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There is a drive in us that wants to understand as much as we can. We do not like things we cannot understand. We don’t like people we cannot figure out. As much as possible, we want to figure out…

The Gospel is not only about words and actions. That would be an easy homily. The Gospel for today is not only to distinguish between the power of actions and the uselessness of words. The parable for today is about…

In a Chinese restaurant, my friends and I were offered the customary fortune cookie after a hearty meal. I don’t believe in them, but for the fun of it, I took one and broke it. Inside, there was a slip…

There is an inborn drive in us to want to be distinctive, to be competitive, and to be lavishly admired. Where do we get that? We get that from school. We get that from the culture of professionalism. We get…

Which is stronger, the fox or the chicken? The obvious answer is the fox because the fox can kill the chicken but we don’t hear of chickens killing foxes. If we were in the zoo, chickens can be cuddled but…

We are men and women of schedules. We have schedules to follow and appointments to fulfill. Some schedules are tighter than others. Some schedules are quite loose and quite open. Even the jobless have schedules that they follow. We wake…

In Grade 6, we had a teacher in physical education who loved to tell us, “Boys, be humble?” That became his advice to us all the time. “Boys, you must be humble.” But my naughty classmates added something and said,…

Each of us probably knows of a person who always talks about himself, a person who cannot find anything good in other people, who finds enjoyment in downgrading others in order to lift himself up. It is very annoying. We…

The original name of Peter when he was born was Simon. That was the name his mother gave him. Jesus changed the name of Simon to Peter. Peter means rock. Rock as in a boulder, strong, massive, and almost immovable.…

The readings for today speak about two sons. The First Reading’s son is named Samson. The son in the Second Reading is named John. Let us compare and let us contrast. The similarities: both Samson and John were born from…

It is not good to classify people. On the other hand, classifying people can help us understand people’s behavior. There are different ways of classifying people, understanding human behavior. One style is to classify them according to how they enter…