By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WHERE there is true love, everything becomes meaningful and is pursued with a passion. The small and ordinary things of the day become very significant. There is never a dull, monotonous moment in the daily routine. And while one’s usual daily task would only involve small and ordinary things, he is
July 9, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WE are by nature curious. That’s how we start our quest for knowledge. Let us just remember that there are two basic kinds of curiosity, the good one and the bad one, the healthy one and the unhealthy one, one that is inspired by love for God and others and another
July 8, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala THOUGH we cannot avoid aging and getting old, we have to understand that we are meant to be forever young and new. Aging and getting old are a matter of time. They are temporal or temporary. They are more a matter of the physical, material and external. They only happen in
July 6, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala FOR the simple reason that our human justice can never cope with all the demands and requirements of divine charity as shown by Christ in his passion, death, and resurrection, our human justice should bow to divine charity. Somehow this was the message of Pope Francis to the Filipino bishops who
July 5, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WE NEED to distinguish between the two, since they usually go together and yet while to be zealous is good, to be triumphalistic is not. Yes, we should try our best to be zealous in everything we do, putting passion into them. We have to be bent on achieving the goal
July 4, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WE have to see to it that amid all the hustle and bustle of our life today, we do not detach ourselves from Christ who in the end is the pattern of our humanity and the savior of our damaged humanity. Given today’s rapid developments, we should see to it that
July 3, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala SOMEONE sent me an article that was proposing for the abolition of the priesthood. The reason behind are the many clerical scandals that have been plaguing the Church for years now, mostly in the US and other countries but also—at least a few cases—in the local scene. Of course, my immediate
June 29, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala OUR dedication and fidelity to whatever vocation or commitment of love that we may have, be it in single blessedness or in marriage, in priesthood or in lay life, should be so pure and completely gratuitous that we would pursue and develop it without preconditions and ulterior motives. This is what
June 28, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala Email: roycimagala@gmail.com WE should all be concerned about this matter. We need to develop a sense of vocation, for the simple reason that everyone has a vocation. We come from God and we belong to him. He always calls us to himself and offers us a way to go to him.
June 27, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala JUNE 26 is the feast of St. Josemaria Escriva who was raised to the altar by Pope, now St., John Paul II in 2002. In his prayer card, he is said to have been chosen by God, granting him countless graces, to found Opus Dei, a way of sanctification in daily
June 25, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala Music hath charm, they say. And its charm is so indescribable it defies reason and rhyme. It can mesmerize us and can bring us to places, moments and conditions that are way beyond what our imagination can provide. It can take us into flights to fantasy land or to heaven itself. And
June 24, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala CHRIST has told us about this formula. Let’s closely follow the kind of equation he presented to achieve this true and complete joy. “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just I have
June 22, 2019