A Quote for the Day

Gender & Biology

2023-08-15T17:20:00.001+08:00

Once gender ceases to follow biological reality, fantasy overwhelms reality, lie covers truth, and human beings disappear into the darkness of their own making.

Forgiveness without Repentance

2023-08-14T17:04:00.002+08:00

Once we presume that God forgives us without even repenting, we have already presumed too much. Fantasy has won, and reality failed.

Hope, Love, & Mercy

2023-08-13T16:54:00.003+08:00

Hope is confidently expecting that God's love never changes and His mercy never forsakes.

Job & Work

2023-07-17T15:45:00.004+08:00

"Your job on earth is what you do... to get paid to take care of yourself. But your work on earth is what you do for other people." - Leah Chase, the Queen of Creole Cuisine

Risk, Courage & Providence

2023-07-15T11:33:00.001+08:00

"Running away... isn't going to help anything or anybody... If you can't take a risk, you're wasting God's good time on earth." - Leah Chase (1923-2019), Queen of the Creole Cuisine, chef at Dooky Chase's Restaurant

Hello! Suprise!

2023-07-14T10:20:00.001+08:00

When you need Him the most, God often 'drops by', shows His face, and says, "Hello!" in the most fascinating surprises that your heart cannot mistake or misunderstand.

Grace & Strength

2023-07-13T08:52:00.001+08:00

Grace brings us beyond our natural strength.

Uniqueness

2023-07-12T08:46:00.000+08:00

Being unique is not unique.

Fear

2023-07-10T11:47:00.001+08:00

Fear is nothing to fear.

Certainty

2023-07-09T10:46:00.000+08:00

In the most complex problems of life and reality, science and mathematics cannot help. Only God can.

Fear & Faith

2023-07-06T13:01:00.006+08:00

Fear is forgetting that God will never forsake us. It is a clue to the loss of faith.

'Yes' & Grace

2023-06-21T10:26:00.001+08:00

God does not expect a 100% 'Yes'. He knows the heart of human beings. Even in goodness and evil, humans cannot achieve perfection. He only hopes that 'Yes' is the best the human heart can give. His grace will do the rest.

Friendship

2023-06-20T10:13:00.004+08:00

The friend who keeps in touch is the friend who stays.

Error & Imperfection

2023-06-19T17:13:00.003+08:00

There is no art in error. Only ugliness. Yet, imperfection is a birthmark of humanity, which gains for itself the only Savior it needs.

Stumbling and Mercy

2022-01-09T15:01:00.001+08:00

It is when we stumble when we can find the great treasure - the great mercy of God.

Human Weakness

2022-01-08T14:44:00.001+08:00

Human weakness transports us to the embrace of God... not achievements, not money, not even glory.

Perfection and Dysfunction

2022-01-07T14:39:00.000+08:00

There are many things in life that cannot survive without commitment and perfection - love and commitment in marriage, celibacy in the priesthood, remission from cancer... Even a 99% faithfulness in marriage (1% adultery), 99% exercise of celibacy (1% fling), or 99% remission from (1% unexcised) cancer leaves a vulnerability to infidelity that corrupts the soul, the body, and all relationships linked to them.

Hunger of God, Basking in His Glory

2022-01-04T16:07:00.001+08:00

With the hunger of God welling in my soul, a soul cannot help but come back to Him again and again that he may bask in His glory, even if only in the glory of His Presence.

Complete Dependence on God

2022-01-03T15:58:00.001+08:00

To be a Christian, particularly a Catholic, is permanently needing to kneel in the icon of Christ, He who is the center of his or her life instead of himself or herself through whatever spiritual experience that may be. It is complete dependence on God, His will, and His providence.

Temptations

2022-01-03T09:16:00.001+08:00

Most temptations are self-serving. The only effective way to combat it is to forget the self and focus on God and on following His will.

God's Glory Is On the Cross

2022-01-02T15:45:00.002+08:00

The glory of God is on the cross, something the Old Testament scripture cannot fathom without the help of the New Testament scripture.

2021-07-22T14:03:00.002+08:00

In the darkest of times, it is always easy to feel that no more light is coming. That is the nature of darkness. However, light always comes. Always.

Siblings

2013-06-22T13:27:00.004+08:00

I cannot be a brother unless you too are my brother or my sister.

Trust

2013-05-21T06:46:00.000+08:00

A child who lost his capability to completely trust is a broken child.

Followership

2013-05-05T10:53:00.003+08:00

A person can only become a true leader after he has become first a true follower. Those who hold leadership roles skipping this path of character growth would later on become the "leaders" most people despise for graft and corruption, and various crimes of action and ethics, that only bring more evil to this world instead of the good.