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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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THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—B (Jeremiah 31: 7-9 Hebrew 5: 1-6 Mark 10: 46 -52) We are from God, and we are destined for a final union with God our Creator, unless we so choose not to be among those to be in this great union when we shall be absolved of all stains of sin on our souls. This...
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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-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—B (Wisdom 7:7-11 Hebrew 4: 12-13 Mark 10: 17 -30) God has given us everything on this earth as a means to experience his goodness, mercy, kindness, greatness, majesty, and power so that we may accord him fitting praise, honor, thanksgiving, and worship. Therefore...
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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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THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST—B (Exodus 24: 3-8 Hebrews 9: 11-15 Mark 14: 12 -16, 22-26) Today, we celebrate the Sacramental Presence of Christ in His Church. It is the celebration of the memorial of Christ’s everlasting love for us, as we commemorate and reenact...
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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 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT–B (Genesis 22: 1-2, 9, 10-13, 5-18 Romans 8: 31-34 Mark 9: 2-10) The spirit of Lent may be seen as unnatural and unnecessarily burdensome if we see it as an imposition. But if it is viewed as a means to strengthen our relationship with God, which has severely been damaged...
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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT–B (Genesis 9: 8-15 1 Peter 3: 18-22 Mark 1: 12-15) We began this spiritual journey on Ash Wednesday. We were reminded that if we lived a life without cooperating with the grace of God, we would return to the dirt from which we were made. At the same time, the ashes reminded...
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THE SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME–B (Isaiah 43: 18-9, 21-22, 24-25 2 Corinthians 1: 18-22 Mark 2: 1-12) Next Wednesday, we shall all embark on a spiritual journey to mortify our flesh so as to gain spiritual growth. I call it a period of a Charismatic Renewal, because we are provided with the...
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THE SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME–B (Leviticus 13: 1-2, 44-46 1 Corinthians 10: 31–11: 1 Mark 1: 40-45) We are taught in our Catechism that we are here on earth to know, love, and worship God, and to love our neighbors, so that we may one day inherit the Kingdom of God. We all have a common...
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FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME–B (Job 7: 1-4, 6-7 1Corinthians 9: 16-19, 22-23 Mark 1: 29-39) By nature, we are all religious; we believe in something as an Object of Worship. Religion comes in to give us a sort of direction to understand our nature and being. Since creation, we have all made many...
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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,...