Tag: Generosity

• DO NOTHING OUT OF SELFISHNESS

  

  October 31, 2022 – Monday of the 31st Week in the Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/103122.cfm) Not all generous people are truly grateful. Yet, grateful people are always generous.  What does it mean? One’s generosity can be colored by our selfish intentions or motivated by our self-interest. Like for example, we can…

  AUTHORS, Fr. Jom Baring, CSsR, Homilies, Ordinary Time, Weekday Homilies, Year 2

  A Dose of God Today, Generosity, Homilies, Jesus, Selfishness, Weekday

• GENEROSITY IN OUR POVERTY

  

  November 7, 2021 – 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110721.cfm) At the beginning of this pandemic, if you can remember, there was a kind of panic buying that happened. When the government announced to impose ECQ then MECQ in major cities, people lined up in markets and supermarkets to secure…

  AUTHORS, Fr. Jom Baring, CSsR, Homilies, LiturgIcal Year B, Ordinary Time, Sunday Homlies

  Food Insecurity, Generosity, Gratitude, Panic Buying, Poor Widow, Poverty

• GENEROUS HEART

  

  November 7, 2021 -32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110721.cfm) I remember once on a Sunday mass, after preaching about the boy (our so-called accidental hero) in the gospel about the Multiplication of Loaves, a small boy went up in the sanctuary during the offertory bringing with him his offering. He…

  AUTHORS, Fr. Mario Masangcay, CSsR, LiturgIcal Year B, Ordinary Time, Sunday Homlies

  Generosity, Poor Widow

• SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS MATTER

  

  July 25, 2021 – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072521.cfm) The total population of the world is now at 7.9 billion and The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World estimated that there are about 811 million people in the world who went hungry in 2020.[1] Out of…

  AUTHORS, Fr. Jom Baring, CSsR, Homilies, LiturgIcal Year B, Sunday Homlies

  Boy with five loaves and two fish, Food, Food Insecurity, Generosity, Human Hunger, Hunger, Kindness

• SHARING

  

  July 25, 2021 – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time + Emmanuel T. Cabajar, C.Ss.R. D.D. Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072521.cfm) A boy gets his lunch left-over boxed up to take home. As he leaves the restaurant he ignores an old man begging. Feeling a sudden guilt, he gives him some coins. “How about the…

  AUTHORS, Bishop Manny Cabajar, CSsR, DD, LiturgIcal Year B, Sunday Homlies

  Food, Generosity, Kindness, Sharing

• GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER

  

  June 16, 2021 – Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061621.cfm) As the national election is coming, we can even see now of tarpaulins, photos and videos of aspiring candidates posting their best quotes, achievements, and helping-hand photo opts. Are they doing these as sincere actions to serve…

  AUTHORS, Fr. Jom Baring, CSsR, Homilies, Ordinary Time, Weekday Homilies, Year 2

  Cheerful Giver, Generosity

• THERE IS JOY EVEN IN OUR POVERTY

  

  June 15, 2021 – Tuesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061521.cfm) Why do people who tend to complain a lot, find life miserable? Why do people who love to keep things only for themselves always feel unsatisfied? When we tend to complain a lot then we only see…

  AUTHORS, Fr. Jom Baring, CSsR, Homilies, Weekday Homilies, Year 2

  Generosity, Joy, Poverty

• A CLENCHED HAND OR AN OPEN HAND

  February 15, 2021 – Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Fr. Gibo Dandoy, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021521.cfm) When it comes to giving and offering to God, do you take a clenched hand or an open hand? We all have different attitude or take on the call of generosity. Some are…

  Fr. Gibo Dandoy, CSsR, Homilies, Ordinary Time, Weekday Homilies, Year 1

  Abel and Cain, Generosity, Grudge

• God’s Heart is Moved with Pity

  

  December 2, 2020 – Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120220.cfm) Homily My heart is moved with pity. The words of Jesus must have been ringing into the ears and hearts of his disciples. God is moved. God feels our pain. God feels the emptiness and longing of our…

  Homilies, Season of Advent, Weekday Homilies

  A Dose of God Today, Fullness of life, Generosity, Homilies, Moved with pity, Season of Advent, Seven Loaves

• God is Generous

  

  To seek recognition, affirmation and praise are all part of growing up. We see this among our children as they always try to get the attention of their parents or among the adults around them. Children have their own way of getting attention. However, when parents become indifferent to this need of a child, this…

  Homilies, Liturgical Year A, Ordinary Time, Sunday Homlies

  A Dose of God Today, Generosity, God is Generous, Homilies, Ordinary Time, Seeking Affirmation, Seeking Praise, Sunday