Tag: Gratitude
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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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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…
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WHEN GRUMBLING BECOMES A PATTERN
July 21, 2021 – Wednesday 16th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072121.cfm) How difficult and annoying it will be to listen to a person who grumbles every now and then. It will truly be. It sucks out every positive energy and even inner joy to both, to the one who grumbles…
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GROWING NOT IN FEAR BUT IN GRATITUDE LIKE MARY
June 20, 2021 – Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help; 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062021.cfm) When I was growing up, I was taught to fear God because He brings punishment to disobedient children. I was taught to be good and to follow my parents and elders so that…
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Feast of Gratitude
May 23, 2021 – Pentecost Sunday + Manny Cabajar, C.Ss.R. D.D. Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052321-Day.cfm) Pentecost is a big Jewish feast of gratitude for the harvest. Jesus comes to sow God’s Spirit. We see this Spirit working wonders among the blind, the sick, the lame and hungry. Jesus is condemned but returns to…
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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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Gratitude to the Gifts of the Lord
December 22, 2020 – Seventh day of the Misa de Aguinaldo Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122220.cfm) Homily How grateful am I today? Gratitude makes us recognize the many things that surround us in a manner of being appreciative and positive. Gratitude allows us to be embracing and accepting of the things and people around…
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Awareness of God’s Grace calls us to gratitude and graciousness
November 11, 2020 – Wednesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111120.cfm) Homily In a conversation with a friend, he told me that he was doing some form of sacrifices because he was asking God of something, to grant his prayer intentions. This really reminds me of our usual…
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Giving a space for God
September 2, 2020 – Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090220.cfm) Homily When we allow a person to occupy a space in our life, this also means that we make ourselves open to the person. The person may know our deepest secrets, as well as our deepest pain…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 