Tag: Catholic
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AM I READY TO LISTEN?
Rizza Mae O. Malalay, an RYM-Youth Minister, RYM Key Representative to FNYO, and a Missionera. This is a reflection by Rizza Mae after the recent online National Conference of Youth Ministers 2022 and her Mission Experiences in Tacloban and Oslob, Cebu. In one of our recollections with the Eastern Visayan Redemptorist Mission Team, we were…
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The Unforgivable Sin
October 15, 2022 – Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101522.cfm) Do we find ourselves living in the past and unaware of our present? We might find ourselves trapped in this situation when we cannot let go of our past. Our thoughts and actions as well as our…
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To live in the Spirit
October 12, 2022 – Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101222.cfm) How do I assess my inner-self? Am I dictated by my inmost desires and needs that I tend to be selfish? Am I driven by my passions and impulses to the point that I judge and act…
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Believing is Loving
October 11, 2022 – Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101122.cfm) When we have people or even just one person at our back who truly believes in us, who believes the goodness in us, the talents we have, the potentials and the gifts we have, this gives us…
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Give me a sign Lord
October 10, 2022 – Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101022.cfm) Do you also ask signs from God? This is surely a common experience to many of us to ask signs from God especially when we are about to make a major decision in life or undergoing difficult…
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GOD without Borders
October 9, 2022 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100922.cfm) The common belief among many Jews in Biblical times was that God was only for them. Yahweh chose them to be His people and thus, it was understood that the Lord God would only favor them and no other peoples…
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As Thanksgiving in Return
October 9, 2022 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100922.cfm) A man once never thought that he would donate blood in all of his life. Once, however, his child got very ill & hospitalized, and badly needed blood transfusion. Luckily, they were able to get a blood donor for his…
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Are you so stupid?
October 6, 2022 – Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100622.cfm) Many must have felt that prayer is an obligation, that it is some kind of a to-do list item or a strict law that one must observe and follow. When I was young, I was taught that…
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Praying as Jesus Prays
October 5, 2022 – Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100522.cfm) We cannot help that sometimes our way of praying sounds like a demand to God. This could happen especially when we feel desperate. Though we believe that asking or begging God’s grace is certainly a way of…
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AM I SEEKING TO PLEASE PEOPLE?
October 3, 2022 – Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100322.cfm) Do I do good to seek the affirmation of others? Do I do things for others in order to gain their recognition and acceptance? Our past experiences of rejections, not being affirmed, not being recognized and accepted…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 