Category: Liturgical Year A
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BE A SALT, BE A LIGHT
February 5, 2023 – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020523.cfm) I once encountered an old leper in Mandaue City when I was a first year Seminarian in the college. His name was Tatay Mike. He was abandoned by his own family in the leprosarium in the 60s when leprosy began…
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Influencing Influencers
February 5, 2023 – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020523.cfm) It was once told that weeks after ordination, four newly-ordained priests were summoned by the bishop for a meeting in his house. As they have settled down in his office, the bishop addressed them: “Young fathers, I have here some…
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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…
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WE ARE SIGNS OF GOD
December 18, 2022 – Fourth Sunday of Advent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121822.cfm) Do you ask signs from God? Certainly, there are many of us who can relate well in asking the Lord to give us signs especially when we make big decisions in life. Even when we become desperate over life issues and…
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Response-ability
December 18, 2022 – Fourth Sunday of Advent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121822.cfm) Normal for any man to defend himself when being held accountable for the things he did not do. Normal for us to ask why and to demand justice for being held responsible for the actions we did not commit. Saan ang…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 