Category: Sunday Homlies
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Sugar within our Communities
February 9, 2020 – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020920.cfm) Homily Weeks after ordination, four newly-ordained priests were summoned by the bishop for a meeting in his house. As they have settled down in his office, the bishop addressed them: “Young fathers, I have here some piece of stone, cotton,…
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Our Sacred Encounter with God
February 2, 2020 – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020220.cfm) Homily The gospel that we have heard today reminds me of the inspiring presence of our grandmothers and fathers in our church. Most of our regular church-goers are the senior citizens. They have developed it into a habit…
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You are a Light of the world
February 1, 2020 – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020220.cfm) Homily Usually every Sunday some families gather together in the church not only to celebrate Eucharist but also to attend and witness the baptism of children to become new members of their respective family, parish and of the…
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Responding in gratitude
January 26, 2020 – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: National Bible Sunday Click here for the readings http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/012620.cfm Homily I am sure that each of us here has our own experience of God, an experience that made us confident and changed us to be more grateful to God and to respond with grateful heart to the…
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Repentance: A call for everyone
January 26, 2020 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/012620.cfm Homily If and when given another chance in life, would you do it again or would you do it anew? Would you live life as before or much better than before? Surely, if and when given another chance in life, we…
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We are God’s beloved Children
January 19, 2020 – Feast of the Sto. Niño de Cebu Homily shared by Fr. Mar Masangcay, CSsR, a Filipino Redemptorist Missionary based in South Korea. In our Wednesday novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, we always ask our mother to help us learn to adapt to our growing children. Praying this, we acknowledge…
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You are my beloved child
In God’s heart and eyes, we are His beloved children. And by virtue of our baptism, we are consecrated to be God’s children. We are His beloved, not because we did anything, not because we proved ourselves or not because of what we did and have achieved in life. God still and always loves us…
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God making himself known to us
January 5, 2020 – The Epiphany of the Lord Click here for the readings http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/010520.cfm Homily shared by Fr. Mar Masangcay, CSsR – a Redemptorist Missionary based in South Korea. Once a woman asked me to bless her Rosary beads. After blessing it, I said, “Surely, this rosary must be very precious & now would…
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Following ones dream
This feast tells us also of the story of the three magi or wise men who have been in search of the shining star. These three men who were probably, astrologers, had the same goal. They have been following and searching for this mysterious star that had appeared in heaven. The star that they had…
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Making a room for God in our Families
December 29, 2019 – Feast of the Holy Family Click here for the readings http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/122919.cfm Homily We, Filipinos are known to have a culture that values very much our family. Indeed, we have a family-centered culture. Family is always the top priority. This is manifested how a simple celebration becomes crowded and loud. Yet, through…
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