Blessed Are The Peacemakers
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FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle A/Year I (January 29, 2017)
Zep 2:33; 3:12-13/1Cor 1:26-31/Mt 5:1-12
NATIONAL BIBLE SUNDAYThere is a story about a policeman who made a difference. He said: “As a police officer, I frequently see people who are involved in destructive conflict. Enforcing...
Listen To Him!
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...
Are You Not The Messiah?
SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE KING
(White) Cycle C/Year II (November 20, 2016)
2 Sm 5:1-3/Col 1:12-20/Lk 23:35-43Every day we feel that there is more need of a messiah than ever. There is much chaos in our nation and even in the whole world. The modern society...
HATING ONE’S FATHER, MOTHER, WIFE, CHILD, OR SIBLING
By: Rev. Fr. Orly MendozaTWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME(Green) Cycle C/Year II (September 4, 2023)Wis 9:13-18/Phlm 9-10, 12-17/Lk 14:25-33The family is the...
SIT DOWN IN THE LOWEST ROOM
It is our natural tendency to look for comfort so much so that when we are invited to a party, we usually look for a better seat where we think we are more comfortable not knowing that there are times when we...
HE OPENS THEIR MINDS
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...
And Jesus Weeps
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
(Violet) Cycle A/Year I (April 2, 2017)
Ez 37:12-14/Rom 8:8-11/Jn 11:1-45
Jesus was informed that His beloved friend Lazarus was sick but He delayed His coming. When He finally came over the place of Lazarus, Lazarus was already dead and buried for...
HE MUST RISE
Jesus has risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! He resurrected as promised in the scriptures that He should rise from the dead (Jn 20:9). The Bible, particularly the Old Testament Scripture, was written thousands of years ago. In it, the Messiah was prophesied to die...
The Rich Man
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle C/Year II (September 25, 2016)
Am 6:1, 4-7/1Tm 6:11-16/Lk 16:19-31The rich man in the gospel’s parable is not named while the poor man is named Lazarus. This is opposite to what we can usually read in the newspapers or...
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
(White) Cycle B, Year II (May 6, 2018)
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48/1Jn 4:7-10/Jn 15:9-17A popular song says that “love is a many-splendored thing.” If this is true, then why is it that a lot of people find it hard to love?...