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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.

All laws should lead us to Christ

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - March 26, 2025 - 12:00am

That’s what we can conclude if we are to follow what Christ himself said:

The call for sobriety

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

A good number of times, the Bible reminds us of the need of this virtue of sobriety. The following passages are a few of the examples:

We need to live the Christian spirit of poverty

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - March 20, 2025 - 12:00am

That parable about the rich man and the beggar, Lazarus, (cfr. Lk 16,19-31) clearly reminds us that we need to live the Christian spirit of poverty which, if understood properly, is not about what you have or what...

Charity should inspire our pursuit for knowledge

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

Indeed! Otherwise, our pursuit for knowledge not motivated by and oriented toward love for God and others would only be a pure exercise of self-indulgence, prone to many other anomalies like pride, vanity, lust,...

“Be merciful as your heavenly Father is merciful”

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

Christ said it very clearly! We need to be merciful and forgiving of everyone since that trait or attitude would liken as to God our Father who wants us precisely to be like him. (cfr. Lk 6,37)

God is our constant and ultimate recourse

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - March 13, 2025 - 12:00am

Let's never forget that God is always with us, eager to help us in all our needs.

Truth and freedom flow from faith

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

WE need to be clear about the relation among truth, freedom and faith.

The danger of comparing ourselves with others

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

THIS danger is illustrated in that gospel episode where “the disciples of John approached Jesus and said, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?” (Mt 9,14)

An active, not passive, hope

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - March 6, 2025 - 12:00am

As we are in this Jubilee Year of Hope, we need to be clarified about the true character of this particular gift from God which we have to duly receive and act on, making it an abiding virtue in us. Given our...

Total self-giving without being showy

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

THAT is the message of the gospel reading for Ash Wednesday.

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