By Fr. Roy Cimagala IF we truly want to be like Christ, full of love and mercy, we should be very strict with ourselves but very lenient with the others. Yes, we have to be very demanding on ourselves but very understanding, forgiving and welcoming of the others even if we know they are wrong
February 1, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala With the many and rapid developments going around, we should see to it that we are always on the alert, lest we can easily get lost, lulled with all sorts of nice things down the road to perdition. This is not to be a wet blanket, nor to be a paranoid.
January 31, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala I am happy to know that our bishops have declared 2020 as the Year of Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue and Indigenous People. It’s part of the preparation for the 5th centennial of the Christianization of our country that will take place in 2021. It’s definitely a way of reaching out to the
January 30, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We have to learn how to refer everything to God. This should be like an instinct, an urge that needs correspondence. We should always remember that the constant and ultimate parameter of our life is God, since he sets the final conditions and purpose of our life and also the one
January 29, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We have to understand that our mundane and temporal affairs are no obstacle in our relationship with God and others. They shouldn’t be. In fact, for most people, these matters and affairs are the very occasion, material, and motive for developing the love for God and for others. Thus, they also
January 28, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala This should be a no-brainer. When one is vested with power, with better endowments than those of others, he must remember that such privilege will always attract temptations of abusing it. It’s like a magnet for temptations. We have to be prepared for this. That power has to be handled delicately,
January 27, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We should consider ourselves lucky and blessed that we still have a vibrant spirit of popular piety as evidenced by the tremendous outpouring of devotees during the feasts of the Black Nazarene and Santo Niño. I don’t know if there are still other countries with the same show of popular piety
January 25, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Given our nature and condition, we cannot help but get into modes of noisy excitement and silent, intimate solemnity whenever we have some celebration. We are both body and soul, material and spiritual. We have our human nature, but one that is oriented to the supernatural. We are individual persons but
January 24, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala While it’s true that we have to take care of the little things in our life, we should not forget that we are not meant to get detained there. We should always relate the little ordinary things in our life to the big and ultimate purpose of our life. Christ himself
January 22, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala This is a tremendous challenge to priests especially when they –we, me included, of course– give homilies during Mass which is a very privileged occasion for us to preach in Christ’s name as head of the Church. At this point, it may good to remit some relevant words issued in 1997
January 21, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala If we have to approximate our ideal of being Christ-like as much as possible, I imagine these are some of the qualities we have to develop. We need to be broad-minded and big-hearted. We have to be open and quick to understand everyone as he is, without being easily offended or
January 20, 2020
By Fr. Roy Cimagala THESE are words of St. Paul. The complete quote goes this way: “Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many people possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the
January 18, 2020