Category: AUTHORS
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To Repent and To Believe
January 24, 2021 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time; National Bible Sunday Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012421.cfm) What if that something which you are so attached to is needed to be let go in order for you to grow? I remember when I was still a young boy, I was so attached with my […]
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HE IS OUT OF HIS MIND
January 23, 2021 – Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012321.cfm) Jesus is out of his mind. Surely, he must be. It will be very difficult to understand him, the way he thinks and the way he does things for others. Only a man like him, who never […]
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FOR WHOM AND FOR WHAT ARE YOU WORKING?
January 24, 2021 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time; National Bible Sunday Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012421.cfm) A holy rabbi used to live in a small but prosperous town. In one section of that town were the houses of the rich. Practically every house in that section had a security […]
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To bring others closer to the Lord
January 22, 2021 – Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012221.cfm) An encounter with the Lord leads to discipleship and to be on mission. This is message for us today. But for us to grasp better the message, let us make a step by step discovery. First, the […]
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To Move towards Jesus and To Move like Jesus
January 21, 2021 – Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012121.cfm) There are two interesting movements in the Gospel of Mark. These two movements are the invitations that I would like you today to remember. First is the movement of the people towards Jesus. Second is the movement […]
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God is New, always New
January 18, 2021 – Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011821.cfm) There seems to be a constant friction between what is new and what is old. An old tradition may feel threatened by new developments in the culture. We also find old people and those who live in […]
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HOW THE ORIGINAL STATUE OF THE STO. NINO DE CEBU SURVIVED THE WORLD WAR II
Edited by Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Kept in a bomb-proof vault; the historic icon of the Sto. Niño de Cebu, spent seven months in the safekeeping of the Redemptorists at the close of World War II. This is a little-known page of history which took place when an emergency arose at the close of 1944. The […]
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LET THE CHILDREN COME TO ME
January 17, 2021 – Sunday, Feast of the Sto. Niño Click here for the readings (https://adoseofgodtoday.com/sunday-liturgy/) Before this pandemic, when parents usually bring their small children in the Church, I have observed how parents or guardians discipline their unruly children. When a child begins to throw tantrum or just become noisy, they would say this, […]
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“Bless me, Father”
January 17, 2021 – Sunday, Feast of the Sto. Niño Click here for the readings (https://adoseofgodtoday.com/sunday-liturgy/) Once just right after mass, I saw a child sitting alone on the church floor worried & crying. So, I approached her & asked, “Oh, what happened? Why crying all alone.” Between sobs, she replied: “Father, I thought it […]
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The Word of God is Living and Effective
January 16, 2021 – Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011621.cfm) We find wisdom in the Bible. We find guidance and direction in our life in the Bible. We find answers to questions in life and we find comfort in times of crisis from the Word of God […]
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 