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God’s providence and our needs and limitations
God always provides for our needs. He is a very compassionate God who cannot tolerate seeing people suffer.
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Fr. Roy Cimagala
Fr. Roy Cimagala is a Catholic priest and the Chaplain of the Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) in Talamban, Cebu City. A prolific columnist and spiritual director, he provides daily theological insights and moral guidance for the modern believer. His writing bridges the gap between traditional Catholic doctrine and the complexities of contemporary Philippine life, offering a roadmap for spiritual maturity and "new creation" in Christ.
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A Christian is always an apostle
We are reminded of this truth about ourselves on the feast of St. Andrew, the Apostle (November 30), where Christ simply would pass by some men and then tell them to follow him.
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What really is God’s word?
The simple answer is that God’s word is not just an idea, a doctrine, an ideology.
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The faith of the centurion
So impressed was Christ by this expression of faith that he could not help but also say, “Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.” And the servant was healed.
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Advent time for planning and strategizing
Advent also means that since it marks the beginning of another liturgical year, we need to re-enliven our sense of making a new beginning in our spiritual life that is the very foundation of our whole life, since it is what relates us to God, our Father and Creator, our be-all and end-all, as well as to everybody else.
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Endure, persevere with faith and hope
We have to remember that if Christ could not help but had to offer his life to save us, how can we think that our life and the world, in general, would take a different path?
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Be always ready for eternity
We are somehow reminded of all these truths of our faith in that gospel episode where Christ somehow described some terrible things that would happen just before the end of the world. (cfr. Lk 21,5-11)
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Christian poverty, generosity, self-giving
One lesson we can learn from that episode is that generosity is not a matter of how much we give but rather of total detachment from the things of this world so that our heart can only be for God.
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On anger and preaching
We can also take this occasion to realize how we, especially priests, ought to preach so that like Christ in this gospel episode, we can attract people to our words.
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The Solemnity of Christ the King
We are given a chance not only to know him but also to love and serve him, which is what is most important to us, the ultimate purpose of our life.
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Expect the world to end badly
Christ already warned us about this. “If this day you only knew what makes for peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you, they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides. They will smash you to the ground and your children within you…” (Lk 19,42-44)
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God cannot be outdone in generosity
This truth of our faith is highlighted in that gospel parable about a nobleman who went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship, leaving his ten servants with ten gold coins with the instruction to engage in the trade until he returns. (cfr. Lk 19,11-28)
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