Category: Fr. Mario Masangcay, CSsR
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SMART for the Lord
September 18, 2022 – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Click here for the readings https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091822.cfm) Once a promising young entrepreneur was asked about his secret of success in his business. His reply was like this: “I could have profit up to 30 percent from every transaction I make. But usually, I offer my costumers up…
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WELCOME BACK HOME
September 11, 2022 – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091122.cfm) We surely have heard and familiar with our gospel today. And hearing and reflecting again & anew today’s parable would still always be fascinating, for it offers us ever fresh insights into our Christian faith & life. Now, if we…
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Not for ME…
September 4, 2022 – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090422.cfm) Recently a Facebook post catches my attention. It is about a young man named Seth Adam Smith who realized, after being married for a year and a half, and said that: “Marriage is not for me”. Why? After all these…
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OURS… not yours alone.
August 28, 2022 – 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082822.cfm) While waiting for her flight, once a very proper British lady went to the airport café. She sat at a table for two, ordered a mug of cappuccino and set herself to enjoy some fine biscuits she had in her…
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HOME
August 21, 2022 – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082122.cfm) In a dream, once an old lady found herself at the heaven’s door. Confidently she knocks at the door and demands admittance. And she heard God’s loud voice asking, “who are you?” She then replied, “My Gosh, You don’t know…
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Love
August 19, 2022 – Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081922.cfm) Surely, we are all familiar that the greatest commandment is to Love. But perhaps we may consider why is love the greatest commandment. Why do we have to love, then? However we experience it in life, ultimately…
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RSVP
August 18, 2022 – Thursday of the 2oth Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081822.cfm) In the parable of wedding banquet today, Jesus describes to us the Kingdom of Heaven as a celebration party where everybody is invited to attend & participate. Imagine it is your special day – perhaps your debut…
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Beyond Justice
August 17, 2022 – Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081722.cfm) It is once said that: “Justice is getting what you deserve. Grace is getting what you don’t deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve.” In our gospel today, all hired-laborers got justice from a just wage…
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Being WITH our LORD
August 14, 2022 – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081422.cfm) “The Lord be with you” and we normally nowadays reply: “And also with your spirit”, – where decades ago we used to reply: “And also with you.” As Christians, we usually use these words of greetings as our recognition &…
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OUR LIFE TO-BE
August 7, 2022 – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080722.cfm) Once in a dream, a rich man found himself at the heaven’s door and welcomed with VIP treatment by two nice angels. As he was about to be brought to his house in heaven, he was fetched by a long…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 