Category: Feasts
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Pray the Rosary to dearly see Jesus
October 7, 2022 – Memorial of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100722.cfm) Many have become accustomed in wearing or bringing rosary beads and keeping them in wallets, bags, pockets or cars. Some would consider it as a spiritual weapon. Others would even believe that it is an amulet or […]
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Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
September 29, 2022 – Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092922.cfm) If you have been named after one of these Archangels, then, today is truly your feast day! Those who bear these Archangels’ names also bear the ministry and mission behind their names, something that we also all […]
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Martial Law Survivors than Victims
September 21, 2022 – Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092122.cfm) Consoling it is, for us to hear Jesus saying to us today in our gospel; “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” This is because admittedly deep inside we feel that we are not righteous […]
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Grieving yet Persevering Faith
July 22, 2022 – Feast of St. Mary of Magdala Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072222.cfm) Lately, we could say we suffered great losses during these pandemic times. Somehow almost all of us have lost in one way or the other, someone or something significant in life. And usually, our experience of great loss could […]
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Mary’s Visit is God’s Presence
Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (St. Clement’s Church-Redemptorist, Iloilo City) First Reading : Zep 3:14-18a Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel!Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem!The LORD has removed the judgment against you, he has turned away your enemies;The King of Israel, the LORD, […]
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WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID, YOU OF LITTLE FAITH?
June 28, 2022 – Tuesday 13th Week in Ordinary Time, Memorial of St. Irenaeus (A Homily during the Baccalaureate Mass for the Junior High School of Iloilo National High School) Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062822.cfm) What would usually stop us from dreaming and hoping? What would usually prevent us from learning new things, from […]
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Keeping God closer to our Heart 
June 25, 2022 – Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062522.cfm) With all the complexities, strangeness and difficulties to understand the situation, Mary kept the Lord closer to her heart. She kept all those revelations from the Lord closer to her heart that she may be […]
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A HEART THAT SEEKS AND LONGS FOR US
June 24, 2022 – Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062422.cfm) I remember my late grandmother when I was younger. Together with my cousins, we were gathered in the living room of our grandparent’s home for some celebration. Then, suddenly our grandmother, we called her Nanay Iyay, was looking […]
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Walk with Graciousness
June 23, 2022 – Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062322-day.cfm) Today we celebrate the birth of John the Baptist a very important figure in the New Testament. This is the reason why the Church celebrates with great dignity his birth. How significant was he then? The […]
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LEARN TO WAIT. LEARN TO DISCERN.
March 19, 2022 – Solemnity of St. Joseph, the Husband of Mary Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031922.cfm) As it happens in small villages, Mary must have been subjected to gossips and fake news. Mary was judged without further investigation. The eyes and fingers of the people around her must have pointed and branded her […]
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 