determines how he acts. And how a person acts reveals the kind of person he is. We can even
December 4, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT’S our life here on earth. God is still forming us to be what he wants us to be—his image and likeness, his adopted children meant to share in his very own life. Our creation is not yet finished. It’s still a work in progress. Considering how God is and
December 3, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT’S right. We need to declare an unrelenting war against our self-indulgence which has become a very formidable problem we all have. Yes, this has always been a problem to us, but these days it is much more so. With the many new wonderful things that can instantly give us
December 2, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala IF we really want to truly love, we should be willing to suffer for the others out of love for God and for all souls. We need to realize that the willingness to suffer is the ultimate proof that our love is genuine. Love should not just be matter of
December 1, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala TO pursue ideals is always good. In fact, we have to encourage everyone to do so. It would show in some way that we are driven with love, with a desire to do good. That would be the best condition for us to be in. It would keep us from
November 30, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to learn to live the season of Advent properly. To do so, we have to know what Advent is really all about, and what our duties and responsibilities are toward it. We have to overcome our tendency to take these things for granted, just going through the motions
November 28, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE are meant to love everyone, even including our enemies. Christ said so. He even offered forgiveness to those who crucified him. And that’s simply because, irrespective of how we are individually and among each other, we are all brothers and sisters, children of God who loves us all the
November 27, 2020