Category: Year 2
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Better for others
November 24, 2022 – Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112422.cfm) A wise man once said: “We are like a bottle of medicine where God puts a label on it: SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING”. Like a good wine drink or a sumptuous dish, some good things in life…
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What gives you hope?
November 24, 2022 – Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112422.cfm) It’s gloomy and depressing, filled with death and destruction. Chaos is overwhelming and seems to be there is nowhere to go but a horrifying end. These are the images that we could imagine as the Book of…
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A Contradiction
November 23, 2022 – Red Wednesday, 34th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112322.cfm) A friend who believes in integrity and honesty in his work, who is filled with passion to be at the service of others found himself in an environment of conflicts and contradictions. In his desire to be fair…
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Who do we follow?
November 22, 2022 – Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112222.cfm) Who do we follow? What do we follow? What matters to us most? These are three questions that brings us into the message of the readings today. These will allow us also to see what is in…
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Sweet and Sour
November 18, 2022 – Friday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111822.cfm) One of the popular Filipino dishes is “Sweet and Sour” which could be of fish, pork or chicken mostly. Even in any celebration, one could have this dish. Its sweetness and the sourness and the balance of…
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When God Visits Us
November 17, 2022 – Thursday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111722.cfm) How conscious am I of God’s many visits? Certainly, the Lord visits us because God desires that we shall be blessed by His divine presence. Yet, we could be more preoccupied with many things in life that…
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How do I respond to God?
November 16, 2022 – Wednesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111622.cfm) There are three kinds of people in today’s parable of Jesus. In each, the Lord calls us to identify ourselves and draws us to be converted to him if we would find ourselves with those who were…
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Being Lukewarm leads to death
November 15, 2022 – Tuesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111522.cfm) When a heart becomes “lukewarm,” it is neither moved nor affected in any way from what is happening around. A lukewarm-heart becomes indifferent, denying or incapable of understanding others and seeing others or worst no compassion towards…
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The Call of Duty
November 7, 2022 – 32nd Week in ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110722.cfm) It must have been difficulty and almost an impossible task to do what Jesus said to his disciples. Not to cause another to sin and to forgive one’s brother or sister many times are reasons why the Apostles of Jesus…
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Making Friends
November 5, 2022 – Saturday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110522.cfm) The presence of our friends in our life truly makes difference. It is usually with our friends that we share our deepest thoughts and dreams, our fears and confusions, our pains and sorrows, our joys and successes.…