Tag: Faith
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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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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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Transformed by Faith
October 8, 2022 – Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100822.cfm) How does my faith in God mold may ways of thinking, behaving and speaking? How does my faith in God play a role in my relationships, in my career and profession, in my studies and endeavors? How […]
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Pray the Rosary to dearly see Jesus
October 7, 2022 – Memorial of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100722.cfm) Many have become accustomed in wearing or bringing rosary beads and keeping them in wallets, bags, pockets or cars. Some would consider it as a spiritual weapon. Others would even believe that it is an amulet or […]
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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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Increase our Faith
October 2, 2022 – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100222.cfm) “I am losing my faith,” these were the words of my friend who has been in so much difficulties in her life recently. The pandemic affected so much their business and lost their investments. Then, her husband who was her […]
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FAITH SHARING
April 18, 2021 – Third Sunday of Easter Bishop Manny Cabajar, C.Ss.R., D.D. (Bishop-Emeritus of Pagadian) Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041821.cfm) If last Sunday’s gospel was on experiencing the risen Lord, today’s gospel is on sharing our faith with others. Christ wants us to be his witnesses which means that we are called first […]