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A Reflection of a Pastoral Counseling Volunteer
In July 2021, I committed myself to being a volunteer pastoral counselor at St. Clement’s Pastoral Care and Counseling Ministry. I knew about this program from the ministry’s Facebook page. I am happy knowing that counselors whom I know (since we are from the same university) are volunteers of this program. It caught my attention, […]
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WE ARE SIGNS OF GOD
December 18, 2022 – Fourth Sunday of Advent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121822.cfm) Do you ask signs from God? Certainly, there are many of us who can relate well in asking the Lord to give us signs especially when we make big decisions in life. Even when we become desperate over life issues and […]
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Response-ability
December 18, 2022 – Fourth Sunday of Advent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121822.cfm) Normal for any man to defend himself when being held accountable for the things he did not do. Normal for us to ask why and to demand justice for being held responsible for the actions we did not commit. Saan ang […]
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IN GOD’S OWN TIME
As we approach the end of the Advent season and embrace the spirit of the Christmas season, let me offer this reflection. Because we Christians have regularly entered into the four-year period of Advent for a very long time through the centuries, there are times when we hardly give full attention to the significance […]
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We are Products of our Family Stories and of God’s Story
December 17, 2022 – Second Day of the Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121722.cfm) Each of us is a product of our vast family history. It is not that we are doomed and chained by the past, but we are being enriched by a vast history. Our families have our own history […]
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GOSPEL INFLUENCERS
December 16, 2022 – Misa de Aguinaldo, National Youth Day 2022 Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121622.cfm) Today, on this first day of Misa de Aguinaldo, the Philippine Church also dedicates this day as the National Youth Day with its theme: “Mary Arose and Went with Haste.” With this emphasis of the gift of the […]
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Look around and See how God surprises us
December 11, 2022 – Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121122.cfm) Recently, Bro. Karl Gaspar, CSsR, a confrere of mine was hospitalized for three weeks and was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit due to complications of his veins for his regular dialysis. When he got better and can finally […]
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Eye & Ear-WITNESSES
December 11, 2022 – Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121822.cfm) Once after Eucharist, a man approached me and asked for an advice. He said, “Father, my daughter is engaged to her boyfriend. But it seems that the guy’s family does not approve of their relationship because they have learned […]
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NAGMAHAL AT UMASA
An Advent Reflection by Mabie Gonzales. Mabie is the Assistant Over-All Goal Animator of RYM-Iloilo (Redemptorist Youth Ministry) and a Youth Mission Volunteer. Advent is a “Season of Joyful Waiting, a Season of Hope.” This is what the song, “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” beautifully describes to us. This season prepares us for Christmas. Well, […]
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OUR FAITH IN THE MESSIAH
December 4, 2022 – Second Sunday of Advent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120422.cfm) Have you ever encountered a leader who is filled with vanity and only thinks of himself or herself? A leader in a group or in an organization, or in a company or community or in a nation who has become pretentious […]
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY
Jom Baring, CSsR
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 