By: Fr. Roy Cimagala FAILURES do happen in our lives. They can happen every day, and many times during the day. They may not be big failures. They are usually small ones. But they are somehow like a constant feature of our life. We should not anymore be surprised by this fact of life, and
August 13, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala Since we have been created in the image and likeness of God, we should put all our energy into becoming like God. This is not some kind of mental disorder some people stereotype such an effort to be. In fact, that is the ultimate purpose of our life here on earth.
August 12, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to be better prepared when we are tempted. Our usual problem is that we think that when we are tempted, it is just a very personal affair that nobody else should intervene. This is not the way to deal with temptations. With this attitude, the only thing that can
August 10, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala TO have an active mind is, of course, a good thing. It facilitates many things: our thinking, our judging, assessing and reasoning. It fosters insights and intuition, allowing us to see and read more than what our eyes and other senses can perceive. It mitigates the effort to adapt to people
August 9, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala I BELIEVE we all commit mistakes and suffer some failures in life. And certainly, we feel bad about it. We just have to make sure that we do not stay long brooding over them and letting ourselves sink to sadness and depression. We have to learn how to bounce back to
August 7, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala IF we believe that God is the supreme being and the source of all good things in life, why don’t we talk a lot about him, especially in the public fora where most of the people are? It would seem that speaking about God is restricted to some places only, like
August 6, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WE just don’t do apostolate as if it is just one more task to be done on some parts of the day. We are first of all apostles, and our apostolic concern should be constant and abiding, even while we are asleep or doing all kinds of tasks during the day.
August 3, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT’S how we are in this life. We are both co-agents with Christ in our own redemption as well as objects of such redemption that is wrought out primarily by Christ and instrumentally by us. Yes, we are co-redeemers with Christ, concerned not only of our own redemption but also that
August 2, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala ONE burning question many people ask is if God is truly God and knows everything from all eternity, why does he still create a person when he would already know that that person would end up in hell? Does he not predestine that person to hell? The answer, of course, is
August 1, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WE need to be more aware of this reality so that we both can enjoy its rights and privileges and fulfill the duties inherent in it. Truth is no matter how isolated we are physically, mentally or emotionally, we are all interconnected for the most basic reason that we belong to
July 31, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala THAT is what Christ himself told us to aspire—that God’s will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. Yes, while we are here in this world, we should always have a sense of heaven and a hunger for it. The world, with all the drama it contains, should
July 29, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala THIS is an art and skill that we have to learn, especially these days. With all the developments around and the many challenges and tasks they involve, we have to know when to move fast and when to go slow, if only to keep ourselves on track toward our proper goal
July 27, 2019