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Reflection on Lk. 1: 39-56 – Feast of the Visitation
by Ms. Portia Sylvia D. Awayan, RSW – Redemptorist Lay Missionary There are two significant moments happening in this reading. The first is Mary’s generous visitation to her cousin Elizabeth, in which feast we celebrate today, and the second is Mary’s bursting into song of praise, which we commonly call “the Magnificat.” The theme of…
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GIFTED
May 28, 2023 – Pentecost Sunday Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052823-Day.cfm) We do know how it feels to receive a gift from someone special. Receiving a simple token of gift and/or few words of call or posts from someone special could really make our day and even help us get through the day. Because…
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LDR – Long-Distance Relationships
May 21, 2023 – Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052123-Ascension.cfm) For those who are into (LDR) Long-Distance relationships, especially with migrants who have lived and worked abroad away from our families and loved ones, separation and homesickness have been a constant struggle in their daily lives. Experiences of…
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Grow Up In Love
May 14, 2023 – Sixth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051423.cfm) “They said if you love someone, you set them free. If they come back again, till the end, you are meant to be.” Does it ring a bell? Sounds familiar? That is a line from a popular song sung by Barbara…
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HELLO, LOVE, STAY
“People said, there are places where we stay longer. There are also places that are mere stopovers. Just like Hong Kong. So you have to make the most out of your time. Because, no one stays here forever” (Sabi nila may mga lugar na pangmatagalan. May mga lugar na dinadaanan lang. Parang Hong Kong. Kaya…
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Bahala Na
May 7, 2023 – Fifth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050723.cfm) For us, Easter people to fully appreciate the meaning and benefit from the fruits of the mystery of the Lord’s resurrection, we must reflect and try to discover how the Lord has resurrected and can be resurrected in our daily ordinary…
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THE GATE OF THE SHEEP
April 30, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/043023.cfm) Parents are the first shepherds of children at home. As shepherds, they take care of their children, and make sure that home is welcoming and nurturing. Parents secure that the basic needs of human intimacy and love, of physical, mental and…
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GOD-Struck
April 30, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/043023.cfm) During the time of the desert monks, around 450 AD, a young monk went to an old and holy monk and asked him, “Father, how is it that so many today leave the monastery? The old monk answered him, “When a…
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Via Magnets
April 23, 2023 – Third Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042323.cfm) Easter Season proclaims: “The Lord has risen. Let us rejoice and be glad. Alleluia”. But how do we recognize the risen Lord in our life now? In a class inside the seminary, their professor asked the seminarians to discuss how do…
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THE EVERYDAY LAMENTATIONS OF MOTHER EARTH
Have you ever paused at some moment and hear the lamentations of Mother Earth? The sad whisper of the wind as it loses its coolness with the sweltering heat here in the tropics especially during summer? And the parched earth crying out for rain that sadly seem to abandon the usual seasons when the heaven’s…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY
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A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 