By Fr. Roy Cimagala It’s painful to learn that even now, despite the progress we have in the area of culture, knowledge and technology, we still can witness massive cases of primitive misunderstanding and barbaric brutality in some parts of the world. In the US, for example, this brutality is shown in the many
September 11, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala ONE good and positive aspect of any crisis we may be having, like what we have these days with this Covid pandemic, is that it is actually a good occasion to see how we are as a person, a child of God, a citizen, a leader, etc. When we are
September 10, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala I remember a TV commercial some time ago that had this punchline: “Kanino ka ba babangon?” (For whom do you get up in the morning?) I imagine it was supposed to highlight the motivation one has in getting up so early in the morning, do some tasks and other sacrifices
September 8, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala EVERYONE should have a healthy self-esteem. If we don’t have it yet, then let’s develop it and help everyone else to have it. A healthy self-esteem is important since only then can we have a good understanding of things and work properly as well. Without this healthy self-esteem, we can
September 7, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE should never forget this fact of life. As long as we live in this planet, we are actually being tested to see if we love God or our own selves, if we choose to do good or to opt for the pleasurable or convenient evil, if we truly give ourselves to
September 6, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala If we truly are in love, we would like to know how much love we are giving and whether the love we have is true love or is just an appearance of it. We know very well that we are fond of saying we love God and others, and yet
September 5, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala CHRIST warned the apostles about false doctrine. That’s when he told them, “Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” (Mt 16,6) The apostles at first thought Christ was faulting them for not bringing bread, until they were corrected and later understood that Christ was referring
September 4, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT gospel episode of the two sisters, Martha and Mary, when visited by Christ (cfr. Lk 10,38-42) teaches us a clear lesson that no matter how important, legitimate or most welcome our human activities may be, prayer always has priority over all of them. What Martha did was, of course,
September 3, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala MANY of us are familiar with the psychological illness called bipolar disorder. It is what is described as a manic depressive illness, a mood disorder with two extremes: depressed (low) and manic (high). It varies in severity, and mild cases may appear ordinary for many years. A worse illness can
August 31, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE need to have a good and healthy sense of nostalgia and expectation in our life here on earth. We cannot deny that we have our past and our future, and thus we cannot avoid having to refer ourselves to these points of reference. Of course, in our life here
August 29, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to convince ourselves that the best way to resolve our unavoidable differences and conflicts in the area of politics, social life, and other fields prone to contention and controversies, is for us to always engage in civil discourse, in cordial dialogue. We have to avoid as much as
August 29, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Although this topic has been taken up in a column of mine some years ago, I believe it is good to make another review of it if only to know better the true face of this reality of evil in our life, its causes and sources, and its potentials for
August 28, 2020