THAT was the conclusion Christ drew from what he told the men of his time. (cfr. Lk 7,31-35) “To what shall I compare the people of this generation?” he asked. “They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but
September 17, 2025
THAT’S what we can draw from that gospel episode where Christ brought to life the dead son of a widow in the city of Nain. (cfr. Lk 7,11-17) He was just passing by, and he saw the dead body carried away for burial. Without asking any question, he was moved with
September 16, 2025
ON the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, liturgically celebrated on September 15 that immediately follows the celebration of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, we are reminded, with the help of Our Lady, about the distinction between sorrow and sadness that can befall us anytime. It is
September 15, 2025
ON the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of Christ, which falls on September 14, we are given an occasion to consider once again the importance and indispensability of the cross in our life. Let’s savor some words of the readings used on that feast’s Mass. (cfr. Jn 3,13-17)
September 13, 2025
“CAN the blind lead the blind?” Christ asked. (Lk 6,36) Obviously not. Sooner or later, both would fall into a ditch. We may find many ways of how to deal with this predicament, since it cannot be denied that one way or another, in one form or another, we all have
September 12, 2025
CHRIST clearly said, nay, commanded us to do so. (cfr. Lk 6,27) We, of course, could not help but be incredulous by these words of Christ. Why oh why should we love our enemies when our very basic common sense would tell us the opposite? We truly need to pause a
September 11, 2025
IT would be good if all the time we have it clear in our mind who we really are, what our true identity and dignity are, in the eyes, in the mind and heart of God. It would help us to stay calm, confident and happy despite the ups and downs
September 10, 2025
THIS is the lesson we can draw from that gospel episode where people with all kinds of sicknesses went to see Christ for healing. (cfr. Lk 6,12-19) But for us, we should not wait for some serious illness or difficulty to beset us before going to him. We should go and
September 9, 2025
YES, indeed, we have great reason to rejoice as we celebrate the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It’s on this day that we are somehow assured that God and man share the same life and nature! That God can become man and that a woman can be
September 8, 2025
WE should have no doubt about this. We may at first be scared when Christ told his disciples, and now us, “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children and brethren, and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be
September 6, 2025
WHEN Christ said, “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to put it on an old cloak; otherwise, not only will the new one be torn, but the piece taken from the new will not match the old,” (Lk 5,36) we are somehow reminded that in our life there
September 5, 2025
WHEN Christ told Peter to “put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch,” (Lk 5,4) the immediate conclusion we can make is that Christ was telling Peter to be enterprising and aggressive in reaching out to people, i.e., in doing apostolate. This can be validated when Christ
September 4, 2025