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. Yes, during Sundays, countless children are also being baptized in the church while being witnessed by their parents and family with relatives and friends. For us priest, Sunday children’s baptism is just part of our duty and extra job besides the hectic Sunday masses schedules. For others, it might be a usual Sunday occurrence, but for the child’s respective parents, godparent and families, the baptism of their child can be, is and should be the defining moments of their own lives as well as of the child.
Yes, defining moments for all involved with the child. Because during baptism, the child does not only take on the identity and dignity of being Christian, the young parents of the child have suddenly grown up as well from just being two people in love to being parent to the child with a lot of responsibility for the future of the child. Along the parents, the child’s godparents, maninoy and maninay, extended families, relatives and friends also take on the responsibility and mission to help and support in the growth in the Christian faith and life of the child.
It is indeed, defining moments for everybody, for as the child is being consecrated, the parents, godparents, families and the Christian community and the Church are commissioned to be responsible caretakers and formators-parent of the Christian life and faith-growth of the child.
Mary and Joseph as well as Simeon and Anna must have experienced and felt the same during the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, same as young parents and families during child baptism. Here they are, presenting and consecrating the child Jesus in the temple as required by their Jewish religious tradition, conscious of the tasks, responsibility as well as the still-unknown and yet-to-be-revealed promise the child Jesus may offer to our lives.
Joseph and Mary not only became the parent of the child Jesus, but through their testimony, Simeon and Anna also became the caretaker, formator & godparents of God’s light and glory for all. Same way as Joseph and Mary consecrated the child Jesus, Simeon and Anna became not anymore passive-expectators but now active-witnesses of God’s light and glory being revealed before them.
The Presentation of the Lord in the temple is indeed defining moments for Mary and Joseph as well as Simeon and Anna for they take on the responsibility before God for the child Jesus. In the same manner, the baptism of a child is the defining moments for the young parents, godparents, families and the whole church for we all take responsibility for the formation and growth of the faith and life of the child.
Simply put, as the saying goes: “When a child is born…. The mother is born” as also the parent, the family & church are also born. In other words, no mother, parent, family, or church, if there is no child.
Our celebration today of the Presentation of the Lord is more than just about having our candles blessed. It is actually more so about ourselves as Christian especially during our celebration of Sacrament of Baptism. When we were baptized as a child, like the child Jesus, we were presented and consecrated (made holy) to God by our Christian family and the church to be God’s children. And whenever we attend and witness child baptism, we make holy ourselves to be responsible parents and formators-witnesses for the faith-growth of the child.
Today’s celebration and our celebration of children’s baptism are all a reminder that each and every one of us, baptized Christians are lighted candles, taking on the light of Christ, the Christian dignity and responsibility for the fulfillment of God’s promise of salvation in our lives forever in our children now and for the future Christian generation.
Taking on the dignity and mission to be parents and witnesses of God’s salvation as revealed to us always through Jesus and our today’s Christian children, are and remain to be our defining moments as Christians. God is already doing his part for our salvation by revealing us his glory through his Son.
Now we have to do our part by making and remaining true to our defining moments of becoming blessed lighted candles – taking part to be active parents and witnesses for the growth of the Christian life and faith of our baptized children.
Now consider, when was the last time you become a witness to a Child’s baptism? When was the last time you light a candle publicly and privately? Be reminded Jesus said: “You are the light of the world”. May we, as today God’s lighted and blessed candle, be always responsible parents and witnesses of God’s light to our world now and forever. Amen.
“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.” This is what the Letter to the Hebrews reminds us as it recalled the faith of Abraham. Despite the many trials and seemingly impossible things to happen in the life of Abraham and his wife, Sarah, they remained steadfast in their faith in God. Abraham took the risk to trust in God and so his faith grew and matured.
Indeed, it was through his faith that what he hoped for, was being realized. Even though, he did not know where would God lead him, yet, he continued to believe. And so, the Lord blessed him and made him the father of many nations.
However, in today’s Gospel, we too are reminded of our human tendency to doubt and be paralyzed by fear. “Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?” This was the questions of Jesus to his disciples when they woke him up. They were terrified by the storm that was sweeping their boat.
Certainly, they were afraid that their boat might be destroyed and they would be drowned and die. However, there was a very interesting part of this Gospel story.
