Category: Season of Easter
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THE GATE OF THE SHEEP
April 30, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/043023.cfm) Parents are the first shepherds of children at home. As shepherds, they take care of their children, and make sure that home is welcoming and nurturing. Parents secure that the basic needs of human intimacy and love, of physical, mental and…
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Via Magnets
April 23, 2023 – Third Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042323.cfm) Easter Season proclaims: “The Lord has risen. Let us rejoice and be glad. Alleluia”. But how do we recognize the risen Lord in our life now? In a class inside the seminary, their professor asked the seminarians to discuss how do…
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HEARTS in LOCKDOWNS
April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041623.cfm) I remember when we first experienced “LOCKDOWN” here in the City in 2020 due to the spread of Covid-19, the first Sunday was so depressing. I walked around the empty Church ground and looked at an empty Church. I was very…
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Guest-inside our Tombs
April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy) Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041623.cfm) Happy Easter to all. Last Sunday we celebrated Easter Sunday. We celebrated and proclaimed our Christian faith that our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed risen into our lives. Today we are now on the 2nd Sunday of…
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The Lord Confronts our Unbelief and Hardness of Heart
April 15, 2023 – Saturday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041523.cfm) They could not believe it. They could not accept what has been reported by Mary Magdalene. They would not even accept the testimony of the two disciples who went to Emmaus and reported that the Lord appeared to them.…
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FINDING MEANING AND JOY
April 14, 2023 – Friday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041423.cfm) Do you also escape when you go through difficulties? Do you also hide and retreat when you experience failures and disappointments? Do you go back to your old and unhealthy coping or attitudes when you feel sad, angry, or…
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GRACE IN OUR SCARS
April 13, 2023 – Thursday within the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041323.cfm) What scars do you have in your body? And what scars do you have in your heart? What are the stories behind your scars? We both have physical and emotional scars. The physical scars in our bodies are perhaps…
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Witness in Person
April 13, 2023 – Thursday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041323.cfm) To be a credible witness, one must have a on-hand experience of the incident. For a witness to be reliable, one must have a personal encounter of what was going on & had happened as the event unfolds. Our…
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New Life and New Hope
April 12, 2023 – Wednesday within the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041223.cfm) When we are faced with painful and traumatic experiences in life, these can bring so much confusion in us. The sudden death of a loved one, losing and failure in your job or business, broken relationships, family feud, experiences…
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BEWARE
April 12, 2023 – Wednesday in the Octave of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041223.cfm) Easter proclaims that the Lord has risen. Let us be glad & rejoice. We, Christians proclaims our faith that our Lord Jesus Christ has risen from the death & now with us offering new life in Him. However, we…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 