The Underpinning

By Fr. Roy Cimagala It should be to look for Christ, to be with Christ, to follow Christ. That’s where we can find what is good for us in any situation we can find ourselves in. If that is not yet our greatest desire, then it’s about time that we train ourselves to acquire such …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala We are reminded of this very important concern of ours in that First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians where he said: “The body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body; God raised the Lord and will also raise us by his …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala In life, there are times when due to unusual circumstances or emergency situations, we may have to do some unconventional things, going beyond the usual protocols and details of refinement, to meet our urgent necessities, especially the spiritual and moral ones. We are reminded of this fact of life in that gospel …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala We are reminded of this beautiful Christian message in that story of King Saul and David. (cfr. 1 Samuel 24:3-21) The king, out of envy, planned to eliminate David. But David, who had the chance to eliminate the king, changed his mind. And when the king knew about this, he was …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala That story of King Saul being envious of David because, as the crowd said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands,” (1 Samuel 18:7) clearly tells us the lesson that we all are prone to this danger of envy and jealousy. This danger usually arises when we are …

7 By Fr. Roy Cimagala We need to understand that there are times that we need to persist in bothering God for some extraordinary interventions in our lives. To be sure, God knows all our needs, even before we get to realize them or to express them. But there are times when God wants us …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala We are somehow reminded of this kind of behavior in that gospel episode where Christ told the leper whom he just cured to “tell no one anything,” but to rather show himself to the priest and to offer what Moses prescribed for his cleansing. (cfr. Mark 1:40-45) We know how that …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala The story of the vocation of the prophet Samuel is very interesting in the sense that he at first did not realize God was calling him. God had to call him three times, before he realized it was not his earthly master, Eli, who called him, but God himself. Of course, …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala It’s in the First Letter of St. John, where we are given some ideas about what true love involves. (cfr. 1 John 3:11-21) This love, if genuine, will always be a participation of the love God has for us. And how is this love expressed? “We know the love of God …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala The story of how St. Andrew discovered his vocation as one of the apostles gives us an interesting insight into the mysterious ways of God. (cfr. John 1:35-42) As narrated in the gospel, he was just curious about where Christ was staying, and not only did he end up becoming an …