Month: May 2020
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Look at God, and you will be at rest
May 31, 2020 – Pentecost Sunday Click here for the readings (http://cms.usccb.org/bible/readings/053120-day.cfm) Corrie ten Boom, a Nazi concentration camp Christian survivor of the Holocaust once said, “If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God, you’ll be at rest”. Though her words was…
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Jesus prays for me today, and so I pray for others too
Jesus is about to leave physically in the world. But it does not mean that Jesus will abandon his friends. In fact, Jesus prays for his friends. “I pray for them,” said Jesus. This means that Jesus remembers his friends in his thoughts. BEING IN THE THOUGHTS OF JESUS ALSO MEANS THAT JESUS MAKES HIS…
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I tell myself today, “I am never alone”
TODAY, JESUS ALSO WANTS US TO HAVE THAT SAME CONVICTION. WE ARE NEVER ALONE. THE LORD IS WITH US, ALWAYS WITH US. THIS IS THE PROMISE OF JESUS TO US TODAY. His words to his disciples are also his invitation to us today, “I am not alone, because the Father is with me. I have…
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Absence makes the heart grows fonder
Today, we celebrate the 2nd Glorious Mystery, the Ascension of the Lord. Tradition has it that forty days after His appearances before his disciples, the Lord has ascended back to Our Father, leaving behind and separated away from us His disciples. This reminds us that the mystery of God’s glory is made known to us…
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Ask anything and you will receive. Really? Anything?
Instead of praying – “this is what I want and wish Lord,” ask and pray rather first in this way, “what is your desire for me Lord?” Only then that we will be able to get away from our selfish tendencies and intentions because we shift our focus from ourselves to God – from praying…
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God intervenes to bring us comfort and confidence
As Paul and the disciples were comforted by Jesus, the Lord also is telling us now, “Do not be afraid, go on and continue because I am with you. Believe that this sorrow you have now will pass away and will turn into joy.” Moreover, this calls us today to truly believe that God is…
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Grace and Freedom in letting go
In this process of letting go of the Lord, then, the disciples also allowed God to work in them. This was how the early Church found grace and freedom in letting go. Today, we are also asked to let go whatever is hindering us to encounter the Lord. We may ask ourselves, “What is it…
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On Idols and Obsessions
Because of the Community Quarantine and Lockdowns, these caused the closing of malls, shops, small and big businesses. We are all asked to “stay at home” as a preventive and protective measure against the Corona Virus. At the beginning of this “stay at home,” more and more people also found ways to entertain themselves while…
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When the Lord opens our heart
We are also called to allow the Lord to open our hearts. It is when we listen to God speaking to us through our Sacraments in the Church, through the Bible, through our experiences and daily affairs with the world, that we allow God to challenge us to see God’s surprises in our life.
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Life amidst and after COVID-19
May 17, 2020 – Sixth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/051720.cfm Life under quarantine is without a doubt, difficult. For almost a quarter of the year 2020 now, we find our world on lockdown amid pandemic realities. Definitely these are trying and uncertain times for all of us, humanity as the world…
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