Category: Sunday Homlies
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Are you Jesus? – Reflection on the Solemnity of Christ, the King
Reflection shared by Fr. Mar Masangcay, CSsR (Filipino Missionary in South Korea) In a rather busy and crowded bus terminal in Manila, a PWD (person with disability) foreigner was found trying to find his way, hoping to catch his bus. While sitting and waiting for his bus, a young OFW (overseas Filipino worker) saw and…
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Is there life before death?
November 17, 2019 – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading: Mal 3:19-20a; 2 Thes 3:7-12; Lk 21:5-19 Homily shared by Fr. Mar Masangcay, CSsR ( a Filipino Redemptorist Missionary in South Korea) Whenever death & disasters happen in our lives, we cannot help but raise the question about the end-time or the end of the…
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The Coming of Jesus will be Most Wonderful and Joyful Time
November 17, 2019 – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time A reading from the Book of Prophet Malachi (3:19-20a) Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the LORD of hosts. But…
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To be wise is to be a friend of God
November 14, 2019 – Thursday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time A reading from the Book of Wisdom (7:22b-8:1) In Wisdom is a spiritintelligent, holy, unique,Manifold, subtle, agile,clear, unstained, certain,Not baneful, loving the good, keen,unhampered, beneficent, kindly,Firm, secure, tranquil,all-powerful, all-seeing,And pervading all spirits,though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle.For Wisdom is mobile beyond…
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Defining our future by living in the present and reconciling with the past
November 10, 2019 – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time A reading from the 2nd Book of Maccabees (7:1-2,9-14) It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrestedand tortured with whips and scourges by the king,to force them to eat pork in violation of God’s law. One of the brothers, speaking for the others, said:“What do…
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Seeking healing and freedom from past hurts and pains that control and limit us
To be bullied or to be rejected could create a deep emotional wound in us. Because of being helpless, we could not protect ourselves from people who hurt us emotionally such as bullying and rejection at school, in our neighborhood or even at home. As a result, we do not only begin to hate those…
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Looking Closely at Ourselves
October 27, 2019 – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (18:9-14) Jesus addressed this parableto those who were convinced of their own righteousnessand despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray;one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up…
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Praying persistently with friends and loved ones
October 20, 2019 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time A reading from the Book of Exodus (17:8-13) In those days, Amalek came and waged war against Israel.Moses, therefore, said to Joshua,“Pick out certain men,and tomorrow go out and engage Amalek in battle.I will be standing on top of the hillwith the staff of God in…
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Expressing our gratitude makes us more alive
October 13, 2019 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Indigenous People’s and Extreme Poverty Sunday*** ***Today’s celebration invites us that the Lord is ever present with our brothers and sisters who may appear different from the majority. The connectedness and intimate relationship of the indigenous peoples with the creation reminds of our basic relationship with the…
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Are you lost? Allow God to find you.
September 15, 2019 – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time A Reading from the Book of Exodus (32:7-11,13-14) The LORD said to Moses,“Go down at once to your people,whom you brought out of the land of Egypt,for they have become depraved.They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them,making for themselves a…
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