Category: Ordinary Time
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SPIRIT-Behind
February 12, 2022 – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021223.cfm) “Do you believe in chain letters? Or nowadays we may call it as Copy-Paste & Post OR-ELSE…. Facebook, Messenger, or Twitter posts?” At times, I have been asked about this, & I find myself giving the same answer. I say:…
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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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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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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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What gives you hope?
November 24, 2022 – Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112422.cfm) It’s gloomy and depressing, filled with death and destruction. Chaos is overwhelming and seems to be there is nowhere to go but a horrifying end. These are the images that we could imagine as the Book of…
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A Contradiction
November 23, 2022 – Red Wednesday, 34th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112322.cfm) A friend who believes in integrity and honesty in his work, who is filled with passion to be at the service of others found himself in an environment of conflicts and contradictions. In his desire to be fair…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 