THAT gospel episode where Christ praised a poor widow for giving all that she had to live on to the treasury of the temple (cfr. Lk 21,1-4) graphically reminds us that Christian poverty, which is what is required for true Christian love to reign in our hearts, is not so much
November 25, 2024
By Fr. Roy Cimagala WORDS of Christ in response to Pilate’s question, “Art thou the king of the Jews?” (Jn 18,33) That was when Christ clarified who he really was, and yet the poor Pilate and many of the Jews of that time could not get it. These words are part of the gospel reading
November 23, 2024
“ALL the people were hanging on his words.” (Lk 19,48) Because of that, those leading Jews who wanted to put Christ to death could not carry out their plan. Let’s hope that we too can get so close to Christ that would frustrate anything that would put Christ out of our
November 22, 2024
WE should be most aware of this truth of our faith. The Holy Spirit is constantly prompting us what to think, say and do. And that’s because God, being at the very core of our existence, cannot abandon us and is constantly intervening in our lives, guiding us to where we
November 21, 2024
THIS is what we can draw from that parable about a nobleman who had to make a journey to obtain his kingship and called his 10 servants, giving them 10 gold coins, telling them to engage in trade till he would return. (Lk 19,11-28) As the gospel also said, the parable
November 20, 2024
WE have to be aware of this way of looking and reacting to things in general that is actually ruling the lives of many people, especially the young ones, who do not know yet how to properly handle their emotions, feelings and passions. As commonly defined and described, emotivism is an
November 19, 2024
IT’S a new word I just learned recently. It refers to “the practice of ignoring one’s companion or companions in order to pay attention to one’s phone or other mobile device.” I suppose the word is an acronym for “phone” and “snubbing.” We have to be wary of this danger which
November 18, 2024
THAT’S what we should maintain in life. We need to develop a keen sense of the purpose of our life and keep it in play in every circumstance and situation of our life. Difficult? For sure. But we can always train ourselves for it. We are reminded of this fact of
November 16, 2024
IN the gospel of St. Luke (17,26-37), we hear Christ lamenting over how people in the long history of humanity were entangled in their earthly affairs while practically ignoring the real purpose of life. “As it was in the days of Noah,” he said, “so it will be in the days
November 15, 2024
THIS is, of course, a very delicate topic, and so, we should be very careful with what we are going to say here. This is meant to tackle this issue in a very human and Christian way. Fact is, gender confusion has been around for a long time, and there’s a
November 14, 2024
THIS is the lesson we can learn from that gospel episode where Christ cured 10 lepers but only one of the them came back to Christ to thank him. (cfr. Lk 17,11-19) We should never forget to thank God, first of all, and whoever else is involved in some happy event
November 13, 2024
THE problem of secularism is that it promotes a social order this is neither connected to religion nor critical of it. It denies the influence of religion in our social order. It simply wants to be guided by a certain consensus derived from what is considered practical in the present life
November 12, 2024