Tag: Reflections

As in the movie, there were also a lot of well-meaning people, bishops, religious and lay who reacted vehemently to the shift

"I wonder who else in today’s Philippine society Exupery would have added among the ridiculous grownups whom he described." - Bishop David

The Eucharist was an infamous night of betrayal which Jesus had turned into a meal of forgiveness. So why should I exclude Judas?

Jesus teaches us to ask questions like, “What is the context?” What is the significance of these events within their given time and setting?

The apostles have taught us how to be positive carriers of the Good News of Christ—by inviting us to take part in his redeeming mission

Think about those 50 years after Jesus’ death and what it must have been like for Jesus’ disciples.

“Ah, the lonely people, where do they all come from…where do they all belong?” This is what I call the negative solitude.

What you hear in the dark you must say in the light. The Evil One loves to move about in secrecy and lies. He is an expert in bullying and intimidation.

"...the very first person who saw God in the human Jesus was no less than his own mother ... but she 'kept it in her heart'"

Holiness need not be set on a grand stage of earth-shattering events in which so many people have been converted or were brought to the faith.