THAT’S right! God shares his power with us. If we are truly God’s image and likeness, sharers of his divine life and nature, then it should come as a no-brainer that we too can share in his tremendous power. We are somehow reminded of this wonderful truth of our faith in
September 5, 2023
WE need to be clear about this very fundamental truth of our Christian faith. We are meant to be like Christ for the simple reason that he is the very pattern of our humanity and the savior of our damaged humanity. Everything in our life should be made an occasion, a
September 4, 2023
WE have to be clear about this aspect of our Christian life. Yes, we need to suffer and die, just like Christ, who is the pattern of our humanity and the savior of our damaged humanity, suffered and died for us, for our sins. In other words, we need to suffer
September 2, 2023
THE parable of the 10 virgins, 5 wise and 5 foolish, (cfr. Mt 25,1-13) reminds us that we should seriously take our duty to be always prepared to meet our Lord who can call us anytime. Let’s be wary of our tendency to be easily trapped in our earthly affairs, such
September 1, 2023
CHRIST told his disciples to stay awake, that is, to be vigilant, and at the same time to be fruitful and productive, not idle and lazy. (cfr. Mt 24,42-51) It’s a call that is most relevant these days, given the very confusing times we are in. We cannot deny that in
August 31, 2023
IN the gospel, there is a part where Christ addressed some harsh words at some leading Jews who misled others with their false doctrine and their inconsistency between their words and actions—in other words, their hypocrisy. (cfr. Mt 23,27-32) “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed
August 30, 2023
ON the Memorial of the Passion of the St. John the Baptist, celebrated on August 29, we are reminded that we should be willing to suffer and even to be martyred for Christ. In this regard, we should learn to lose the fear of suffering and death, which we should expect
August 29, 2023
THAT series of “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites,” (cfr. Mt 23,13-22) that Christ heaped on some of the leading Jews remind us of the sad and common phenomenon nowadays where we can be doing some good and yet miss the real and ultimate good meant for us. And
August 28, 2023
WE have to be wary of this spiritual and moral anomaly that, sad to say, is a common affliction these days. It can easily take place when we fail to really give our whole selves to God and to the others, giving an opening for this most deceptive anomaly to enter
August 25, 2023
THE Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle, originally known as Nathanael, offers us hope of also becoming closely related to Christ despite all the defects and weaknesses that we have. The story of his calling as an apostle (cfr. Jn 1,45-51) is both amusing and uplifting since it clearly tells us that
August 24, 2023
THAT gospel parable about the Kingdom of heaven likened to a landowner who hired laborers for his vineyard at different hours of the day (cfr. Mt 20,1-16) strongly reminds us that we should be contented and thankful for whatever God gives us. We have to be wary of comparing ourselves with others which can easily
August 23, 2023
CHRIST said it in so many words. “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again, I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is
August 22, 2023
