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THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD—C (Isaiah 42: 1-4, 6-7 Acts 10: 34 -38 Luke 3: 15-16, 21-22) Today’s Feast marks the end of the Christmas Season and the beginning of the first part of the Ordinary Time. The Scripture Readings during the Ordinary Time will systematically and orderly treat the Christmas...
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT—C (Micah 5: 1-4 Hebrews 10: 5-10 Luke 1: 39-45) All over the world, preparations are underway to celebrate Christmas. Friends and families will be gathering to share old and nostalgic memories. Others will buy and share gifts with their loved ones. In some cases, good hot...
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SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT—C (Baruch 5 1-9 Philippians 1: 4-6, 8-11 Luke 3: 1-6) It is really amazing and incomprehensible how God does love us (see Psalm 8); God constantly and persistently calls us to his bosom, despite our many faults. Today’s readings even make this goodness of God more...
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FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT—C ( Jeremiah 33: 14-16 1 Thessalonians 3: 12—4: 2 Luke 21: 25-28, 34-36) After last week’s celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King, it was obvious that some of us were not as yet ready as to stand before the judgment throne of God. The Church gives us...
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THE SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING—B (Daniel 7: 13-14 Revelation 1: 5-8 John 18: 33-37) Christ is the King of kings, the Lord of lords, and the Ruler of the universe. His type of kingship is that of pure and perfect love borne out of humility and obedience in the eyes of a merciful and kind heart...
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THIRTY-SECOND SNDAY OF ORDINARY TME—B (1 Kings 17: 10-16 Hebrews 9: 24-28 Mark 12: 41 -44) As we keep on meditating on how our lives shall be before God after we exit from this earth, we keep in mind the need to do the will of God. To do the will of God is to love God and our neighbors. The kind...
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TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—B (Isaiah 53: 10-11 Hebrew 4: 14-16 Mark 10: 35 -45) Today is World Mission Sunday. We are once again reminded of our effort in spreading the Good News of Salvation to all the ends of the earth. We are also to remember and pray for those who are yet to hear...
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TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—B (Genesis 2: 18-24 Hebrew 2: 9-11 Mark 10: 2-16) Today, we consider the very act that totally and tangibly demonstrates our total unity and commitment to God. This is marriage, a term which literally and originally meant “to be attached to a husband”...
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TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—B (Numbers 11: 25 -29 James 5: 1-6 Mark 9: 38 -43, 45, 47-48) We are God’s children forming a family whose members form an inter-intra dependant relationship with one another for our survival. Each of us is endowed with special and unique gifts called...
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PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION (Isaiah 50: 4-7 Philippians 2: 6-11 Mark 14: 1—15: 47) The celebrations from today until Easter Sunday are what we celebrate in the Mass. In the Mass we have either a solemn entrance or just a procession. Today, we celebrate the solemn entrance of Jesus into...
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THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT—B (Jeremiah 31: 31-34 Hebrews 5: 7-9 John 12: 20-33) The tone for the Holy Week is already set forth today. To save the whole of creation, God has to show us a life of obedience and sacrifice. This is seen in the life of Jesus Christ, who was obedient to the Father, even...
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FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME–B (Deuteronomy 18: 15-20 1 Corinthians 7: 32-25 Mark 1: 21-28) Since creation, God has been in constant communication with us. It is human kind who, because of the philosophy of anthropocentricism, or human-centeredness, has failed to reciprocate the invitation that...
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THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL, APOSTLE (Acts 22: 3-16 1 Corinthians 7: 29-31 Mark 16: 15-18) The story about the miracle of Paulʼs conversion is known to many of us. Paul, on his way to Damascus to kill the Christians, encountered Jesus Christ. From this time onward, Paul, who used to be called Saul,...
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SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME–B (1 Samuel 3: 3-10, 19 1 Corinthians 6: 13-15, 17-20 John 1: 35-42) We all have heard about the Good News. The Good News is that God has shown his mercy on us that through Jesus Christ we might not experience eternal damnation; rather, eternal life in heaven would...
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THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT—B ( Isaiah 61: 1-3, 10-11 1 Thessalonians 5: 1-6-24 John 1: 6-8, 19-28) There is every reason for us to rejoice in the Lord, because we have been given much of the grace of God to resist the temptation of the evil one. We this, we are assured of the promise eternal life...