Category: Fr. Jom Baring, CSsR
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God is a Loving Parent
March 22, 2023 – Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032223.cfm) Each of us has a father. Biologically, we need a father and a mother for a child is only born out of a male and female. As we grow up, we have different experiences with our parents and…
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Satisfying our Thirst
March 12, 2022 – Third Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031223.cfm) Kyle (not his real name) seemed to be so kind and warmhearted around his friends. He would always be there when someone would be in need of help. He was always filled with smiles. He was generous of his resources and…
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A Journey towards Transformation
March 5, 2023 – Second Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030523.cfm) Life is a journey. It is never meant to be static. As simple as the flow of the traffic, it goes forward until one reaches the desired destination. When life becomes stagnant, this is where we also find life uninteresting, depressing…
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A Change of Heart
March 1, 2023 – Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030123.cfm) There are three areas in today’s readings where a change of heart happened. First, the change of heart of the people of Nineveh. At the preaching of Jonah, the king and the whole kingdom realized their sinfulness, repented…
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SEEK LOVE, SEEK PEACE
February 19, 2023 – Seventh Sunday Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021923.cfm) As my niece was growing up, it was also the time that we directly and indirectly taught her ways of behaving and of different attitudes, which may be good or bad. Unconsciously, there were many things and ways that we taught…
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PRAY AND LISTEN
February 18, 2023 – Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021823.cfm) Faith, as the late Pope Benedict XVI said, is a human response of love to the Lord who first loved us. The Letter to the Hebrews reminded us of this as well. We were reminded on how…
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The Tower of Babel
February 17, 2023 – Friday 6th week Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021723.cfm) The Book of Genesis speak of the human tendency to be proud and arrogant. And the tower of Babel tells us of this human aspiration to be powerful and become like God, as people said, “Come, let us build ourselves…
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I am now establishing my covenant with you
February 16, 2023 – Thursday Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021623.cfm) The Book of Genesis in the story of Noah with God, we have heard how the Lord renewed the covenant with the whole human family. The Lord God still sees hope in us. And the wonder of this renewal…
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Jesus touched for the second time
February 15, 2023 – Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021523.cfm) For the second time, Jesus has to do it again. The blind man still could not see clearly when Jesus touched his eyes the first time. Yet, another interesting part of this healing story was on how…
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Be Influenced by Love and Concern
February 14, 2023 – Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021523.cfm) What and who is it that can easily influence you? Indeed, each of us can be easily influenced by many things and people around us. Sometimes, we may not be aware what really influences our thoughts and…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 