Tag: Kingdom of God
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Let it grow… let it grow…
October 25, 2022 – Tuesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102522.cfm) “Being in a society which justice system works for the benefit of the common good, that protects the weak and powerless and the rights of all citizens and not easily intimated and influenced by the rich, powerful…
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GROWTH AND FRUITFULNESS
June 13, 2021 – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061321.cfm) Have you ever witnessed the actual growing of a seed, or any plant or of a person? We could have claimed that we have witnessed it just as parents looked closely as their child grows, or just as a farmer…
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Mustard Seed
June 13, 2021 – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time + Manny Cabajar, C.Ss.R. D.D. Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061321.cfm) A grieving mother, unable to bear the burden of sadness due to her son’s death, goes to a wise hermit who tells her, “What you need is a special kind of mustard seed. Find a…
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Me & We: Seed for the Kingdom
June 13, 2021 – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061321.cfm) A newly-graduated but non-working young millennial, while hanging-out at home and playing with his X-Box video games, was once asked by his mom to buy some fruits for meals. Though he prefers to go to a mall for convenient–sake, hesitantly…
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Our Share and Role in God’s Big Family
January 26, 2021 – Memorial of Sts. Titus and Timothy Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012621.cfm) How important is our family to us? For most of us, our families are the source of our joy, security, identity, confidence and assurance. But for some of us also, our family can be the source of our deepest…
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VIA Repentance & Faith
January 24, 2020 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012421.cfm) Our gospel today reminds us that the first message Jesus ever preached to us is “The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and Believe the Good News.” God’s grace is now upon us & before calling us to “Come…
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LET THE CHILDREN COME TO ME
January 17, 2021 – Sunday, Feast of the Sto. Niño Click here for the readings (https://adoseofgodtoday.com/sunday-liturgy/) Before this pandemic, when parents usually bring their small children in the Church, I have observed how parents or guardians discipline their unruly children. When a child begins to throw tantrum or just become noisy, they would say this,…
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“Bless me, Father”
January 17, 2021 – Sunday, Feast of the Sto. Niño Click here for the readings (https://adoseofgodtoday.com/sunday-liturgy/) Once just right after mass, I saw a child sitting alone on the church floor worried & crying. So, I approached her & asked, “Oh, what happened? Why crying all alone.” Between sobs, she replied: “Father, I thought it…
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WOW! ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES!
January 17, 2021 – Feast of the Sto. Niño de Cebu Fr. Manoling Thomas, CSsR Click here for the readings (https://adoseofgodtoday.com/sunday-liturgy/) In the Philippine Daily Inquirer of January 16, 2009, Mr. Ambeth R. Ocampo in his column “Looking Back”, mentioned about the image of the Sto. Niño of Cebu. He wrote: “This image reminds us…
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Have the Courage and Faith to be Childlike
December 11, 2020 – Friday of the Second Week of Advent Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121120.cfm) Homily Children are particularly special to Jesus because the Kingdom of God belongs to them. This is because of the characteristics associated to the children. Children express their dependence to adults and tend to be trusting, welcoming and…
A DOSE OF GOD TODAY 