While the storm was sweeping the boat and the disciples were terrified by it, Jesus was fast asleep on a cushion. Jesus was there in the boat with his disciples but sleeping. It seemed that Jesus was not so concerned with the storm. He was confident that they would arrive at their destination safe and sound.
The Gospel today tells us of these two important lessons on faith.
First, the forgetfulness of the disciples that Jesus was with them brought them tremendous fear and anxiety. They forgot that Jesus was in the boat and that their Lord was with them on that journey. And so, they seemed to lost their faith that Jesus was with them.
Consequently, they have actually taken for granted the very presence of Jesus in their life. This is an invitation for the disciples to always recognize the presence of Jesus.
And so for us today, this is an invitation to recognize Jesus in our journey. The Lord is not distant. He is to be found and He is journeying with us. Have faith in this.
Thus, when we are not aware of God’s presence in us, it brings us fear, anxiety and uncertainty. When we become fearful, anxious and uncertain, then, we will be paralyzed mentally and spiritually. It will be very difficult for us to move on and to find opportunities of growth because we will tend to focus on the storm rather on Jesus who is with us.
Second, because of this terrifying situation of the disciples, it became an opportunity for Jesus to reveal Himself as Lord and Savior. At this revelation Jesus assured his disciples that his presence brings comfort and peace, calmness and confidence. At the same time, the Lord’s presence also is confronting. Jesus confronts the doubts and the little faith of his disciples. This is the reason why it was not only the wind and the sea that calmed down but also the terrified and anxious hearts of the disciples.
This tells us now that the presence of Jesus brings assurance and confidence in us. The disciples calmed down and found peace because at last, they have recognized the presence of Jesus who was there in that boat.
Therefore, have faith and recognize the comforting and peaceful presence of Jesus in our life. Let us also allow Jesus to confront us especially our doubts and fears, and even our selfish, unkind and ungenerous actions and words. By being able to recognize Jesus and confront ourselves then we shall certainly find peace and calmness, confidence and assurance in Jesus. Hinaut pa.
(A Moment of Reflection: A Talk – with Christ the King College de Maranding, Campus Ministry Office)
There are three important words that I want you first to remember as we reflect today the message of Pope Francis on the occasion of the World Day of Peace published on January 1, 2025.
First, FORGIVENESS. Second, PEACE. And third, HOPE.
These three words served as the central theme of the message of Pope Francis addressed to world leaders and to all people of good will, including you and me. We have to understand then that the challenges and invitations set by Pope Francis are not only applicable to people who play important role in political, economic and cultural arena of our society. The call towards the path of peace is call to all.
Hence, the theme of Pope Francis’ message reminds us now, “FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES: GRANT US YOUR PEACE.”
As I join you in this short recollection, watch first this short video of the message of Pope Francis.
From that short video presentation, it tells that Pope Francis invites us to look at the challenges that our world is facing today. These challenges are particularly those that endanger the survival of humanity and the whole creation because of human greed and manipulation for power, wealth and control.
But how shall we look at these realities?
We can actually look at it from the perspective of anger and hatred because of the injustices yet, that will only lead us to the cycle of violence. We can end up towards arm struggle and rebellion. Nevertheless, it will not lead us to peace but only towards more suffering and despair.
We can also look at it with apathy and indifference. Well, the many issues and realities happening around the world are not directly experienced by us. Each of you here is not living on a war zone. You are not unemployed. You don’t have children who are undernourished, experiencing severe hunger on a daily basis. You don’t have overwhelming debt that will take you more than a lifetime to pay. And so, passivity and looking at these realities with indifference would be very easy for us to do. Yet, such attitude would only make our hearts calloused and numbed at suffering of others even with those who are nearest to us.
Pope Francis proposes to look at the realities of the world, as well as of our own experiences of suffering from the perspective of hope, of having a heart full of hope.
Now, for us to better understand and have a good grasped of what the Pope reminds us, let’s have a step by step moments of reflection of his message. The entire message is actually divided into four sections. In each section, let us also recognize its relevance in us, in our own context, work and status especially to you as a team of Campus Ministry in your college.
Going back to that proposal of Pope Francis to look at the realities of the world from the perspective of hope, it triggers us to also ask, how? How do we look? And where should we start? This brings us into the first section of the message.
