Preparation for our definitive state of life

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December 7, 2024

By Fr. Roy Cimagala December 8 this year, usually marking the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, is also the Second Sunday of Advent, which takes precedence over the Marian solemnity. This happy coincidence, through the gospel reading of the day (cfr. Luke 3:1-6), somehow reminds us that through the merits of Christ’s redemptive …

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‘Where I’m coming from’

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December 3, 2024

By Fr. Roy Cimagala That’s the usual line many people use when they want to justify their reaction and even their attitude and behavior of anger, if not of hatred or despair, toward a certain person or event. They usually say that they were mistreated, misunderstood or prejudged, etc., and so they feel they are entitled …

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Advent gives us a new beginning

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November 30, 2024

By Fr. Roy Cimagala It’s the season of Advent again and with it, we make another beginning of the liturgical year. If we truly understand the significance of the liturgy in our life, we know that we really should prepare ourselves seriously for this new beginning, having it clear in our mind what the ultimate …

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Just focus on doing a lot of good

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November 21, 2024

By Fr. Roy Cimagala In the gospel, there is a part where Christ drove out the demons from a possessed man but was accused by some leading Jews of driving out demons by the prince of demons, an obviously self-contradicting reasoning. (cfr. Matthew 9:32-38) On this occasion, Christ did not waste time defending himself. He …

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If privileged, never feel entitled

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November 12, 2024

By Fr. Roy Cimagala We are reminded of this aspect of Christian life in that gospel episode where the mother of the apostles, James and John, requested Christ to have her sons sit beside him, one on his right and the other on his left, at the Kingdom. (cfr. Matthew 20:20-28) Of course, mothers will …

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The Christian art of detachment

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November 7, 2024

BY FR. ROY CIMAGALA It’s a virtue before it is an art. Detachment that is proper to us is a virtue that comes as a result of the spirit of Christ. And we can only have that spirit if we are open to God’s grace and faithfully follow the consequences and implications of such grace. …

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