TELL IT UNTO THE CHURCH
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle A/Year II (September 6, 2020)
Ez 33:7-9/Rom 13:8-10/Mt 18:15-20
Jesus Christ recommends fraternal correction in the gospel for this Sunday. He says that if somebody offends you, then you have to confront him/her alone, telling him/her his/her fault. This fraternal...
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 take a...
HE SEES AND BELIEVES
EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION
(White) Cycle B/Year II (April 1, 2018)
Acts 10:34, 37-43/Col 3:1-4/Jn 20:1-9
It seems that what John the Apostle and Evangelist experienced in the empty tomb – He sees and believes – was an application of the famous saying: “To see...
Much Will Be Required
NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle C/Year II (August 7, 2016)
Wis 18:6-9/Heb 11:1-2, 8-19/Lk 12:32-48
A 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...
If You Forgive Anyone’s Sin, They Are Forgiven
PENTECOST SUNDAY
(Red) Cycle A/ Year I (June 4, 2017)
Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13/Jn 20:19-23
No human being is perfect. All of us commit the same and different kinds of sins in one way or another. Some commit grievous and mortal sins while many commit minor...
REMAIN IN ME AS I IN YOU!
We have just experienced “black out” or lack of electricity in the whole island province of Catanduanes right after the super typhoon Rolly. In our case here in St. Padre Pio Mission Church in Mayngaway, San Andres, it was only during the Holy Week...
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle A/Year II (July 26, 2020)
1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12/Rom 8:28-30/Mt 13:44-46
Fil-Mission Sunday
In 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...
GET SOME REST!
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle B/Year I
Jer 23:1-6/Eph 2:13-18/Mk 6:30-34
In 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...
The Empty Tomb
EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION
(White) Cycle A/Year I (April 16, 2017)
Acts 10:34, 37-43/Col 3:1-4/Jn 20:1-9
Mary Magdalene, Peter and John went to the tomb of Jesus early on the third day of the death of Jesus and they found out that the body...
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...