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The righteousness and wrath of God

Paul was eager to preach the gospel which he personally received from Jesus on his way to Damascus. He claimed that this gospel did not come from men, but came directly from the Lord. For I would have you know, brethren,…
Christocentric Ethics

Historically speaking, Christianity is an outgrowth of Judaism. Therefore, Christian Moral Theology has a tradition that can be traced back to the Exodus experience. The first half of the Christian Bible is the Old Testa…
Was Hagar's return necessary?

Sarai was barren and could not bear a child to inherit Abram's estate. She proposed to give Hagai her maid to Abram as a wife to bear him an inheritor. After Hagai had been conceived, she did not respect her mistress. An…
Corpus Christi

The Year of St. Paul will end this June 29. Therefore, I intended to go through the life of St. Paul with the choir members within these remaining weeks. I was amazed that some of the younger members mixed up Peter and P…
Feast of St. Barnabas

The Church celebrates the feast of St. Barnabas today. We are able to find his activities recorded in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline epistles: First Epistle to the Corinthians, Galatians and Colossians. To a ce…
Paul's relation with the Corinthians

The Acts is a rather reliable historical account. But there are limitations. Sheep hide was limited in supply. Luke could not include all the details. He had to select and condense. For example, the Synoptic evangelists …
Pentecost (Year B)

This morning, we had a sharing on "Sex Education" before rehearsal. The Religious and Moral Education Centre published a pamphlet on "Sex Education" for teenagers and their parents. The coverage by the mass media was sel…
Why did Paul circumcise Timothy?

In his second missionary journey, Paul revisited the churches he had earlier established to strengthen the brethren and deliver the Jerusalem Council decisions to them. In his last visit to Lystra, Paul healed a crippled…
To deliver the Jerusalem Council decisions

After the Jerusalem Council, the apostles had to clarify their stance in a letter which would be delivered and read by Barnabas and Paul to the Gentile churches. The Jerusalem Church, the mother church, made it clear tha…
Feast of Queen of China

This feast is not universally celebrated because of its national tone. Yet, it is also curiously the most catholic because many nations and professions have Our Lady as their patron saint. For example: Argentina has Our …