By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WHILE it is true that to be prudent in our actuations, we need to come up with some theories and hypothesis, we also need to realize that we should not stop only on the speculative level. We have to go all the way to the practical level too. The virtue of
September 16, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala SOME words of St. Paul in his letter to the Romans appear to be a good description of today’s trouble in the world. In that letter, he describes the troubles and identifies the cause. It’s in Chapter 1,18-32 of said letter, and I think it is worthwhile to remit the whole
September 14, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala FAR FROM falling into irrelevance or obsolescence, as some people claim, virtues are actually most needed today. And that’s because with the fast-moving and more complicated developments of the times, virtues actually help us properly tackle the challenges of these new developments. We are actually in urgent need of these stable
September 13, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala THIS is a big challenge to public speakers, especially to preachers who are charged to transmit nothing less than the living word of God. Given the way people are now—with all their differences and complexities—the task of effectively communicating with them without compromising the integrity of the message is indeed a
September 11, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WE NEED to be clear about this point. Our time here on earth is a time of transit toward eternity, from where we came and to where we are heading. That’s because we are creatures of God who is in eternity. We came from him, and since we have been made
September 10, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WE CANNOT overemphasize this basic need of ours to make plans and strategies. If we have to develop ourselves as we should, if we have to be truly productive and fruitful, if we have to take advantage of everything in life, whether good or bad, to attain our ultimate goal, then
September 9, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala IT’S entitled, “The Way.” It’s the first book written by Opus Dei founder, St. Josemaria Escriva, dubbed as the precursor of the lay spirituality in the Church. It’s now in its 80th year since its first edition that came out in 1939. To date, its print-run has reached close to 5
September 7, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala JUDGING, of course, is basic and indispensable to us. It is the first step we do to know things. As soon as our senses apprehend certain things, our intelligence is immediately activated and starts to make judgments so we can start knowing. From there, we can make many other intellectual operations—like
September 6, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala That’s how we should handle ourselves. Let’s remember that, as St. Paul said, we have a treasure in vessels of clay. (2 Cor 4,7) And that’s because our dignity is that of being children of God, image and likeness of His, meant to share in the very life of God. Together
September 4, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala ASIDE from being able to distinguish between what is clearly good and what is clearly bad, we need to learn to distinguish the different levels and nuances of what is good, since we have to choose the right good at the right moment or situation. Not everything that is good in
September 3, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WHATEVER may be our differences and conflicts, which are unavoidable in our life and some of which may even be very serious, we should always be concerned about unity, not only trying to keep it but also trying to build it up, even at the instance precisely of our differences and
August 31, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala IN this life, with all the bad elements we have to contend with, we really would need to be properly guarded, protected but also keeping ourselves always on the go. We should not just be on the defense mode all the time. We should also know how to be on the
August 30, 2019