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,Continue reading 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) 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 usContinue reading L-I-S-T-E-N
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,Continue reading TOWARDS A MATURE RELATIONSHIP
February 21, 2021 – First Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022121.cfm) What’s the difference between Judas & Peter? We know both are trusted disciples of Jesus (Peter as the coordinator, Judas as the treasurer). Both also have failed the Lord through Peter’s denial & Judas’ betrayal. But what’s the difference between them?Continue reading Of Peter & Judas
February 21, 2021 – First Sunday of Lent Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022121.cfm) The Gospel evangelists: Matthew, Mark, and Luke mentioned Jesus’ experience of temptation when he spent 40 days in the dessert. Mark has the shortest account, just in two sentences [Mk. 1: 12-13]! Today’s Gospel [Mk. 1: 12-15]Continue reading THE DESERT. WILD BEASTS. ANGELS.
February 14, 2021 – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021421.cfm) When I was on my first year college in the seminary in Cebu, I met Nanay Elisabeth, an old lady, sick with leprosy. Despite her illness she was very welcoming. She was in fact the most talkative in their ward.Continue reading GIVING LIFE BY TOUCHING THE LIVES OF OTHER WITH KINDNESS
February 14, 2021 – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021421.cfm) “How are you? Fine! And you? OK” (Kamusta na? Ok. Ikaw? Ok lang”). Usually, we say these words of greeting to express our concern for the health and wellbeing of others, and in recognition that all of us are &Continue reading GOD of Second Chances
FEBRUARY 14, 2021 – 6TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021421.cfm) A Norwegian scientist by the name of Gerhard Hansen discovered the biomedical cause of leprosy in 1868. The first effective treatment became available only in the 1940s. The vaccine against leprosy was developed by the scientistContinue reading TO A SWEET AND LIBERATING EXPERIENCE WITH JESUS
February 7, 2021 – Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020721.cfm) Who among us here who experienced pain and suffering? Or a failure or a heartbreak? I am certain each of us has these experiences in one way or another. There might be some of us here who have also experienced being humiliated, oppressedContinue reading The Lord Heals the Broken-hearted
February 7, 2021 – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020721.cfm) A group of barangay leaders once went to attend a week-long seminar on leadership and public service. Since they have heard a lot about the speaker of their seminar, they looked forward meeting him hoping that they could learn someContinue reading God’s offer of Life than just health to us
