By: Fr. Roy Cimagala “I AM the vine, you are the branches.” Christ addressed these words to his disciples who now include us. They spell out how our relationship with Christ is. We are actually nothing without him. We need to be with him if we want to be what he wants us to be
June 21, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala THIS, of course, is the best way to end the day. Whatever the drama during the day, we can afford to smile and be at peace in our sleep as long as we reconcile ourselves with Christ. Yes, that is what really matters. We may still have a lot of unsolved
June 20, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala YES, instead of being afraid, irritated and stressed out whenever we have differences and conflicts with others, let’s be welcoming to them and take advantage of them. A lot of good can actually be derived from them, even if we are not exempted from being pained and mortified by them. Our
June 19, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala LET’S BE warned about this common and abidingly proximate danger. God has given us tremendous gifts. He has made us in his image and likeness. And so, he has given us intelligence and will, talents and skills, and so many other endowments that we even fail to realize. We always have
June 18, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala PREFER to suffer rather than compromise charity. That should be our attitude every time we find ourselves in some heated discussion, debate or argument, especially in matters that are open to opinion. You can be sure you would be resembling yourselves more with Christ than with anybody else. Christ preferred to
June 17, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala We should try our best to be friendly always with everyone. Irrespective of how they are — and this can include those who in our human standards we consider to be unlikable, or who have done us wrong, or who are even hostile to us — we should just try our
June 15, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WE SHOULD try our best to develop the habit of reading and meditating on the gospel regularly, if not daily. It is the living word of God, the record of Christ’s life and teachings meant to effect in us our transformation into “another Christ”, Christ who is the pattern of our
June 14, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala OUR life should mirror the life of God himself, since we are supposed to be his image and likeness. That’s how we have been created. We are meant to live our life with God. We can even say that God treats us the way he treats himself. For this purpose he
June 13, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala THIS is a basic duty of ours, a grave responsibility in fact. Without Christ, we would just be on our own, relying simply on our own lights and powers that, no matter how excellent, can never accomplish our real ultimate need—our own salvation, our own completion and perfection as a person,
June 12, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala WE HAVE to understand this truth of our faith well. While the life of each of us is very personal and unique, we have to realize that, for our life to be the life meant for us by our Creator, it should be patterned after the life of Christ who, as
June 11, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala IT’S REALLY a matter of faith, of how strong our faith is. With faith, we know that whatever our condition and situation in life, God is always there and will never abandon us. He is there to help us. He actually takes care of everything. It’s this faith that springs and
June 10, 2019
By: Fr. Roy Cimagala IT’S GOOD we constantly highlight God’s call for us to follow him, to be holy and perfect as he is, since we have been created in his image and likeness. It’s good we are always reminded to love, pray, make sacrifices, frequent the sacraments, develop virtues, wage a life-long ascetical struggle,
June 8, 2019