The First Section
LISTENING TO THE PLEA OF AN ENDANGERED HUMANITY (A CALL TO LISTEN)
Pope Francis brings to our awareness as he greets every man and woman, and especially to those whom felt more connected – the downtrodden, those burdened by their past mistakes, those oppressed because of being judged by others, those who are desperate and hopeless.
This is each of us! These are the experiences of many and perhaps of those students under your care. The many burdens they carry and issues they face in their own lives. This means that suffering is experienced by everyone. This is the significance of the sound of a ram’s horn (in Hebrew, jobel) calls us to listen.
This is why the Jubilee Year of Hope becomes more relevant to each of us, individuals and as a community of faith. This is an invitation again for us that our hearts be filled with hope. This hope leads us and moves us to aspire and work for forgiveness and reconciliation, for freedom and healing.
That is why, the Jubilee Year of Hope is meant to echo throughout the land (cf. Lev 25:9 – to every hearts and to every homes and communities) so that God’s justice will be restored in every aspect of life.
We are called to listen and recognize now the many “desperate plea for help.” These include the exploitation of our natural and human resources in the guise of progress and profit. Pope Francis affirmed what St. Pope John Paul II called as “structures of sin” committed not only by principal agents but also by many of us who participate indirectly because of our support or because of our indifference.
Indeed, this is a call for us to listen – to heed the plea for help of the suffering humanity for example the “inhuman treatment towards migrants, environmental decay, confusion caused by disinformation, refusal to engage in any form of dialogue, and the immense resources spent on the industry of war.” These are all “distinct yet interconnected” to each other. Do we also find these in our context? Maybe not all, but perhaps some of these.
By acknowledging the forms of suffering in our own context, then, it calls us to work for justice. And what Pope Francis wants us to realize as well is “the cultural and structural changes” from us so that change will endure and will not be passive. This brings us now to the second section.
Second section
2. A CULTURAL CHANGE: ALL OF US ARE DEBTORS (A CALL TO HUMILITY)
After looking and recognizing at the many realities present in our communities, Pope Francis leads us to also realize the many gifts that are already in us. Yet, the many resources that we enjoy are not meant for us alone or for the “privileged few” in the case of the those whose hearts have become so wealthy and entitled.
Pope Francis wants us to grow in gratitude, he said, “without gratitude, we are unable to recognize God’s gifts.” Certainly, we won’t be convinced as well that we are actually gifted. We will not be confident of what we have, as well of the potentials and talents that we already have. Meaning, without gratitude, it leads us to bitterness and despair. Look at how a person, you might have encountered one already, whose heart have grown ungrateful – the person becomes so stingy of many things and so mean to people around him or her.
Indeed, when we become ungrateful this also leads us to easily get irritated or even feel unfair at the blessings of others. It makes us entitled but corrupt, even when we have received so much, in our practices because our heart is not convinced that what we have are God’s grace.
We have to understand then, that God’s grace cannot be earned. It is a pure gift not because of our good deeds and qualities but undeserved and unmerited. That is why, the Lord would not abandon the sinful humanity, or no matter how sinful we have become, because God’s infinite mercy is a gift. In fact, God reaffirmed this “gift of life by the saving forgiveness offered to all through Jesus Christ.”
This is how we discover the central teaching of the “Our Father.” As Jesus told us to pray : “Forgive us of our trespasses,” the Pope reminds us to recognize our collective sins that we are all indebted to the Father and with one another.
Hence, we rely now on the mercy of God who forgave our debts, through Jesus. And through him, the gift of life, being renewed gives us hope for one another. In consequence, Pope Francis appeal echoes to every heart – “the appeal for solidarity, but above all for justice.”
Hope becomes more alive in us now because it opens us up and lead us towards that cultural and structural change. The cultural change happens in our way of life, in the way we relate with one another and in the way we look at the world from the perspective of hope. Eventually, through this cultural change then structural change happen and begin to recognize that we are all brothers and sisters, we have a shared and diversified responsibilities and that we are not enemies or business competitors.
This leads us now to the third section.
Third Section
3. A JOURNEY OF HOPE: THREE PROPOSALS (Call to Action)
This change in us begins in our hearts. This also fuels and renews our hope, of our journey of hope, as being emphasized in this Jubilee 2025. Acknowledging God’s constant grace and mercy to all, makes us again realize God’s infinite generosity and love because we are forgiven.
