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November thoughts

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - November 3, 2012 - 12:00am

November may rhyme with somber and, in a certain sense, it truly is, what with its commemoration of the dead that in our country, thanks be to God, is still widely celebrated and regarded very seriously, if sen...

Alarmism is Godless apocalypse

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - October 10, 2009 - 12:00am

Waves and waves of alarming news are now bombarded on us. Global warming is leading our planet to a meltdown.

Man with no guile

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - August 25, 2009 - 12:00am

I’m referring to St. Bartholomew, also known as Nathanael, one of the apostles. Let’s reprise his amusing story…

Meet Sarah Geronimo

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - July 30, 2009 - 12:00am

I’ve seen her face and heard her sing, but only peripherally. That’s when I’m on the road, in the barber and they happen to watch TV, or in the mall to buy my toiletries.

Hints and traces

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - July 26, 2009 - 12:00am

This is still a dream struggling hard to become a crisp reality.

Taxi driver, politicians, bishops

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - September 15, 2008 - 12:00am

I just had an interesting if funny chat with a taxi driver the other day. He was young, clearly from the province, what ...

Marriage besieged

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - September 1, 2008 - 12:00am

The subliminal message

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - August 6, 2008 - 12:00am

Otherness

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - July 21, 2008 - 12:00am

The carcass of religion

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - May 11, 2007 - 12:00am

There''s always hope, of course. No doubt, God can raise the dead back to life again. He is infinitely merciful, and can make use of anything, including our mistakes, to make something great out of our...

The Mass and the elections

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 27, 2007 - 12:00am

The election fever is now upon us. Many feel it''s a nightmare, a madness that beats all other forms of madness. However we may feel about the election, we cannot deny it is a necessary national exercise...

Jesus today now

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 20, 2007 - 12:00am

Of course, that''s the most well known name among Christian believers. But is he truly well known by us? We look around and it would seem that often Jesus is just a name we like to call on certain occasions,...

Be fluid but anchored

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 13, 2007 - 12:00am

I was with some of my folks last Easter Sunday. An uncle, now 75 and quite conscious of it, told me he now holds the record of being the oldest among his siblings who, like my mom, his older sis, passed away...

Easter is clearly pro-life

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 8, 2007 - 12:00am

Happy Easter to all! Christ is truly risen, never to die again. We are now a new creation. Alleluia, hosanna, praise the Lord! Sin and death have been conquered by ChristÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s...

Mercy, mercy, mercy

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - April 5, 2007 - 12:00am

In a priest's daily prayers, the Breviary, there's a psalm that never fails to warm my heart. It is a beautiful hymn on divine mercy, meant for us to learn also, since our Lord said: "Be merciful as your...

Church and media

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - March 30, 2007 - 12:00am

The head of Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communication recently proposed that Church officials and workers make a thorough examination of conscience as to how they have been using the media. Archbishop...

Challenge to business

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - March 24, 2007 - 12:00am

Though with priesthood I have left behind active involvement in business, I continue to monitor developments in this area, insofar as they are relevant to my ministry. They, too, need evangelization, you...

We need Mortification

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - March 23, 2007 - 12:00am

Some years ago, I had an amusing albeit humiliating experience when I gave a meditation to a group I considered to be educated and familiar with religious terms. I was talking about mortification. With due...

Christian behavior during election season

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - March 16, 2007 - 12:00am

This is an attempt to describe what proper Christian behavior should be during elections. However, this is not meant to articulate an exclusively Christian behavior, since there's no such thing, given our complex...

The reason for meekness

by Fr. Roy Cimagala - March 9, 2007 - 12:00am

Christian believers always regard the beatitudes as the ultimate ideals to pursue in life. They are considered the pitch of Christian perfection, the very canon of God's ultimate will for us. As such, they...

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