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...

Stand Up, Do Not Be Afraid

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FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD (White) Cycle A/Year I (August 6, 2017) Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/ 2 Pt 1:16-19/Mt 17:1-9One of the leading British playwrights in the name of George Bernard Shaw once said: “There is only one universal passion: fear.” Indeed, man is constantly...

Christ The Shepherd

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (White) Cycle A/Year I (May 7, 2017) Acts 2:14a, 36-41/1 Pt 2:20b-25/Jn 10:1-10One of the simplest, most common but noblest professions in the Old Testament times was the shepherding. Everywhere in the Old Testament books we can always find a figure of...

IVE ME SOMETHING TO DRINK!

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THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT(Violet) Cycle A/Year II (March 15, 2020)Ex 17:3-7/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42GIVE ME SOMETHING TO DRINK!Water is one of the most basic things here on earth. It is one of the four basic elements of the universe according to the pre-Christian philosophers. In fact, we see it in the biblical...

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...

The Unexpected Hour

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FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Violet) Cycle A/Year I (November 27, 2017) Is 2:1-5/Rom 13:11-14/Mt 24:37-44 William Barclay, a famous biblical scholar recounts a fable which tells of three apprentice devils who were coming to this earth to finish their apprenticeship. They were talking to Satan, the...

I BRING NOT PEACE BUT DIVISION

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TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME(Green) Cycle C/Year I (August 18, 2019)Jer 38:4-6, 8-10/Heb 12:1-4/Lk 12:49-53It is shocking to listen to the words of Jesus in the gospel for this Sunday. His message is not the usual message that He gives which is always about love,...

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...

God Is With Us

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT (Violet) Cycle A/Year I (December 18, 2016) Is 7:10-14/Rom 1:1-7/Mt 1:18-24There is a story about an Indian tribe whose way of knowing whether the boy is matured is leaving him at midnight in a very dark forest. One day, when a certain...

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

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ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME(Green) Cycle B/Year II (June 13, 2022)Ez 17:22-24/2 Cor 5:6-10/Mk 4:26-34THE KINGDOM OF GODJesus Christ compares the kingdom of God into a seed that grows by its own self. The farmer simply plants the seed into the farm and waters...