Yet, let us not also forget the challenging words in the Lord’s Prayer, “as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Forgiveness becomes a reality in us as we also learn to forgive others. From such grace, hope and peace shall overflow in our hearts. That overflow will only become concrete from our own experience of forgiveness and generosity,
In fact, Pope Francis also said, and I quote, “Hope overflows in generosity; it is free of calculation, makes no hidden demands, unconcerned with gain, but aims at one thing alone: to raise up those who have fallen, to heal hearts that are broken and to set us free from every kind of bondage,” end of quote.
This is the best gauge for us as we express our generosity to others. And so let us be mindful also of our attitude when our generous actions (things that we give like of materials resources, presence, our personal time and talents) are fueled by our personal agenda or selfishness then, our generosity is not from hope. Rather, it is from corruption.
From here Pope Francis leads us to the path of peace with three proposals as our call to action.
First, Forgiveness of International Debt. “Reducing substantially, if not canceling outright, the international debt which seriously threatens the future of many nations”, said Pope Francis. This is a call to world leaders especially of rich countries to be in solidarity with neighboring nations.
Second, Abolition of Death Penalty. This means that we are called to have a firm commitment to respect for the dignity of human life from conception to natural death. Through this commitment, we promote a culture of life that gives every man and woman the hope of forgiveness and rehabilitation, freedom and healing.
Third, To Establish a World Fund aimed at Eliminating Hunger. This is to use a “fixed percentage from armament investments to establish a global fund to eradicate hunger, facilitate educational activities in poorer countries to promote sustainable development, and to combat climate change.” This means that, certainly, war is for profit, for business and thus, it is an industry. Political conflicts or ideological beliefs or territorial disputes can easily be manipulated by profit-oriented groups in order to create war and so gain immense profits. Yet, what the world needs are not bullets but food and water, education and home.
These three proposals though aimed at the world leaders and all those who play significant role in our global village, however, ourselves and those at the grassroots remain significant so that we may be able “to pave new paths of peace together in our communities.”
This brings us to the final section.
Final Section
4. THE GOAL OF PEACE (Towards Freedom)
Pope Francis quoted Saint John XXIII who convened the Second Vatican Council in 1962, “true peace can be born only from a heart ‘disarmed’ of anxiety and the fear of war.”
This means that the goal towards peace is first directed at our own hearts that are perhaps trapped in despair and hopelessness because of our failures, or hearts thickened by indifference and selfishness, or hearts traumatized by abuse and oppression, or hearts covered with pretensions that everything is okay but not realizing the realities around, or hearts filled with worries and anxieties because of the thought of “nothing might be left for me, then I have to accumulate more” or the thought of “nothing is for me, I am pitiful” or having a heart that is constantly threatened by tensions, conflicts and wars. Then, our hearts are indeed troubled.
Yet, know that the Lord brings us peace, grants us pardon and gives us freedom. What we are called to do now is to disarm our heart from whatever shackles of pain, trauma and imprisonment it is suffering from.
Pope Francis wonderfully expressed the call towards freedom in these words, and I quote, “May we seek the true peace that is granted by God to hearts disarmed: hearts not set on calculating what is mine and what is yours; hearts that turn selfishness into readiness to reach out to others; hearts that see themselves as indebted to God and thus prepared to forgive the debts that oppress others; hearts that replace anxiety about the future with the hope that every individual can be a resource for the building of a better world.”
Indeed, each of us now is a resource in building a better world. Your position as educators puts you now at the pedestal in your own context to realize peace. Pope Francis even continued to express that “disarming hearts is a job for everyone.” So that, as we heed the call to disarm our hearts, then, it will inspire us and give us hope to also become a catalyst in disarming the hearts of people around us even through our simple gestures “such as a smile, a small gesture of friendship, a kind look, a ready ear, a good deed” or having an understanding heart over a troubled student, or having a welcoming hand shake for anxious new students, or un-judging (without judgment) attitude towards a colleague who is emotionally sensitive.
These are small steps, simple gestures yet will also become powerful and effective as we hope to build a community in loved with peace.
