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THE FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY—C (Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14 Colossians 3: 12-21 Luke 2: 41-52) The Mystery, and in fact the reality, of the Incarnation has sanctified the human family: earth is wedded to heaven with Jesus Christ being the joint, hub, cardinal, knot, and the mediator between God and Humankind...
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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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THE TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—B (Job 38: 1, 8-11 2 Corinthians 5: 14-17 Matthew 4: 35-41) Having celebrated and experienced the various manifestations of God among us, we jump, without any doubt and fear, into the realm of godliness to seek, love and worship God. After all, we have been assured...
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SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER—B (Acts 4: 32-35 1 John 5: 1-6 John 20: 19-31) The Easter message of hope and faith in the Risen Lord still abides with us. We are full of confidence that we shall one day share in the Resurrection of Jesus if we believe and follow in the foot-steps of Christ. All will be...
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THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT—B (2 Chronicles 36: 4-16, 19-23 Ephesians 2: 4-10 John 3: 14-21) Each one of us has faith, but it is up to us to cooperate with the promptings of the Holy Spirit in order to translate our faith into belief. By using our free will and reasoning, we put our total trust in...
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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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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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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 OF LENT—B ( Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11 2 Peter 3: 8-14 Mark 1: 1-8) A prophet, literally, is the one who speaks or says on behalf of another person. In the Bible, a prophet declared the wish of God to mankind. It was the wish of God that mankind might not follow its sinful way to eternal...
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THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING—A (Ezekiel 34: 11-12, 15-17 1 Corinthians 15: 20-26, 28 Matthew 25: 31-46) Today marks the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year. We begin the liturgical year with Advent, when we prepare for the coming of Christ. We realize that Christ is already in...
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TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—A (Hosea 6: 3-6 Romans 4: 18-25 Matthew 9: 9-13) Religion is our ascent through faith to that which is beyond our beings. Faith is a gift we all have. It is through this ascent, guided by the elements of God’s revelation that we come to believe in God. God is...
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TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME—C (Habakkuk 1: 2-3; 2: 2-4 2 nd Timothy 1: 6-8, 13-14 Luke 17: 5-10) Faith is a gift from God which is given to everybody so that we can adhere to God, as we respond individually to the call from God, and to accept God’s truth as it is revealed to us...