May 9, 2021 – Sixth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050921.cfm) “They said if you love someone, you set them free. If they come back again, till the end, you are meant to be.” Does it ring a bell? Sounds familiar, no? That’s a line from a popular song sung by BarbaraContinue reading Grow Up for Better LIFE
May 2, 2021 – Fifth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050221.cfm) Plant-lovers – (plantitos & plantitas) know that for a banana shrub to grow and bear much fruit, it has to go against the natural process of growth through pruning or trimming. Meaning, for new shoots to bud and sprout, and moreContinue reading Pruned yet Producing
April 25, 2021 – Fourth Sunday of Easter; Good Shepherd Sunday + Manny Cabajar, C.Ss.R., D.D. Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/Bible/readings/042521.cfm) What is the value of the priesthood in our life? St. John Vianney says, “Without the priest, the passion and death of our Lord would be of no avail. It is the priestContinue reading CALLED TO BE SHEPHERD
April 25, 2021 – Fourth Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/Bible/readings/042521.cfm) Once while giving a graduation speech, the late-Philippine lady senator Miriam Santiago made a joke. She said… Beside the swimming pool, two girls are having this following conversation. G1 said to G2: Know what? you are going to float (Alam mo.Continue reading “Feel Ko? Feel Mo?”
April 18, 2021 – Third Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041821.cfm) If last Sunday’s gospel was on experiencing the risen Lord, today’s gospel is on sharing our faith with others. Christ wants us to be his witnesses which means that we are called first to have a personal experience of Him andContinue reading FAITH SHARING
April 18, 2021 – Third Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041821.cfm) “Have you anything to eat?” Jesus asked his disciples. It was a very ordinary question from Jesus yet, this question brought the disciples into a deeper realization of themselves and a deeper encounter with the Risen Jesus in a meal, inContinue reading Friendship over a Meal
April 18, 2021 – Third Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041821.cfm “The Lord has risen, indeed. Let us be glad and rejoice. Alleluia”. As Easter people, we Christians proclaim our faith in the Risen Lord – that is, our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed resurrected from death and always with us aliveContinue reading The Lord in our Midst, in Flesh & in Need.
APRIL 11, 2021 – 2ND Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041121.cfm) Once a Catholic missionary tried to lead a young atheist to accept God’s grace by faith in Jesus Christ through the Church. But the young man just said, “I will never believe until I have an experience of Christ.” And theContinue reading BELIEVE
April 4, 2021 – Easter Sunday Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040421.cfm) Alleluia. The Lord Has Risen. Alleluia. Happy Easter to All. Holy Week has just finished. Easter Season has just get started. We come to realize now that our story of salvation is more than just about us, but all about God and whatContinue reading Be A Witness
March 21, 2021 – Fifth Sunday of Lent by Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032121-YearB.cfm) Today’s Gospel begins with “some Greeks” approaching Philip with a request: “to see” Jesus! The Greek word used means: “to visit or to meet with.” But for John “to see Jesus” means “to believe in Jesus”!Continue reading TO SEE JESUS IS TO BELIEVE IN JESUS
