Category: Season of Lent
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Getting Started
April 1, 2023 – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040223.cfm) “What would Jesus say? What would Jesus’ advice to us these days?” As we begin Holy Week today, we review first the lessons we might have learned about our faith & life from Sundays of Lent. In the 1st…
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Heart’s point of view
March 19, 2023 – Fourth Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031923.cfm) It was told once that a prisoner happened to escape prison by digging a hole underground. And it also happened that he came out into a playground few distances away from the prison. And in his great joy, before a group…
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Satisfying our Thirst
March 12, 2022 – Third Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031223.cfm) Kyle (not his real name) seemed to be so kind and warmhearted around his friends. He would always be there when someone would be in need of help. He was always filled with smiles. He was generous of his resources and…
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Meeting Jesus
March 12, 2023 – Third Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031223.cfm) Common rural village people teach us a simple wisdom: “If and when the well runs dry, dig deeper. (Kon ang atabay mahubsan, palawoman: Pag ang balon natuyo, hukayin ng malalim.) If we reflect on this deeper, these practical words tell us…
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A Journey towards Transformation
March 5, 2023 – Second Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030523.cfm) Life is a journey. It is never meant to be static. As simple as the flow of the traffic, it goes forward until one reaches the desired destination. When life becomes stagnant, this is where we also find life uninteresting, depressing…
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God’s AGENDA First
March 5, 2023 – Second Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030523.cfm) Coming back from the desert, a holy man was once asked to describe his experience of God. People asked him, “Tell us, how does God look like? How do we recognize God?” But the holy man was so confused, for how…
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A Change of Heart
March 1, 2023 – Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030123.cfm) There are three areas in today’s readings where a change of heart happened. First, the change of heart of the people of Nineveh. At the preaching of Jonah, the king and the whole kingdom realized their sinfulness, repented…
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Overcoming Temptations
February 26, 2023 – First Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022623.cfm) “What would you do if your boss offers you big amount of money and promises you a high-paying and much better job position, if you only betray your innocent supervisor and bear false witness against him in court for money-laundering?”, a…
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PRAY WITH OUR FRIENDS
October 16, 2022 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings(https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101622.cfm) A friend shared to me how she has lost her faith. She had been in a depressing situation in life. She did not know what direction she will take. She was totally lost and confused. She was emotionally abused at home…
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Home for Holy Week
April 10, 2022 – Palm Sunday Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041022.cfm) For us Filipinos, there are three occasions in the year that we come home, get together, and spend quality time with our family: Christmas, All Souls’ Day, and Holy Week. These are the moments when and where us, Filipinos BE with each other,…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 