Category: Homilies
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BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
February 3, 2023 – Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020323.cfm) Do you feel contented with what you have now? Do you also feel that despite the fact that you don’t have all things in the world, yet, you feel assured and happy? Or do you rather feel…
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Our Defining Moment
February 2, 2023 – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020223.cfm) Usually every Sunday some families gather together in the church not only to celebrate Eucharist but also to attend and witness the baptism of children to become new members of their respective family, parish and of the church.…
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Finding joy and contentment at home
February 2, 2023 – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020223.cfm) Joseph and Mary, conscious of their family traditions as well as of the identity of baby Jesus, went to Jerusalem and presented Jesus to the Lord God. This was an act of thanksgiving to the Almighty God for…
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NO ONE SHOULD BE DEPRIVED OF THE GRACE OF GOD
February 1, 2023 – Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020123.cfm) God gives life, blesses life and renews our life. God never stops that. This is the reason why grace overflows so that no one will be deprived of the grace of God. The Letter to the Hebrew…
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Being Blessed from God’s Perspective
January 29, 2023 – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012923.cfm) How do we understand being Blessed? We usually think of a life that is blessed on the level of having material wealth, success, prosperity – like having a good family, a prosperous business, a successful career or a good paying…
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Price of Faith
January 29, 2023 – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012923.cfm) A story once told about a beggar who owns nothing but his tin rice bowl to beg. He is particularly ashamed of begging that he would just bow his head & cannot even look at the eyes of others. But…
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Better Anew
January 22, 2023 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012223.cfm) If and when given another chance in life, would you do it again or would you do it anew? Would you live life as before or much better than before? Surely, if and when given another chance in life, we…
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Our Capacity to Receive and Embrace
January 15, 2023 – Sunday, Feast of the Sto. Niño Is 9:1-6; Eph 1:3-6, 15-18; Mt 18:1-5,10 A study by the Save the Children revealed that one in three households around the world reported violence during the Covid-19 pandemic.[1] The study also found that 1 in 6 children suffered violence at home. This study also…
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GREAT in God
January 15, 2023 – Feast of the Sto. Niño de Cebu Is 9:1-6; Eph 1:3-6, 15-18; Mt 18:1-5,10 During our Wednesday novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, we always ask our mother to help us learn to adapt to our growing children. Praying this, we acknowledge before the Lord that as Christians and in…
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Chosen Gift
January 8, 2023 – The Epiphany of the Lord Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010823.cfm) A woman once asked me to bless her new Rosary beads she got from her recent pilgrimage in the Holy Land. So, after blessing, I said: “This must be very precious and would be a good companion with your prayer…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 