Category: Homilies
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GIFTED
May 28, 2023 – Pentecost Sunday Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052823-Day.cfm) We do know how it feels to receive a gift from someone special. Receiving a simple token of gift and/or few words of call or posts from someone special could really make our day and even help us get through the day. Because…
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LDR – Long-Distance Relationships
May 21, 2023 – Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052123-Ascension.cfm) For those who are into (LDR) Long-Distance relationships, especially with migrants who have lived and worked abroad away from our families and loved ones, separation and homesickness have been a constant struggle in their daily lives. Experiences of…
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Grow Up In Love
May 14, 2023 – Sixth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051423.cfm) “They said if you love someone, you set them free. If they come back again, till the end, you are meant to be.” Does it ring a bell? Sounds familiar? That is a line from a popular song sung by Barbara…
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HELLO, LOVE, STAY
“People said, there are places where we stay longer. There are also places that are mere stopovers. Just like Hong Kong. So you have to make the most out of your time. Because, no one stays here forever” (Sabi nila may mga lugar na pangmatagalan. May mga lugar na dinadaanan lang. Parang Hong Kong. Kaya…
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Bahala Na
May 7, 2023 – Fifth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050723.cfm) For us, Easter people to fully appreciate the meaning and benefit from the fruits of the mystery of the Lord’s resurrection, we must reflect and try to discover how the Lord has resurrected and can be resurrected in our daily ordinary…
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THE GATE OF THE SHEEP
April 30, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/043023.cfm) Parents are the first shepherds of children at home. As shepherds, they take care of their children, and make sure that home is welcoming and nurturing. Parents secure that the basic needs of human intimacy and love, of physical, mental and…
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GOD-Struck
April 30, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/043023.cfm) During the time of the desert monks, around 450 AD, a young monk went to an old and holy monk and asked him, “Father, how is it that so many today leave the monastery? The old monk answered him, “When a…
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HEARTS in LOCKDOWNS
April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041623.cfm) I remember when we first experienced “LOCKDOWN” here in the City in 2020 due to the spread of Covid-19, the first Sunday was so depressing. I walked around the empty Church ground and looked at an empty Church. I was very…
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Guest-inside our Tombs
April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy) Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041623.cfm) Happy Easter to all. Last Sunday we celebrated Easter Sunday. We celebrated and proclaimed our Christian faith that our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed risen into our lives. Today we are now on the 2nd Sunday of…
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The Lord Confronts our Unbelief and Hardness of Heart
April 15, 2023 – Saturday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041523.cfm) They could not believe it. They could not accept what has been reported by Mary Magdalene. They would not even accept the testimony of the two disciples who went to Emmaus and reported that the Lord appeared to them.…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 