Obedience over sacrifice
THE TWO are good and important and are, in fact, necessary in our life. But if we have to choose between them, we have...
Giving our body the proper spirit
WE ARE reminded of this very important concern of ours in that First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians where he said: “The...
When we have to go unconventional and innovative
IN LIFE, there are times when due to unusual circumstances or emergency situations, we may have to do some unconventional things, going beyond the...
Doing a lot of good while passing unnoticed
WE ARE somehow reminded of this kind of behavior in that gospel episode where Christ told the leper whom he just cured to “tell...
Recognizing God’s call
THE STORY of the vocation of the prophet Samuel is very interesting in the sense that he at first did not realize God was...
Christian life is both hard and easy
WE NEED to understand that there are times that we need to persist in bothering God for some extraordinary interventions in our lives. To...
Baptism of the Lord
IT’S ONE of the intriguing episodes in the gospel. Why did Christ ask to be baptized by John the Baptist? In fact, John was...
Like the 3 magi
THE SOLEMNITY of the Epiphany of the Lord reminds us of the constant presence and manifestation of our Lord in everything in our life...
What true love involves
IT’S IN THE First Letter of St. John where we are given some ideas about what true love involves. (cfr. 1 Jn 3, 11-21)...
The mysterious ways of God
THE STORY of how St. Andrew discovered his vocation as one of the apostles gives us an interesting insight into the mysterious ways of...