Category: Saints
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We too can bring others closer to Jesus
November 30, 2022 – Wednesday Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/113022.cfm) Who was that significant person who brought you closer to the Church and closer to Jesus? I am sure, each of us here has a particular person or people who became significant in our faith journey. Others could have […]
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Seeing God as He is
November 1, 2022 – Solemnity of All the Saints Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110122.cfm) The lives of the Saints, of those who lived a holy and a truly happy and contented life, proved to us that we are made for others and made for God. Indeed, we find the fullness of life not within […]
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Spending the night in Prayer to God
October 28, 2022 – Feast of St. Simon and St. Jude Thaddeus, Apostles Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102822.cfm) Simon and Jude are two interesting characters among the chosen twelve apostles of Jesus. These two, Simon and Jude proved that their encounter with Jesus changed their entire life. Their ordinary life became extra-ordinarily wonderful though […]
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A Healer. A Friend. A Preacher.
October 18, 2022 – Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101822.cfm) We, as Church today, owe a lot to the evangelist, St. Luke. The Gospel according to him and the Acts of the Apostles which is also believe to have come from the tradition of Luke were two great accounts that […]
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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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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 […]
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 