And so as I end this reflection let us pray together the prayer for peace composed by Pope Francis at the end of his message.
PRAYER FOR PEACE by Pope Francis
Lord, grant us your peace!
Forgive us our trespasses, Lord,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
In this cycle of forgiveness, grant us your peace,
the peace that you alone can give
to those who let themselves be disarmed in heart,
to those who choose in hope to forgive the debts of their brothers and sisters,
to those who are unafraid to confess their debt to you,
and to those who do not close their ears to the cry of the poor.
Amen.
Points for Reflection towards the Path of Peace
Look and Listen: Recognizing the Cry for Help in my own context
As an educator/religious/seminarian – what are the different pleas/cry for help that I can identify which I encounter with myself, with my students or community?
Embracing our Gifts leads us to Gratitude and Generosity
What resources/gifts/talents do I have that I can offer for others and for my community?
Call to Action: A Commitment to make
What do I need to change in me? What do I need to disarm from my heart? (attitudes, beliefs or perspectives)What concrete actions I can commit to promote peace?
Usually whenever we begin the Eucharist, whenever we proclaim the Gospels, & whenever we partake God’s blessings, we begin by saying the greetings: “The Lord Be with you” with our usual response: “And with your spirit.” Such words of greetings are not only our proclamation of our faith, but moreso our acknowledgement of how blessed we are since the Lord is present upon us.
“The Lord Be With You… and with your spirit.” And so, how are you now?
With such question, easy for us to reply: “Well I’m okay, I’m fine, I’m good.” However, are we not supposed to be more than just feel okay, fine and good, but be happy, glad, thankful and lucky now? Why? Simply because of the good news that the Lord is being present with us now.
Our first reading today calls us “not to be sad and not to weep, but rejoice with the Lord” – because our Joy with Lord must be our Strength. Yes, we sometimes become so familiar with that message that it becomes so ordinary for us that we don’t anymore give value to its importance of how blessed we are for the Lord is with us. We should feel lucky and blessed, as well as be happy, joyful, and thankful because of the good news that the Lord is and be with you and us. REJOICE then for the Lord is with you & me.
“The Lord be with you… and with your spirit”. And so, do you believe in the good news that the Lord is upon us?
Yes, normally it is difficult for us to believe in the good news that the Lord is with us. Easier for us to accept that maybe or perhaps the Lord is with me, him, them, or us, but we at times doubt and ask: how can this be? How can the Lord be with me and us when we experience the world otherwise? Somehow it’s much easier for us to believe that we are possessed, cursed, condemned & unworthy than being blessed & graced God’s presence upon us. Same thing happened with Jesus in our gospel today. When he proclaimed to his townsfolk the message that the Lord is with Him and upon them, people doubt, cannot accept and believe in the message, asking same doubt: “How can this be?”
However, ever since before and until now, Jesus as Immanuel always proclaim to us and the world the same message: “God is with You. God is upon us.” BELIEVE it or not, but the message and reality is still the same: Immanuel, He, the God-with-us, is with Us. Now the question is: Are we with Him?
“The Lord be with you… and with your spirit”. Notice now our response has more conviction now than before. This is because we are now aware of the implications and consequences of this message. If the Lord is with us, what does it mean? As our 2nd reading reminds us that we are part of one body. The greetings then mean that He is with me and I am with Him – He is part of me, and I am part of Him. In other words, if He is with me, I should and have to BE RESPONSIBLE for Him as much as He has been responsible for me and us (vice-versa).
For the past three Sundays now after Christmas we have been reflecting about the Mystery of the Light or the Luminous Mystery of the Holy Rosary. Here we recognize the public life & ministry of Jesus where it reveals to us how Jesus makes us know God the Father and shows us that through Jesus, God-is-with-us. In the Lord’s baptism, Jesus affirms and reminds us that He is God’s beloved son, as well as that you and I, we are God’s beloved children.
With Jesus, God’s beloved children is our very identity before God. (Ako, ikaw, tayo Anak ng Dios) In the Wedding in Cana, Jesus discloses to us that God continues to bless and perform miracles in the world by the way of the Sacrament of Christian marriage and family life with the Sto. Nino, Holy Child. And today, Jesus proclaims to ever-present Good News that God, through the Lord Jesus, is upon Us – God is with us.
