Category: Liturgical Year A
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By being grateful, we become welcoming of God’s invitation
December 13, 2019 – Friday 3rd Week of Advent / Memorial of St Lucy, Virgin and Martyr Click here for the readings http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/121319.cfm Homily Gratefulness makes us see what surrounds us, both the good and the bad. Gratefulness allows us to be embracing and accepting of the things and people around us. It is when we…
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Are you anxious and burdened? Come to Jesus today
December 11, 2019 – Wednesday 2nd Week of Advent Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/121119.cfm) Homily What burdens are you carrying now? What makes you worry at the moment? What are those that you are most afraid of? These questions are surely relevant to us. They tell us about our dispositions and even would tell us…
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Prepare the way of the Lord
December 8, 2019 – Second Sunday of Advent Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120819.cfm) Homily A friend came to me and shared how she finds her life in darkness. She finds failures in everything she did and she has – her job, her boyfriend, her family, her friends and including herself. She felt confused and…
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Repent and Believe in the Gospel
December 8, 2019 – 2nd Sunday of Advent Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120819.cfm) Homily shared by Fr. Mar Masangcay, CSsR (a Filipino Redemptorist Missionary based in South Korea) “Repent and Believe the Gospel”, when was the last time we heard those words? We usually hear those familiar words during Ash Wednesday, when we receive…
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Re-Learning the qualities of Children this Advent
December 3, 2019 – Tuesday of the First Week of Advent Memorial of St Francis Xavier Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120319.cfm) Homily Do you know the average questions a child asks? According to a survey, approximately, a child of about 3 to 5 years old, asks 300 questions a day with with an average…
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STAY AWAKE, and BE prepared
December 1, 2019 – First Sunday of Advent Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120119.cfm) Homily shared by Fr. Mar Masangcay, CSsR (a Filipino Redemptorist Missionary in South Korea) A mother once knocks at his son’s door and have this following exchange of words. “Son, wake up,” the mother said. The son replied: “Mom, I don’t…
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Sensing God’s Presence everyday
December 1, 2019 – 1st Sunday of Advent (Click here for the readings – http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/120119.cfm) Homily According to scholars, about 20,000 to 40,000 years ago, we, humans began domesticating dogs. We have lived with dogs side by side for many years. As a result, humans and dogs have developed relationship which include emotional connection. Because of…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 