LOVING WITHOUT MEASURE
On the statement of the Lord, “Love one another,” I have three things to propose for reflection. First, it is a command It is not an invitation, a request or an option. It is a command Being a command, it…
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UNITY IN SPITE OF
The first reading speaks of conflict. The conflict is one between Jewish Christians and Greek Christians. It is a conflict between progressives and conservatives; between Those who want to remain and those who want to go. It was a church…
Father PONG the BELOVED
Among the many and varied duties of a bishop, the care and love for priests ranks first. When I die and my name has been dropped from the Eucharistic prayer, the only legacy I wish to leave behind is that…
ROOTS
The two readings are related to each other. The first reading talks about roots. It tells us of how King Josiah accidentally discovered a part of the written law of Moses. With this discovery, he realized how far his people…
FRIENDSHIPS
Recently, I came across a survey conducted at random, and the question was, “What are the three things you would save first should your house be on fire?” It showed many interesting points. For example, there was one woman who…
QUESTIONED QUESTIONER
Listening to the gospel account, we can actually give it this title: “The Cutter is Cut, The Questioner is Questioned.” Questions are a vital part of our day-to-day life. But we have so many reasons for asking questions. Some people…
SET US FREE LORD
Lord, we want to be liberated from the sufferings that bring us death. We want to attach ourselves to sufferings that lead us to life; sufferings that accompany our growth; sufferings that arise from the pain of admitting our mistakes…
DISUNITY WITHIN
Many of us are like Solomon. He believed in the One God and yet he allowed himself and his faith to be adulterated and to be mixed up with the superstitions and the religious customs of his concubines. His kingdom…
THE FIRST IS THE STRONG
It is God who initiates a loving relationship with us. “God loved us first,” John the Beloved says. It was God who loved us first not because He loved us in the past but because it is God who continues…
INSEPARABLE LOVE
The mark of a good Jewish teacher is his ability to summarize the 603 precepts of the Jewish religion as briefly as possible. Therefore, some Jewish teachers have summarized the 603 precepts into two: love of God and love of…
FORGIVE ME
You know my secrets. I open my heart to You today and I ask You to show me the ways I have blocked the flow of Your love. Forgive me, Jesus, for all my sins, for all my faults and…
INTELLECTUAL PRIDE
St. Bonaventure was the official biographer of St. Francis of Assisi. He was also a contemporary of St. Thomas Aquinas who is considered the most intelligent theology and philosophy professor of the Church for all times. St. Bonaventure was a…