By Fr. Roy Cimagala WITH the somehow foreseeable new landscape of the post-Covid world, we can tell that we have no time to waste as we face new and, most likely, formidable challenges. It’s very likely that we have to do some innovations, reinventions and upskilling, if we want not only to survive but
July 24, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala While it is good to have high self-esteem, it is not when we get fat in self-importance. High self-esteem is the objective awareness of who we really are. Obese self-importance is an exaggerated sense of our value and importance. It is not good to have a low self-esteem that misses our
July 23, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala SINCE we do not know how this whole Covid pandemic will play out, how long it will take before things get somehow settled down, and what lasting effects it would make, we should be, of course, hoping and praying for the best while preparing ourselves for the worst. We know
July 20, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THE parable of the wheat and the weed (cfr. Mt 13,24-30) reminds us that in our life we have to learn how to contend with unavoidable evil even as we do many good things. We are somehow warned not to overreact to evil that would do us more harm than good.
July 19, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THIS is something we have to be most aware and careful about. The more gifted we are, the more humble and child-like we should be. That way the good things and the blessings God has endowed us with and that would make us better than the others or superior to
July 18, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Though we may see the defects and mistakes of the others, we have to learn to look kindly at them all the time. We have to realize that seeing and looking are two different acts. Seeing is just in the level of our sense perception, while looking is already in the
July 17, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala If we want to flow with the changing times without getting confused or lost, then we have to realize that we need to flow with God always. He after all, being the Creator and original and ultimate lawgiver of the universe, would be our sure guide who knows how to adapt to
July 16, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE need to examine how we understand the word of God. To be sure, God’s word is not just any word. Neither is God’s word just a brilliant idea, a practical doctrine, and an effective ideology. It’s not just a strategy, a culture, or a lifestyle. God’s word, of course,
July 13, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Email: roycimagala@gmail.com IN a sense, we have to be thankful for this quarantine time since it actually can act like a reagent that would expose to us the stuff we are made of and of what and how we are making out of that stuff. Yes, it can give us
July 13, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to be reminded that the quality of our prayer determines, in the end, the quality of our life. How our prayer is will somehow shape how our life will be. And that’s simply because our prayer is the basic way of connecting with God who is the source
July 10, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala MENTAL reservations are hidden, unexpressed thoughts that accompany our reactions to things, our statements and affirmations. They are simply kept in our minds for some reason. If the reason is good, like these thoughts are kept hidden out of charity and prudence, then they are good. But if they simply
July 9, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala TO act and to speak with a flourish will always attract people to us. It will make us likable since it somehow can show a number of good things. For example, it can show that we are articulate, that we have a good mastery of the topic or issue at
July 8, 2020