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Justice first before mercy

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 22, 2025 - 12:00am

IT’S true! While divine mercy will have the last word, the requirements of justice, including human justice, no matter how imperfect it is, will have to be tackled first.

“Abide in me, and I in you”

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 21, 2025 - 12:00am

That’s what Christ told his disciples, (cfr. Jn 15,4) and now to all of us.

What true love for God involves

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 19, 2025 - 12:00am

Again, Christ himself tells us very clearly what true love for him involves or, shall we say, requires. “He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me,” he said. “And he that...

It’s love that lets us to truly pray

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 15, 2025 - 12:00am

Do you have difficulty praying? Try to check if you are in love—that is, in love with God and with everybody else. Without that love, it’s not possible to truly pray. At best, we can give some appearances...

The toughness of Christian love

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 14, 2025 - 12:00am

That toughness comes from the supernatural grace of God. It is not just a human love, based only on natural forces, principles and motives which, given our wounded condition, are always hounded by our infranatural...

Our need for accompaniment and continuing conversion

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 12, 2025 - 12:00am

We have to be more aware of this crying need

What leads us to our eternal life

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 7, 2025 - 12:00am

Christ said it very clearly. “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.” (Jn 6,40)

When we’d just be chasing after the wind

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 5, 2025 - 12:00am

This happens when with all the excitement we put into our earthly activities, we fail to reach the ultimate end proper to us, and that is, to be with God, to do everything to show our love for him, and to give him...

The cross as the summit of our life

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 30, 2025 - 12:00am

We have this happy assurance from our Christian faith—"God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.”...

“More, more, more”

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 28, 2025 - 12:00am

Many years ago, when I was still studying for my priesthood in Rome, I attended a retreat where I heard a recording of a homily given by Opus Dei founder, St. Josemaria Escriva.

Be welcoming to the cross

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 24, 2025 - 12:00am

That’s how our attitude should be toward the cross, in whatever form it may come to us. It may be in matters of health, finances, family and business concerns, etc., we should just welcome the cross knowing...

Proclaim the Good News of Christ

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 21, 2025 - 12:00am

Consider the great and overwhelming joy Mary Magdalene and the other Mary felt when they discovered the resurrection of Christ. (cfr. Mt 28,8) They ran, very eager to spill the Good News to Christ’s disci...

Finally, the Easter Triduum!

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 17, 2025 - 12:00am

Thisis the highest point, the climax, of the redemptive work of Christ.

Staying calm before our unavoidable suffering and death

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 16, 2025 - 12:00am

That Christ knew that he would be betrayed by one of those close to him and thus suffer the consequences --his passion and death on the cross (cfr. Mt 26,14-25)-- should remind us that we too would be betrayed, if...

Getting involved in others’ lives

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 14, 2025 - 12:00am

If we really want to capture the heart of Christ, if we really want to have the same love he has for all of us, then we should train ourselves to get involved in the lives of others. That’s what Christ is showing...

Turn everything into prayer

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 10, 2025 - 12:00am

That’s the challenge we have to learn to tackle.

Without God, everything we do would just be vanity

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 9, 2025 - 12:00am

Indeed, that is what would surely happen. Without God, despite whatever brilliance and human and worldly success we may manage to achieve through our powers alone, everything would just be an exercise of self-indulgence...

“Lord, show us the way…”

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 3, 2025 - 12:00am

THIS should be the request that we should constantly make as we pursue the real goal of our life, which is our own sanctification and our duty to do apostolate.

Pivoting from the customary to the heroic

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 2, 2025 - 12:00am

This is how our spiritual life should be, how our relation with God and with everybody else should be. It will always involve the dynamic of pivoting from where we are at the moment to another and higher level of...

Despite all our stupidities

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - March 30, 2025 - 12:00am

There’s always hope despite whatever stupidities we commit or fall into.

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