Are we live to God? You bet we are. He’s picking up everything. And that for me is a source of serenity and courage: this truth that I am live to God, not just an angle of me, but all 360 degrees of me. It is liberating to know that…

It is all about the distance God would go to tell us again and again, “Anak, loving you is not just what I do. It is who I am. I love you into life. I will love you unto death.”

Justice and the observance of law are good and very important, and in many human situations, they are all we can work with. But for followers of Christ, it does not end there. Once we begin to see as He sees, mercy and forgiveness cannot but follow.

The elder son was also expecting a reward for being good. And when such reward was not given to him, he showed his frustrations and anger to the father. With his action, he also revealed that the reward or gift was more important than the giver.

Our merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness (Ex 34:6) will never cease in His compassion for us who fall short of holiness.

One might think that temptations are no different from faith or hope, in the sense that these things also require the capacity to imagine other realities. Temptations, however, imagine possibilities that pander exclusively to one’s ego. To such a person, nothing could be sweeter than hearing that “it shall all…

Lent allows us to reorient our lives and focus once more to what is essential—our relationship with God, through prayer, fasting and alms-giving. 

How might the Lord be calling me then at this time in my life to trust in the power of his mercy? How might he be inviting me to share this mercy especially with those who have hurt or injured me?

We can well say, “Lord, depart from me, for I am a sinful person!”  But in the light of our Gospel do not be surprised if the Lord responds, “Do not be afraid, from now on, because of this experience of the Holy, you will know yourself touched by the…

It is the year of mercy, sisters and brothers. And I have started to hear from my friends how they’ve found themselves in situations where their mercy has been tested.