Category: Season of Lent
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BLESSING IN DISGUISE
March 5, 2021 – Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Fr. Gibo Dandoy, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030521.cfm) Today’s first reading is a classic example of what we call “blessing in disguise.” It is the story of Joseph. He was his father’s favorite. Because of this he became the object of […]
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Great Leaders
March 3, 2021 – Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030321.cfm) Months from now, we will find ourselves preparing for national and local election. Campaign fever will then be on the hype. Candidates will have their own way and gimmicks of selling and advertising themselves. Meaning, they broadcast their […]
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CONVERSION IN THE SILENCE OF OUR ACTION
March 2, 2021 – Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Fr. Gibo Dandoy, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030221.cfm) There is always hope for sinners. The holy bible testifies as to how God, in the course of time, has been calling and inviting us, his people, to return to him, turn from our […]
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GOD REMAINS AND ALWAYS merciFUL
March 1, 2021 – Monday in the Second Week of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030121.cfm) Prophet Daniel as revealed in our first reading today, expressed his intercession on behalf of the people who had been exiled in a foreign land. The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem also brought people to be dispersed […]
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TO JOURNEY WITH GOD IS TO LISTEN TO GOD
February 28, 2021 – Second Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022821.cfm) We are so familiar with the story of Abraham. God called him to go to a foreign land he did not know. Despite his insecurities, he took the risk and trusted God because God promised him that he will have children, […]
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L-I-S-T-E-N
February 28, 2021 – Second Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022821.cfm) Once a man approached a priest and asked, “Father, how come God seems so absent and silent? Why we don’t feel and hear him listening to us anymore as He used to be? Why does God no longer speak to us […]
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TOWARDS A MATURE RELATIONSHIP
FEBRUARY 28, 2021 – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022821.cfm) As we mature and develop as persons, our relationship with others should also undergo change! An example is the way we relate now with our own parents. Surely our way of relating with them now, […]
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MARKING INIQUITIES
February 26, 2021 – Friday of the First Week of Lent Fr. Gibo Dandoy, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022621.cfm) Have you experienced being embarrassed in front of other people? Has someone insulted you, maligned you, and underestimated your person and your gifts? I remember long time ago, someone has insulted me. I was […]
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ASK AND SEEK
February 25, 2021 – Thursday of the First Week of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022521.cfm) What are we supposed to ask actually? What is it that we should really seek? The invitation of Jesus is grounded on a deep faith and trust in the goodness of the Lord. The Lord does not say […]
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40 DAYS JOURNEY WITH JESUS
Reflections by Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Insights from the “Scripture In Church” periodicals, and Krempa’s Daily Homilies, vol. 3, are combined with the personal reflections of this writer ASH WEDNESDAY 2021 [Joel 2: 12-18 / 2 Cor. 5: 20-6: 2 / Mt. 6: 1-6, 16-18] This day ushers in, the beginning of the Season of […]