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Fr. Roy Cimagala
Fr. Roy Cimagala
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False prophets galore!
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - June 26, 2024 - 12:00am
“Beware of false prophets! (Mt 7,15) That’s what Christ told his disciples.
Let’s be like St. John the Baptist
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - June 24, 2024 - 12:00am
On the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, we should also strive to be like St. John the Baptist who had the vocation of being the precursor of Christ, the one who prepared a...
Transcending our earthly and temporal life
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - June 21, 2024 - 12:00am
Let’s remember that we are not meant to solely live an earthly and temporal life. We are meant for an eternal life, where our body, still retaining its material form, would be completely under the law of the...
Let’s learn to always have the right intention
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - June 19, 2024 - 12:00am
We have to realize more deeply that our intentions play an indispensable role in our moral and spiritual life.
The divine wisdom behind the Beatitudes
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - June 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Obviously, if we are to use our human reason alone, without the guidance of faith, we would consider the Beatitudes a crazy idea. I’ve heard some supposedly intellectual commentators describe the Beatitudes...
Guarding against infidelity
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - June 3, 2024 - 12:00am
Let’s not deny it. It’s a fact of life, as obvious as the noonday sun. We all have a strong tendency to be unfaithful to any commitment we make to others, and especially to God.
Implications and consequences of true Christian love
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 31, 2024 - 12:00am
We are given a good picture of what the implications and consequences of true Christian love are in one of the alternative first readings of the Mass on May 31, Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mar...
With Christ, our sufferings assume a redemptive value
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 29, 2024 - 12:00am
We have to be ready when we are made to suffer in one way or another. And that can only mean that we assume the mind, the attitude of Christ toward suffering for us to find meaning and value to our sufferings.
Our true wealth
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 27, 2024 - 12:00am
We should be clear about what our true wealth is. It definitely is not anything that comes from the world --money, fame, power, etc.
Christ gives his mother to be our mother too
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 20, 2024 - 12:00am
In the gospel reading of the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, (Jn 19,25-34) we see how Christ entrusts his mother to St. John. “Woman, behold, your son,” Christ told his mother...
“Follow me”
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 17, 2024 - 12:00am
That’s what Christ told Peter after telling him what to expect as the rock on which Christ would build his Church. (cfr. Jn 21,19)
Toward the fullness of our humanity
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 15, 2024 - 12:00am
“That they may be one, as we also are one.” (Jn 17,11) Words of Christ just before he entered into the culminating act of human redemption, expressing his greatest desire for us.
We should be confident, happy and at peace
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Yes, we can afford to be confident, happy, and at peace in spite of whatever difficulty, trial, and challenge we may be facing as we try our best to be consistent with our Christian identity.
Just continue doing apostolate despite contradictions
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 9, 2024 - 12:00am
This is what we can learn from St. Paul who, despite being contradicted and rejected by some people, just proceeded to go on preaching.
Creativity in preaching God’s word
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 8, 2024 - 12:00am
It’s amazing how St. Paul and his companions weathered all kinds of trials and challenges just to proclaim the Good News about Christ and our salvation.
The Holy Spirit strengthens our faith, hope and charity
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 6, 2024 - 12:00am
We should never take for granted the crucial role of the Holy Spirit in our life. He is God who continues to guide us, to abidingly intervene in our life, prompting us about what to think, say, and do.
Work as our daily path to heaven
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 1, 2024 - 12:00am
On the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker on May 1, we are reminded of the crucial role our ordinary work has in our life.
Christ as “the way, the truth and the life” for us
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 26, 2024 - 12:00am
The readings of the Mass on Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter (cfr. Act 13,26-33; Jn 14,1-6) remind us of our duty to really know who Christ is since he is the very pattern of our humanity, the savior of our damaged...
Some notes on preaching God’s word
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 24, 2024 - 12:00am
The readings of the Mass on Wednesday of the fourth week of Easter (cfr. Acts 12,24-13,5; Jn 12,44-50) somehow remind us of the need to spread the word of God, which is another way of saying that we have to make...
Always listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit
by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 22, 2024 - 12:00am
We have to continually listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit who always intervenes in our life. And that’s because it is actually the Holy Spirit, more than us, who shapes and directs our life, who deepens,...
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