By Fr. Roy Cimagala “Jesus said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?’ He said this to test Philip, because he himself knew what he was going to do.” (John 6:5-6) With these words, we should realize that we should never doubt God’s constant love for us, especially when we …
The Underpinning
Despite whatever, we will always have peace
By Fr. Roy Cimagala That’s right. Whatever be the situation and condition of our life, we can still manage to have peace. Why? Because Christ himself reassured us of it. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you,” he said. (John 14:27) If we truly have faith in Christ, we know that …
The quest to become contemplative
By Fr. Roy Cimagala This is what we should aspire for. This is what we are meant to be. Unless we become contemplative souls, there’s no way we can be with God who is everything to us. Without him, we can only be at best a joke, no matter how impressive our life and work …
What is our real treasure?
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We need to be clear about what our real treasure is. It’s God. It’s when we achieve the fullness of our humanity. And that can only happen when we ultimately become God’s image and likeness, which is how God wants us to be. Thus, in the Gospel of St. Matthew, we …
God’s mysterious providence
By Fr. Roy Cimagala It’s interesting to note that, as the Gospel of St. Matthew narrates, Christ somehow had to make some drastic changes in his plans when he learned that John the Baptist was imprisoned. (cfr. Matthew 4:17-23) He left Nazareth and withdrew to Galilee to live in Capernaum. And yet such change of …
The pursuit for truth
By Fr. Roy Cimagala We have to realize that the pursuit for truth is a very tricky one. To be sure, truth is not just a matter of citing facts and data. Though these are important and even indispensable, they are useless unless they are animated by the true spirit of truth. We need to be …
We need to be ‘salted with fire’
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Those are very intriguing words of Christ found in the Gospel of St. Mark. “Everyone will be salted with fire,” he said. “Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid, with what will you restore its flavour? Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace with one another.” (Mark 9:49-50) …
Setting our heart right
By Fr. Roy Cimagala How important to really set our heart right! And that’s because the heart in the end is where the true condition of our life can be found. Are we good or not so good? Are we properly focused or are we already going astray? These questions can be answered if we …
Gradual ways of God
By Fr. Roy Cimagala It’s interesting to note that while most miracles performed by Christ had instant effects, there was at least one miracle that took time and stages before the final effect took place. This was when a blind man was brought to him, begging for a cure. (cfr. Mark 8:22-26) As the gospel …
Assuming Christ’s Body and Blood
By Fr. Roy Cimagala With the celebration of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, what we are most reminded of is this incredible truth of our faith that Christ wants us to assume his very Body and Blood, if only to be truly one with him as we should, since we are …