The Underpinning

By Fr. Roy Cimagala “Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Spirit.” (John 20:21-22) Though addressed to his apostles, these words can also be addressed to all of us who …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala If we really know who we are and who we are supposed to be, it should be kind of instinctive to us to always look for Christ. After all, Christ is the pattern of our humanity, the savior of our damaged humanity. We are supposed to be like him. We have …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala Given our human condition, marked always by all kinds of weaknesses, limitations, mistakes, and other negative things, we should be ready to face and bear them, never by our lonesome, but always with Christ who is always around, ever ready to help us in many and often mysterious ways. We should …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala “My sheep, hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand.” (John 10:27-28) What reassuring words of Christ that also contain a duty that we have to carry out faithfully! If …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” (John 10:24) Perhaps we too can ask the same question. In spite of what we already know about Christ, we may still be harboring doubts as to whether Christ is really the one …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” (Matthew 6:19-21) These …

By Roy Cimagala We cannot deny that we too can somehow share the disbelief of the Jews when Christ declared himself as the “Bread of Life.” We can echo in ourselves their reaction: “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” (cfr. John 6:51-58) It is once again the time to enliven our …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala “For the one whom God sent speaks the Words of God.” (John 3:34) With these words of Christ, we are made to understand that Christ is the Word of God who would lead us to eternal life. The immediate conclusion that we can derive from these words is that we should …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala “God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.” (John 3:16) We should make these words of Christ reverberate always in our mind and heart. No matter what happens in our life, we should …

By Fr. Roy Cimagala In the Gospel of St. Mark, we are told about a parable (Mark 12:1-12) where a man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers. The servants whom he sent to collect his portion of the harvest were treated badly and some were even killed. Finally, he sent his son, …