By Fr. Roy Cimagala From the Book of Job, we are already warned that our life here on earth is some kind of a warfare. (cfr. Job 7:1) And St. Paul, in the Second Reading, also tells us that we have to learn to be “all things to all men to save all.” (1 Corinthians …
The Underpinning
The story of David and God’s inscrutable ways
By Fr. Roy Cimagala The story of how David was anointed to be king plainly tells us that God’s ways are inscrutable. (cfr. 1 Samuel 16:1-13) This story tells us that we need to trust in God’s mysterious ways rather be guided simply by our own estimation of things. As narrated in the story, God …
‘Whoever eats this bread will live forever’
By Fr. Roy Cimagala As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, we are reminded that Christ has given us everything for us to be what God wants us to be. Christ is the living bread, and he offers it to us freely and abundantly. He offers us all …
Obedience over sacrifice
By Fr. Roy Cimagala The two are good and important and are, in fact, necessary in our life. But if we have to choose between them, we have to choose obedience. We are reminded of this truth of our Christian faith in the First Book of Samuel, where the prophet Samuel told Saul the king: …
Never be alone
By Fr. Roy Cimagala This is the clear lesson we can draw from the Solemnity of the Most Blessed Trinity. If we are God’s image and likeness, meant to share in his life and nature, then we have to realize that, just like the Blessed Trinity where the three persons of the Father, Son and …
Look for Christ first and always
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Let us develop the sense of yearning for Christ in our life. From the Book of Isaiah, we are assured of the tremendous benefits we can get from God through Christ in the Holy Spirit. “I am the Lord thy God that teach thee profitable things, that govern thee in the …
Never worry, God takes care of everything
By Fr. Roy Cimagala This should be the attitude to have. If we still don’t have it, then let’s start training ourselves to acquire such outlook in life. The secret is again to strengthen our faith in God who takes care of everything, even if his ways escape our understanding and expectations. With a strong …
A clean heart, a new spirit, a new life
By Fr. Roy Cimagala With the Solemnity of Pentecost, we are assured that God in the Holy Spirit is always with us, intervening always in our lives to lead us to where we should be in our definitive life, i.e., to be truly God’s image and likeness, sharers of his divine life and nature. It …
God should be the primary object of our faculties
By Fr. Roy Cimagala That’s right. All our human faculties, both spiritual and corporal, should have God as the primary object. As of now, it is clear that this truth of our Christian faith is still unknown or, at best, some breaking news yet, for which many of us still have to make the appropriate …
Our Lord’s Ascension and our human perfection
By Fr. Roy Cimagala What implications can we gather from the consideration of Our Lord’s Ascension into heaven? Quite a number, actually. One is that Christ, who is the pattern of our humanity, finally shows us that where he came from and where he is going now are also where our origin and final destination …