Mary Our Mother

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MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD (White) Cycle A/Year I (January 1, 2017) Nm 6:22-27/Gal 4:4-7/Lk 2:16-21 The movie entitled Alive is based from the true story of Uruguayan rugby team who on October 13, 1972 boarded the Uruguayan Air force Flight 571 known as chartered...

They Are Like Angels

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THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle C/Year II (November 6, 2016) 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14/2 Thes 2:16-3, 5/Lk 20:27-38Heaven is always a puzzle to us. We do not know what we will become in the second life, especially in heaven. Normally, we think of...

Produce Good Fruit

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SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Violet) Cycle A/Year I (December 4, 2016) Is 11:1-10/Rm 15:4-9/Mt 3:1-12 In his biblical commentary, Mark Link, a Jesuit exegete, told about Mark Twain who wrote a story called “The Terrible Catastrophe.” It concerns about a group of people who get...

HE OPENS THEIR MINDS

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THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER (White) Cycle B/Year II (April 15, 2018) Acts 3:13-15/1 Jn 2:1-5/Lk 24:35-48The Jews had been expecting for the Messiah for a long time, more than a thousand years. They had their own idea about the Messiah based from the prophecies and the...

KNOW YOUR CHURCH

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By: Fr. Orly MendozaST. JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF MARY (Patron of the Universal Church/Feast day: March 19)The greatest among all the saints of the Roman Catholic Church aside from the Blessed Virgin Mary, no doubt, is no other than St. Joseph. His greatness lies in...

JESUS REACHES OUT

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SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle B/Year II (February 11, 2018) Lv 13:1-2, 44-46/1Cor 10:31-11:1/Mk 1:40-45“A man with leprosy came to Jesus and begged Him on his knees: ‘If you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Jesus reached out His hand and touched the...

Jesus Ascends Into Heaven

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SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD’S ASCENSION (White) Cycle C/Year II (May 8, 2016) Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-29; Lk 24:46-53After showing to His disciples His healed wounds caused by the crucifixion, explaining to them the teachings of the bible about Himself as the Savior, and commissioning them as...

Much Will Be Required

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NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle C/Year II (August 7, 2016) Wis 18:6-9/Heb 11:1-2, 8-19/Lk 12:32-48A lot of people have been blessed by God with many gifts such as money, properties, talents, knowledge, career, influence, power, connections, etc, and they simply enjoy these gifts without...

GET SOME REST!

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SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME(Green) Cycle B/Year IJer 23:1-6/Eph 2:13-18/Mk 6:30-34In the gospel, Jesus invited His Apostles to get some rest. This is after they arrived from a long journey for which He sent them two by two days before. Jesus knew that His...

IF YOU DO NOT REPENT, YOU WILL ALL PERISH!

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THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT(Violtet) Cycle C/Year II (February 28, 2016)Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15/1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12/Lk 13:1-9“If you do not repent, you will all perish!” This sentence of Jesus may seem harsh to the Israelites who heard him said it and even to us who perfectly know that...