Tag: Holy Week
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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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Knowing and believing the person we love
April 5, 2023 – Wednesday of the Holy Week Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040523.cfm) Judas sold his friend and teacher. The Gospel recounts to us that one of Jesus’ close friends sold him to the chief priests. Why would Judas do that to the person who only showed kindness and generosity to him and…
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Take a Stand
April 5, 2023 – Holy Wednesday Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040523.cfm) Worse than their disobedience – for eating the forbidden fruit, Adam & Eve commit the sin of not taking responsibility for their actions. When God asked them why they disobeyed Him, they blame not themselves but rather each other & the snake. Simply…
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Total surrender to God and putting our life in Him
Jesus’ last words are very powerful and compelling, I asked myself, why despite his agony, the humiliation he experienced, and unbearable pain on the cross, Jesus never blamed his Father. He instead uttered these words like a perfect prayer from the depths of his heart “Father into your hands, I commend my spirit.” Oftentimes, when…
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FORGIVENESS: A RADICAL LOVE
We look back to the scene where Jesus uttered these words, Jesus at this hour was on the brink of death, nailed to the Cross with the Roman soldiers at his feet. As he addressed these men, we could picture how exhausting the scene was. By this time, these Roman soldiers had been executing many…
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The Deafening Silence of Black Saturday
Only the walls of the tomb were able to witness what was happening. If only they could speak, perhaps, their words won’t be enough to describe the wonder of God working on this day and in the following day. Silence, then, is the only language of the walls of the tomb. Moreover, it is also…
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WHAT MAKES GOOD FRIDAY, GOOD?
A great invitation is before us in these trying times and as we celebrate the Holy Week, let us unite our suffering with the suffering of Jesus, allow these to purify us and bring us back closer to God, let us entrust to him our anxieties… rest assured that He understands us. And have faith…
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Jesus thirsts
As we remember solemnly today the passion and death of Jesus on that gruesome cross, may we also heed his call for us today. Let Jesus’ words reverberate into our hearts and move us to satiate the thirst of God. As the (Enhanced) Community Quarantine has been imposed for the safety of all, let it…
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God for 30 pieces of Silver
Imagine, we are more expensive than God. We, mere creatures, are more costly than the Creator. This tells us how much we are being valued by God. That’s why when somebody tells you that you are worthless, believe Jesus, that’s not true. Jesus has paid his life for you. When someone would say that a…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 