The Underpinning

  By Fr. Roy Cimagala That’s true! Love and all its different manifestations always work for unity among ourselves, irrespective of our unavoidable differences and conflicts. In fact, these latter conditions can occasion a greater and purer brand of love. At the same time, hatred and all its cohorts do nothing other than divide us. They …

  By Dr. Joseph D. Lim Tissue regeneration may be an alternative to root canal procedures someday. Scientists at the Forsyth Institute are testing a new treatment to treat diseases of the dental pulp more effectively through tissue regeneration instead of root canal therapy. The dental pulp of each tooth contains the nerves, blood vessels and …

  By Fr. Roy Cimagala We have to train ourselves to look for Christ always, beginning in the little ordinary things of our daily routine. By so doing, we can find him and start to enter into the dynamic of his love for us, which is what is proper to us. It is important that we …

  By Fr. Roy Cimagala Even if we feel we already are a hopeless case because we have been abusing the goodness and mercy of God countless times, we should never lose hope. God is always ready to forgive and forgive, ready to help us in any way we need. We should banish the fear that …

  By Fr. Roy Cimagala Situations like this can happen in our life. In fact, we have to expect them. With our many limitations and the varying conditions we are subject to, there surely will be times when we find ourselves helpless in spite of all the effort we do to find solutions to our problem. …

  By Fr. Roy Cimagala Happy Easter to all! Yes, we have every reason to be most happy as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Let’s hope that when we greet each other, “Happy Easter,” we will really mean it and know what is behind that greeting. Let’s exhume that happy greeting …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala The secret, of course, of how to find joy and glory in suffering is to suffer and die with Christ, that is, having the same attitude and understanding Christ had about human suffering and death. Only then would we realize that our suffering and death, in whatever form and way they …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala We are now in Holy Week. And the gospel of the Mass for Monday of Holy Week (cfr. John 12:1-11) speaks of how Judas, the traitor, reacted badly when Mary, the sister of Martha and the resurrected Lazarus, anointed the feet of Christ with an ointment of great price. “Why was …

  By Fr. Roy Cimagala With the celebration of Palm Sunday which opens the Holy Week, we will be having a liturgy that is understandably quite long and heavy. We will go through some dark moments that will eventually end in a very glorious way. And that’s because the Holy Week is the climax of …

  By Fr. Roy Cimagala In spite of our first impression on Christ’s words that we should not judge, since he said, “Judge not that you may not be judged,” we have to make it clear that we are actually meant to judge, but to judge fairly. We are meant to judge precisely because we have …