Listen To Him!

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SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT (Violet) Cycle A/Year I (March 12, 2017) Gn 12:1-4/2Tm 1:8-10/Mt 17:1-9 Jesus took Peter, James and John to a high mountain where He transfigured before them. Moses and Elijah appeared to them conversing with Jesus. Suddenly, a bright cloud cast a shadow...

JESUS: LIGHT OF THE WORLD

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT(Violet) Cycle A/Year II (March 22, 2020)1 Sam 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a/Eph 5:8-14/Jn 9:1-41Light is one of the most basic and important necessities of man to live on this planet. Without light, man will not be able to behold the beauty of...

The Bread Is My Flesh

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SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST (White) Cycle A/Year I (June 18, 2017) Dt 8:2-3, 14-16/1 Cor 10:16-17/Jn 6:51-58 It is a sad reality that many of Catholic believers do not have genuine faith in the real presence of Christ’s body and blood in...

Fraternal Correction

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TWENTY THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle A/Year I (September 10, 2017) Ez 33:7-9/Rom 13:8-10/Mt 18:15-20“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” These famous words of an English classic poet in...

He Will Prepare Your Way

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THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Violet/Rose) Cycle A/Year I (December 11, 2016) Is 35:1-6, 10/Jas 5:7-10/Mt 11:2-11Nathaniel Hawthorne, a famous American writer died in 1864 with an unfinished play on his desk. The play tells about the main character that never appears in the stage even though...

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

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SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME(Green) Cycle A/Year II (July 26, 2020)1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12/Rom 8:28-30/Mt 13:44-46Fil-Mission SundayIn the gospel for this Sunday, the Kingdom of Heaven is compared to the treasure in the field and the pearl of great price. The parables tell us...

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...

I Must Stay At You House

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THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Green) Cycle C/ Year II (October 30, 2016) Wis 11:22-12, 2/2 Thes 1:11-2, 2/Lk 19:1-10The gospel describes Zacchaeus as a chief tax collector and a wealthy man. It is believed that during the time of Jesus tax collectors were rich because...

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...

RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT

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PENTECOST SUNDAY (Red) Cycle C/Year II (May 23, 2021) Acts 2:1-11/1Cor 12:3-7/Jn 20:19-23On the evening of His resurrection, Christ appeared to His Apostles who were gathered in a closed room and after giving to them His peace and commissioning them, He breathed on...