Fr. Roy Cimagala

Christ empowers us to be apostles

Bigger problem, stronger hope, greater grace

We should always be wary of the devils and be ready to handle them properly. They exist.

Giving our all

Of course, with due consideration to the necessity of prudence, discretion, and naturalness in our earthly affairs, we should realize that we have to give our all in serving God and everybody else.

The little things as a way to God

“This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how,” he said (Mk 4,26-27), practically telling us that the heaven can be reached through the daily routine we have.

Our unity amid diversity

We have to realize more deeply that the very principle of truth, unity, freedom, charity, and everything that is good and proper to us can only be God.

Taking our apostolic mission seriously

This is the pure language of love that can go all the way even to the extent of offering one’s life for others.

Let’s go viral and trending

Of course, we should do this with the proper rectitude of intention, which is that everything should be done for the glory of God and to truly help people in their spiritual life and in their relationship with God and with everybody else.

Humility amid greatness

When we are truly humble, we would never feel entitled. In fact, what we would rather be most conscious about would be our duty to serve.

Developing the apostolic spirit

We have to process this basic truth of faith about ourselves, channeling and assimilating it into our very consciousness and instincts, because we often take this essential aspect of our identity for granted.

Giving witness to our faith in public

We have to realize more deeply that we need to live our faith also in our public life.

Our weakness attracts God’s power

We should always expect the possibility for us to fall into some state of helplessness, not only of the transitory type but also of the permanent one. That’s just being realistic. And upon that possibility, let’s make the necessary preparation, building up the appropriate attitude, skills and practices to tackle it.

Dreams as God’s channels with us

The Feast also reminds us that dreams can be a very effective vehicle for God’s message to reach us. We can see this clearly in the case of the two Josephs in the Bible, one in the Old Testament and the other in the New.