Category: Reflection
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God’s Caress of Mercy and Friendship – Part 1
(This is the talk given during the Holy Week Reflection on Holy Monday, April 3, 2023 delivered at St. Clement’s Church, Iloilo City.) Are we being punished? Are we being condemned because of our sins? Has God abandoned us? Has God given up on us? When Covid-19 hit us in 2020, we were all afraid…
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God’s Mercy and Compassion: A Personal Encounter
I wanted to write my second reflection for “A Dose of God Today” during the Christmas break last year. However, a series of unpleasant events prevented me to do so. One significant hindrance was the demise of my elder brother. He died of cardiac arrest at the age of 62 last December 23, 2022 in…
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KUMUSTA NA, MGA MILLENNIALS?
Who are the millennials of the world today? They are those born between 1981 and 1996 (ages 27 to 42 in 2023). Previous to this group is Generation X and on the other hand, those born in 1997 onward are now referred to as Gen-Z. Ordinarily the onset of a middle life crisis hits only after 50…
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BOOK REVIEW: A Heart That Does Not Cease to Dream – A Missionary’s “Jagged” Life Journey
(Fr. Antonio Ma. Rosales, OFM, is a distinguished Moral Theologian who has taught in a number of seminaries and theological institutes like the St. Aphonsus Theological and Mission Institute in Davao City. At one time in his life, he served with the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippine Embassy in Rome and as parish…
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IN SEARCH OF THE TRUE MEANING OF THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY
In this day and age, when there are still countries where different groups of believers – Christians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and others – are engaged in conflicts leading to the eruption of violence, the encounter of Jesus and the Magi provide the hope that a day will come when all faith traditions would learn…
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THE MOST PRECIOUS CHRISTMAS GIFT!
For those who have the means, one cause of stress during the Christmas season is what gifts to give to one’s loved ones? This is especially so if they seem to have all that they need and are not wanting for anything else. We do not want to give gifts that will only end up…
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A Reflection of a Pastoral Counseling Volunteer
In July 2021, I committed myself to being a volunteer pastoral counselor at St. Clement’s Pastoral Care and Counseling Ministry. I knew about this program from the ministry’s Facebook page. I am happy knowing that counselors whom I know (since we are from the same university) are volunteers of this program. It caught my attention,…
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IN GOD’S OWN TIME
As we approach the end of the Advent season and embrace the spirit of the Christmas season, let me offer this reflection. Because we Christians have regularly entered into the four-year period of Advent for a very long time through the centuries, there are times when we hardly give full attention to the significance…
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NAGMAHAL AT UMASA
An Advent Reflection by Mabie Gonzales. Mabie is the Assistant Over-All Goal Animator of RYM-Iloilo (Redemptorist Youth Ministry) and a Youth Mission Volunteer. Advent is a “Season of Joyful Waiting, a Season of Hope.” This is what the song, “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” beautifully describes to us. This season prepares us for Christmas. Well,…
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AM I READY TO LISTEN?
Rizza Mae O. Malalay, an RYM-Youth Minister, RYM Key Representative to FNYO, and a Missionera. This is a reflection by Rizza Mae after the recent online National Conference of Youth Ministers 2022 and her Mission Experiences in Tacloban and Oslob, Cebu. In one of our recollections with the Eastern Visayan Redemptorist Mission Team, we were…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 