Category: Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR
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TO SEE JESUS IS TO BELIEVE IN JESUS
March 21, 2021 – Fifth Sunday of Lent by Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032121-YearB.cfm) Today’s Gospel begins with “some Greeks” approaching Philip with a request: “to see” Jesus! The Greek word used means: “to visit or to meet with.” But for John “to see Jesus” means “to believe in Jesus”!…
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OUR ONLY HOPE IS JESUS
March 14, 2021 – Fourth Sunday of Lent Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031421-YearB.cfm) Today’s Gospel begins with Jesus telling Nicodemus: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” [Jn. 13:14].…
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GOD’S SACRED PLACE
March 7, 2021 – Third Sunday of Lent Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030721-YearB.cfm) Commenting on today’s Gospel, Gerard Deighan writes: “The Lord needs a place, and the Lord needs a day; or rather we do, because we need the Lord.” SCRIPTURE IN CHURCH (Jan-Mar 2009 p.65) Today’s Gospel is about…
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TOWARDS A MATURE RELATIONSHIP
FEBRUARY 28, 2021 – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022821.cfm) As we mature and develop as persons, our relationship with others should also undergo change! An example is the way we relate now with our own parents. Surely our way of relating with them now,…
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40 DAYS JOURNEY WITH JESUS
Reflections by Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Insights from the “Scripture In Church” periodicals, and Krempa’s Daily Homilies, vol. 3, are combined with the personal reflections of this writer ASH WEDNESDAY 2021 [Joel 2: 12-18 / 2 Cor. 5: 20-6: 2 / Mt. 6: 1-6, 16-18] This day ushers in, the beginning of the Season of…
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VENERATION OF THE CHAIR OF PETER
February 22, 2021 – Monday, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Apostle Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022221.cfm) Last February 13th, Saturday, part of the celebration of the Lunar New Year, by the Chinese, was the practice of paying respects to their ancestors. This used to be called the “ancestor…
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THE DESERT. WILD BEASTS. ANGELS.
February 21, 2021 – First Sunday of Lent Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022121.cfm) The Gospel evangelists: Matthew, Mark, and Luke mentioned Jesus’ experience of temptation when he spent 40 days in the dessert. Mark has the shortest account, just in two sentences [Mk. 1: 12-13]! Today’s Gospel [Mk. 1: 12-15]…
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THE 40-DAY JOURNEY
February 17, 2021 – Ash Wednesday Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021721.cfm) This day ushers in, the beginning of the Season of Lent in our Catholic Liturgical Calendar. “Lent” comes from an old English word for “spring” one of the four seasons in colder countries. For those of us living in…
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TO A SWEET AND LIBERATING EXPERIENCE WITH JESUS
FEBRUARY 14, 2021 – 6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021421.cfm) A Norwegian scientist by the name of Gerhard Hansen discovered the biomedical cause of leprosy in 1868. The first effective treatment became available only in the 1940s. The vaccine against leprosy was developed by the scientist…
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TO OUR SACRED PLACE WITH GOD
FEBRUARY 7, 2021 – 5TH SUNDAY IN THE ORDINARY TIME Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020721.cfm) “In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went out to a deserted place and there he prayed.” [Mk. 1:35]. Today’s Gospel continues on from where we ended last Sunday…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 