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                    [Title] => The right sense of priorities
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The gospel story of the sisters Martha and Mary (cfr Lk 10-38-42) is classic for its great lesson in priorities. Both did good things, but one got her priorities wrong.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-20 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1506467 [Title] => The gift of presence [Summary] =>

Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. — John 11:19

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-02 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/other-sections/daily-bread/20151003/nature-scene.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1440422 [Title] => Resurrection [Summary] =>

The narrative of Lazarus as recorded in John 11 is a very interesting story. It shows several presumptions we embrace and often neglect the truth that Jesus is trying to convey.

[DatePublished] => 2015-04-04 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1413901 [Title] => Talking about God [Summary] =>

If we believe that God is everything to us, that he is most relevant to our life and to our needs, since he is at the very core of it all, being our creator and father who is the very giver and keeper of our existence and nature and who loves us no end, then the least thing we can do other than keeping him simply in our mind and heart is to talk about him, and doing so openly. This ought to be our normal behavior.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1413498 [Title] => Talking about God [Summary] =>

If we believe that God is everything to us, that he is most relevant to our life and to our needs, since he is at the very core of it all, being our creator and father who is the very giver and keeper of our existence and nature and who loves us no end, then the least thing we can do other than keeping him simply in our mind and heart is to talk about him, and doing so openly.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1309411 [Title] => No greater love [Summary] =>

On this fifth Sunday of Lent, permit me to share the reflections of my ordination batchmate, Fr. Vic Baltazar, SJ, Director of the Center for Ignatian Spirituality, on the raising of Lazarus:

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134274 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1487805 [AuthorName] => Manoling Francisco, S.J. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 900531 [Title] => What to think of success [Summary] =>

Some seminarians, still fresh and green in seminary life, approached me the other day to ask about success.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 780879 [Title] => The need to ponder [Summary] =>

To think about seriously, to mull over, study, evaluate, meditate…

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 609226 [Title] => Priorities [Summary] =>

The gospel story of the sisters Martha and Mary (cfr Lk 10-38-42) is classic for its great lesson in priorities.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134343 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 311776 [Title] => Serving without distraction [Summary] => Martha was distracted with much serving. – Luke 10:40

While Martha served Jesus unsparingly, her sister Mary sat at His feet, listening and learning. Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) believed that Martha’s mistake wasn’t her serving, but rather that she allowed it to distract her attention from Jesus. Spurgeon believed that we should be Martha and Mary in one. He wrote, "We should do much service, and have much communion at the same time. For this we need great grace. It is easier to serve than to commune."
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) ) )
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