Tag: Mercy of God
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God’s Caress of Mercy and Friendship – Part 3
Allowing our God-Friend to caress us with Mercy A month before those lockdowns and enhanced community quarantines were imposed, in March of 2020, I was in Mactan-Cebu Airport waiting for my flight back to Davao. While I was sitting and scanning my Facebook wall, in front of me was a baby girl in the arms…
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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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Towards a Humble recognition of our failures
October 23, 2022 – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102322.cfm) Have you ever been judged because of what you have done before? Or because of a mistake or failure or sin that you have committed that people around you believed that you are hopeless and beyond redemption? It is truly…
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Jesus Prayer
October 23, 2022 – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102322.cfm) A story once told about two robbers were caught stealing. While trying to evade the chasing police and dogs, one of them said to the other: “Pray”. But the other snapped back in reply: “I don’t know how to pray”.…
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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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When Jesus calls, he brings wonders in our life
We are called to humble ourselves by acknowledging our sinfulness. This moves us then, to recognise our need for God, need for forgiveness and healing. And when we recognise God in our life, then, we also allow God to transform us, to change our lives, to call us and to touch us like what happened…
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To offer no resistance to one who is evil?
June 15, 2020 – Monday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time Click here for the readings (http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/061520.cfm) Violent, cruel, brutal and merciless are some of the words we could describe on what happened with Naboth the Jezreelite. A man who refused to give up his ancestral heritage was falsely accused, treated with so much…
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