Category: Misa de Aguinaldo
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LOVE AND BEING LOVED?
December 21, 2022 – Sixth Day of the Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122122.cfm) Before I begin my homily for this morning. I have a short exercise that I would like you to do first. This will hopefully keep you awake and make you more inspired as you start your day today. […]
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We are Products of our Family Stories and of God’s Story
December 17, 2022 – Second Day of the Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121722.cfm) Each of us is a product of our vast family history. It is not that we are doomed and chained by the past, but we are being enriched by a vast history. Our families have our own history […]
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GOSPEL INFLUENCERS
December 16, 2022 – Misa de Aguinaldo, National Youth Day 2022 Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121622.cfm) Today, on this first day of Misa de Aguinaldo, the Philippine Church also dedicates this day as the National Youth Day with its theme: “Mary Arose and Went with Haste.” With this emphasis of the gift of the […]
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Unboxing the Gift
December 24, 2020 – Ninth Day of Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122420.cfm) Homily Our traumatic experiences, unexpected and painful events that have happened in our life could be our heavy reasons to retreat into sadness and desperation. Sometimes, we could not help it because what has occurred to us was just […]
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God is gracious and fills us with gifts
December 23, 2020 – Eight Day of Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122320.cfm) Homily Who was the person who taught you to pray? Who was that important person in your life who brought you to the church and to develop your personal relationship with God? I am sure that we have our […]
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Gratitude to the Gifts of the Lord
December 22, 2020 – Seventh day of the Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122220.cfm) Homily How grateful am I today? Gratitude makes us recognize the many things that surround us in a manner of being appreciative and positive. Gratitude allows us to be embracing and accepting of the things and people around […]
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The Gift of Presence
December 21, 2020 – Sixth Day of Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122120.cfm) Homily “What an honor this is, that the mother of my Lord shall visit me?” (Lk. 1: 43, LAB) Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth provides a positive energy of affirmation and encouragement for the both of them. Affirmation, […]
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To be surprised with God’s gifts to us
December 19, 2020 – Fourth Day of the Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://adoseofgodtodayhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/december-19-2020-fourth-day-of-the-misa-de-aguinaldo-liturgical-publication.pdf) Homily “How shall I know this?” I don’t like surprises. Yes, there’s that element of excitement that one feels over it. But I think it’s in this certain sense of mystery and of unpredictability in surprises which makes […]
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The Gift of promise being fulfilled: A call to fulfill our commitment
December 18, 2020 – Friday, Third day of the Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121820.cfm) Homily Each of us might be waiting for something good to happen. Yet, we could have grown impatient because of waiting. But then, extend more our patience, God is preparing and it is coming. It really is. […]
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The Gift of our Family and healing of our Family History
December 17, 2020 – Thursday, Third Day of Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121720.cfm) Homily I come from a family of fishermen. For hundreds of years, my ancestors’ main occupation was fishing. Our family’s history revolved around the sea and the various fish we could find within the Island of Mactan. In […]
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