THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. I have heard people phrase this question in different ways but with the same intense desperation. They want God's answer to their plea: “Awake O Lord, why do you sleep? Why do you hide your face?” (Psalm 44:23). One time, a widow approached me...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Last week, a friend told me: "I don't know what's happening to me. I’m constantly stressed and always tempted to be angry. Before the pandemic, I knew exactly who I was. But now, I'm turning into someone I don't want to be." When I told him I...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. The gospel reading today narrates that when Jesus called His first apostles, they left everything to follow Him. Discipleship seems very easy, like a walk in the park, but is it? Responding to God's call always entails suffering. And perhaps, the...
THROUGH UNTRUE Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. The result of a recent study conducted in Spain and published in the Science Advances journal reveals that the envious personality is the most common personality type among people of our time.That should not surprise us. Envy has been a virtual mainstay...