Month: October 2020
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Growing in Friendship with God everyday
November 1, 2020 – Solemnity of All Saints Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110120.cfm) Homily There is something I want to ask you now. I want you to close your eyes for few moments and in silence, remember the face of your best-friend, that great friend or friends of yours whom you are most comfortable…
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Of Pride and Humility
November 1, 2020 – Solemnity of All Saints Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110120.cfm) Homily What makes angels & saints blessed? What makes devils & sinners cursed? St. Augustine once said: “It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” It is a matter of pride & humility…
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Places of Honor and Self-Entitlement
October 31, 2020 – Saturday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/103120.cfm) Homily Jesus must have been a very observant person. He noticed the attitudes of the people who were invited in an event. He saw how each one sought to secure for themselves places of honor at the…
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Our Loving Response
October 30, 2020 – Friday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/103020.cfm) Homily Paul’s letter today reveals how warm his heart to people who were significant in his life. The Philippians who were Paul’s converts had a special place in his heart. This is how Paul also expressed his…
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Drawing Strength from the Lord
October 29, 2020 – Thursday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102920.cfm) Homily When life gets rough, where do you get your strength? When life seems unfair, where do you get your courage? Paul in his letter to the Ephesians, reminds us today to draw strength from the Lord…
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Trying to Touch God
October 28, 2020 – Wednesday, Feast of St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102820.cfm) Homily When we get sick, we normally ask others to help us so that we feel better. Though others would self-medicate, but still reach out for some remedies when one feels sick. We usually seek the…
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Small Things with great impact
October 27, 2020 – Tuesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102720.cfm) Homily Never underestimate a small act of kindness or a simple gesture of love and affection. This can create a great impact to another. Just imagine the comfort you can bring by just listening to a person,…
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A Life-Giving Rest Day
October 26, 2020 – Monday 30th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102620.cfm) Homily Jesus could not stand seeing a person suffering. The Lord’s heart is so close to a person that he too feels what the person is suffering from. This kind of attitude in Jesus is conveyed to us in…
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How’s your love-life?
October 25, 2020 – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102520.cfm) Homily Early 1991, a popular song by Extreme, an American rock band entitled: “More than Words” was released. Surely we all have heard and familiar of this song. Many of us could relate with the song, as we listen to…
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In Love not in Fear
October 25, 2020 – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102520.cfm) Homily Have you been terrified of God? My childhood memories of God was a terrifying God. I was introduced to a God who will easily get angry over a naughty boy and will deliver a punishment. I grew up in…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 