Category: Reflection
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Reflection on Lk. 1: 39-56 – Feast of the Visitation
by Ms. Portia Sylvia D. Awayan, RSW – Redemptorist Lay Missionary There are two significant moments happening in this reading. The first is Mary’s generous visitation to her cousin Elizabeth, in which feast we celebrate today, and the second is Mary’s bursting into song of praise, which we commonly call “the Magnificat.” The theme of…
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HELLO, LOVE, STAY
“People said, there are places where we stay longer. There are also places that are mere stopovers. Just like Hong Kong. So you have to make the most out of your time. Because, no one stays here forever” (Sabi nila may mga lugar na pangmatagalan. May mga lugar na dinadaanan lang. Parang Hong Kong. Kaya…
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THE EVERYDAY LAMENTATIONS OF MOTHER EARTH
Have you ever paused at some moment and hear the lamentations of Mother Earth? The sad whisper of the wind as it loses its coolness with the sweltering heat here in the tropics especially during summer? And the parched earth crying out for rain that sadly seem to abandon the usual seasons when the heaven’s…
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WHEN A CONFRERE TOUCHES ETERNITY
An Elegy to a Brother who didn’t get a chance to say Goodbye – by Bro. Karl Gaspar, CSsR
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EASTER HOPE AND ASPIRATIONS
I always find writing my reflection for “A Dose of God Today” therapeutic and invigorating. Earlier, after praying the rosary as a family, I was led to pause and ponder on the beauty and meaning of the Easter season. I then jotted some key words in one of my favorite notebooks. Mind you, at 51,…
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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE RISEN LORD
Footsteps. When we walk, we hardly take cognizant of the footsteps we take unless – like the Buddhists – we are so mindful of the here and now, the precious present moment. It is only when one focuses on the movement of his feet while walking down a path, that one is struck with the…