Category: Fr. Mario Masangcay, CSsR
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Getting Started
April 1, 2023 – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040223.cfm) “What would Jesus say? What would Jesus’ advice to us these days?” As we begin Holy Week today, we review first the lessons we might have learned about our faith & life from Sundays of Lent. In the 1st…
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Blessing-in Disguise
March 26, 2023 – Fifth Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032623.cfm) So angry, disappointed, and frustrated with God for letting his mother get seriously sick, a seminarian once was about to leave to seminary. In prayer, he said to God, “Lord, I have been your obedient follower. I’ve taken care of your…
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Heart’s point of view
March 19, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031923.cfm) It was told once that a prisoner happened to escape prison by digging a hole underground. And it also happened that he came out into a playground few distances away from the prison. And in his great joy, before a group…
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Meeting Jesus
March 12, 2023 – Third Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031223.cfm) Common rural village people teach us a simple wisdom: “If and when the well runs dry, dig deeper. (Kon ang atabay mahubsan, palawoman: Pag ang balon natuyo, hukayin ng malalim.) If we reflect on this deeper, these practical words tell us…
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God’s AGENDA First
March 5, 2023 – Second Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030523.cfm) Coming back from the desert, a holy man was once asked to describe his experience of God. People asked him, “Tell us, how does God look like? How do we recognize God?” But the holy man was so confused, for how…
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Overcoming Temptations
February 26, 2023 – First Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022623.cfm) “What would you do if your boss offers you big amount of money and promises you a high-paying and much better job position, if you only betray your innocent supervisor and bear false witness against him in court for money-laundering?”, a…
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All-Ready LOVE
February 19, 2023 – Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021923.cfm) In the comedy film Evan Almighty, God said to Evan Baxter: “If you want to change the world, build an ARK.” Only later after the fuss of exactly building a big ark that Evan Baxter realized that an ark simply…
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SPIRIT-Behind
February 12, 2022 – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021223.cfm) “Do you believe in chain letters? Or nowadays we may call it as Copy-Paste & Post OR-ELSE…. Facebook, Messenger, or Twitter posts?” At times, I have been asked about this, & I find myself giving the same answer. I say:…
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Influencing Influencers
February 5, 2023 – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020523.cfm) It was once told that weeks after ordination, four newly-ordained priests were summoned by the bishop for a meeting in his house. As they have settled down in his office, the bishop addressed them: “Young fathers, I have here some…
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Our Defining Moment
February 2, 2023 – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020223.cfm) Usually every Sunday some families gather together in the church not only to celebrate Eucharist but also to attend and witness the baptism of children to become new members of their respective family, parish and of the church.…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 