The Underpinning

By Fr. Roy Cimagala The clear lesson we can learn from the parable about the wheat and the weeds (cfr. Matthew 13:24-43) is that we should just have hope amid all the trials and challenges in our earthly life, since God will take care of everything. We should avoid overreaching our capacity to resolve all …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala The secret is to be like a child, simple and humble. We can draw that conclusion from the words of Christ himself: “I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little …

We, of course, need to eat bread also. After all, we are also material beings that need to be fed and nourished by material food, such as bread. But since we are also spiritual and supposed to be supernatural beings — in fact, eminently so — we should not limit ourselves to natural food. We …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala With Ash Wednesday, we once again begin the season of Lent when, as a way to pursue spiritual growth, self-reflection and preparation for Easter, we are encouraged to go through the process of repentance and conversion, deepening our relationship with God through prayer, fasting and self-discipline, and focusing on caring for …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala That intriguing story of how St. Matthew, a tax-collector, was called by Christ to be one of his apostles (cfr. Matthew 9:9-13) brings out the truth of our Christian faith that God can choose anyone to pursue a special vocation and ministry, irrespective of how that person is. It should be …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala This is very fundamental and indispensable for us to know. Otherwise, we would have a wrong idea of what our life is all about. God loves us first before we learn to love him and everybody and everything else in return. Thus, we need to know what that divine love involves …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala When Christ told his disciples that the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind, after which the good fishes are separated from the bad ones, (cfr. Matthew 13:47-53) we are clearly reminded that there is such thing as a general judgment …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala That rather amusing gospel episode about those who were so amazed at the preaching of Christ in the synagogue that they could not believe that someone just like them, coming from the same place and whose family they knew, could preach the way Christ did (cfr. Mark 6:1-6), tells us that …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala “Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you that anyone who leaves home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and for the gospel, will receive much more in this present age. He will receive a hundred times more houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala We should be clear about what our true wealth is. It definitely is not anything that comes from the world — money, fame, power, etc. Our true wealth is when we finally are with God, when our heart and mind and everything else in our life go along with the will …