BAPTISM IS THE SYMBOL OF CHRIST’S PASSION
EDU-FAITH-IONYou were led down to the font of holy baptism just as Christ was taken down from the cross and placed in the tomb which is before your eyes. Each of you was asked, “Do you believe in the name of the Father, and...
You Shall Not Kill!
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle A/Year I (February 12, 2017)
Sir 15:15-20/1Cor 2:6-10/Mt 5:17-37
In one of the old Peanuts comic strips, Charles Schulz shows Sally trying to locate her memory verse for Sunday school. She has forgotten it, and can’t locate it...
STRIVE TO ENTER THROUGH THE NARROW GATE
Most of us are confident that we will enter into the Heavenly Kingdom of God because we are baptized Christians and have attended the Holy Mass during Sundays and have prayed from time to time. But then confronted with the words of Jesus Christ...
NOVEL TEACHINGS, AUTHORITATIVE ACTIONS
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME(Green) Cycle B/ Year I (January 31, 2021)Dt 18:15-20/1 Cor 7:32-35/Mk 1:21-28One of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome in the name of Marcus Tullius Cicero once said: “Whatever you do, do it with your might.” This teaching of...
YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS HAVE ME
PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION(Red) Cycle B/Year I (March 28, 2021)Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/Mk 14:1-15:47YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS HAVE MEJesus Christ’s presence on the earth is not simply a divine presence but also a human presence. In Him God has been made manifest to...
Mary Our Mother
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...
ANYONE WHO IS NOT AGAINST US IS FOR US
When Yahweh descended and shared His spirit with the elders, Eldad and Meldad were not present in the group of elders but they also received the Spirit of Yahweh. So, when they prophesied, some of the elders asked Moses to stop them as they...
Whatever You Bind On Earth Shall Be Bound In Heaven
TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle A/Year I (August 27, 2017)
Is 22:19-23/Rom 11:33-36/Mt 16:13-20When Jesus asked His apostles “Who do you say that I am,” Peter immediately replied “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Mt. 16:16b). Jesus Christ said...
Courage! It Is I, Do Not Be Afraid
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle A/Year I (August 13, 2017)
1 Kgs 1:9, 11-13/Rom 9:1-5/Mt 14:22-33
Christian life is indeed not an easy life. It is a life of a constant battle against the things that may weaken our faith in the Lord. And...
Worried About Many Things
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle C/Year II (July 17, 2016)
Gn 18:1-10/ Col 1:24-28/Lk 10:38-42When Jesus visited the sisters of Lazarus, only Martha was busy preparing things for the Lord. Mary was there at the feet of Jesus, listening to the words of the...