Tag: God is Mercy

• HEARTS in LOCKDOWNS

  

  April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041623.cfm) I remember when we first experienced “LOCKDOWN” here in the City in 2020 due to the spread of Covid-19, the first Sunday was so depressing. I walked around the empty Church ground and looked at an empty Church. I was very…

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• God’s Caress of Mercy and Friendship – Part 2

  

  Mercy and Friendship transform us To see the goodness in us as God sees it, can be a struggle. It can be really difficult and might even next to impossible for others. We might recognize the innate goodness in us but we might also forget about it and so fall again into self-pity, guilt and…

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• God’s Caress of Mercy and Friendship – Part 1

  

  (This is the talk given during the Holy Week Reflection on Holy Monday, April 3, 2023 delivered at St. Clement’s Church, Iloilo City.) Are we being punished? Are we being condemned because of our sins? Has God abandoned us? Has God given up on us? When Covid-19 hit us in 2020, we were all afraid…

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• They are in peace

  

  November 2, 2022 – Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110222.cfm) In a public cemetery in my hometown, where my grandparents and relatives were buried, I remember when I was a boy, there was this woman, who would also visit a small grave. It was so small and definitely, a…

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• MERCY, NOT EARNED BUT FREELY GIVEN

  

  March 14, 2021 – Fourth Sunday of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031421-YearB.cfm) In the Book of Chronicles, a historical event in the life of the Hebrew people tells us how the Lord showed his mercy. The people who invited destruction and death upon themselves because of their sins and unfaithfulness to God’s covenant,…

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• GOD REMAINS AND ALWAYS merciFUL

  

  March 1, 2021 – Monday in the Second Week of Lent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030121.cfm) Prophet Daniel as revealed in our first reading today, expressed his intercession on behalf of the people who had been exiled in a foreign land. The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem also brought people to be dispersed…

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