May we always Rejoice, Believe and Be Responsible now for the Good News that God is upon Us, as proclaimed and shared to us by our Lord Jesus Christ.
There would be times that I noticed how parents would discipline their children when they bring them to Church. There was even a time when I sat at the back before the mass and when a mother saw me, she said to her child, “Pagpuyo diha, hilom, kay naa si Father oh, masuko na siya.” Or sometimes parents would say to a naughty child with these words, “ayaw pag sigeg kiat, si Jesus naa sa krus oh, masuko na siya, monaug gyud na ron kay kusion ka!”
Parents or those guardians of children would seem to incite fear to the little ones by introducing to them that the “Priest” would easily get angry, and the God will easily punish a naughty child.
And this weird kind of discipline, though might have been really the experience of some in the past of having priests who easily get angry, reminds us now of the Gospel on this feast of the Sto. Niño.
The child Jesus remained in the Temple and did not join Mary and Joseph in the caravan. This tells us that the 12 years old Jesus already felt the joy of the presence of his Father in Heaven while being at the Temple. Jesus realized that he also needed to live in his Father’s house because he also felt that it was as well his home. The Temple of God is indeed, Jesus’ home.
Thus, Mary and Joseph saw that the child Jesus was in fact doing good and well with the teachers of the Temple despite their worries and anxieties of the event. Yet, this also gives us the reality that children also need a home where they will be joyful, will feel loved and a home that will give them opportunities for growth in health and wisdom.
Hence, allow me now to share with you some surveys and studies that tell us about the situations of many children today.
According to the World Health Organization[1], there are 6 in every 10 children or 400 million children, under the age of 5, who regularly experience physical and psychological violence, from their own parents and caregivers or guardians.
Moreover, there is also 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men who experienced sexual abuse when they were children. In consequence, such trauma would result to lifelong physical and mental health problems especially when such shameful and painful experience is not processed and reconciled.
These are only few of the concrete situations that many children are subjected to suffering, violence and unhealthy environment. In fact, there are many children who did not experience a peaceful and loving home because of irresponsible parents. There are many who suffer because of abuse from those people around them.
Yet, as a Church and a Christian community, we also hope and desire that our children will have a home filled with love and freedom, life and joy. This desire is what we have heard from the readings we have today on this feast of the Sto. Niño.
In the first reading,Prophet Isaiah proclaimed about the coming of the light, because those who walked in darkness will see the light, and those who live in gloom will be enlightened.
In Isaiah’s prophecy, the Lord shall dispel the darkness of sin and failures, of our suffering and sadness. And in the midst of these, the Lord has come to bring light and freedom for us. Indeed, his light is our hope. This is what we also journey this time of the Jubilee Year 2025 of which we are all invited to become Pilgrims of Hope. The presence of the child Jesus, the Sto. Niño is God’s manifestation of forgiveness, of God’s mercy, of freedom and gift of life.
In our devotion to the Sto. Niño, we are reminded of the presence of God who is among us, and who shows his power through the image of a child – through the gentle and humble image of the Child Jesus, who also calls us to grow in friendship with him.
Indeed, Isaiah tells us of a child who is born for us and will be given to us. He is the Wonder Counselor, the Almighty God, the Eternal Father, the Prince of Peace. This is the Sto. Niño who is given to us.
And so, we know that we have already been gifted of the presence of God. Let us allow then, God’s presence to dispel all forms of darkness in our hearts,of the pain that we feel because of violence, of the evil of indifference and corruption. Let us also allow the Magnet of Love (ang Bato Balani sa Gugma), the Sto. Niño to embrace us and to bless us now.
With these, there are 2 challenges for us on this feast of the Sto. Niño.
First, make a home of acceptance and love. Remember, we can make big and comfortable houses, but what is more important is for parents, for every family, rich or poor, to be able to create a welcoming and loving home. Let not our homes become a home of judgments and home of rejection, or source of unbearable pain and trauma.
Second, allow God to be at home – so that our children will also be assured of the presence of God and that they will know God. Allow also the Lord that He will have a big space in our homes, that the Lord will become an important part in our dreams and hopes, in making decisions in life, in our concerns and problems as well as in our joys and sufferings – so that in all the days of our life, God’s presence will bless us. Hinaut pa.
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 