JUNE 24 is the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and the gospel of the day talks about his circumcision (cfr. Lk 1,57-66.80) which, at that time, meant his entry into the covenant between God and the people of Israel. He plays the very significant role of being
June 24, 2025
WE, of course, have heard Christ telling us: “Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you…” (Mt 7,1-2) We have to understand these words of Christ well. It’s
June 23, 2025
AS we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, we are reminded that Christ has given us everything for us to be what God wants us to be. Christ is the living bread, and he offers it to us freely and abundantly. He offers us all
June 21, 2025
THESE, I believe, are the processes we have to undergo to pursue our lifelong duty of transforming ourselves into “another Christ,” having his spirit, his mind and heart, such that even in the level of our body, that spirit of Christ is lived and can be observed externally. We need to
June 20, 2025
IN the Gospel of St. Matthew (6,7-15), the Lord’s Prayer or what is commonly known as The Our Father is given after Christ warned the people to avoid babbling when praying. He offered the Lord’s Prayer as the proper way to pray. This is a good reminder for all of us
June 19, 2025
GIVEN our wounded human condition insofar as our spiritual and moral life is concerned, we really need to make the conscious effort to purify our intentions in everything that we do. We cannot deny that we are prone to give glory to ourselves instead of to God. And we are capable
June 18, 2025
CHRIST described it very clearly. This is how he said it: “You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that persecute and calumniate
June 17, 2025
THAT’S quite obvious if we would just consider these clear words of Christ. “I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him also the other. And if a man will contend with you in judgment, and take away your coat,
June 16, 2025
THIS is the clear lesson we can draw from the Solemnity of the Most Blessed Trinity. If we are God’s image and likeness, meant to share in his life and nature, then we have to realize that just like the Blessed Trinity where the three persons of the Father, Son and
June 14, 2025
BEGGING your pardon for that rather naughty title of this piece, what I would like to bring out is that if we truly have the Christian spirit, that spirit should animate not only our spiritual soul but also our body all the way to our sexuality as represented by our genitalia
June 13, 2025
WONDERING what these are? Well, the worst evil is when man dared to crucify Christ. Nothing can be worse than that, insofar as we are concerned. Imagine, killing the Son of God himself! And yet such evil also caused the greatest good: man’s salvation due to Christ’s bearing all our sins
June 12, 2025
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WE should never forget this basic character of our life here on earth. Whatever we do, whatever situation we may find ourselves in, we should realize that we are always given a choice of whether we want to do the things of God, to follow his will and ways, or we
June 11, 2025