If You Do Not Repent, You will All Perish!
THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
(Violtet) Cycle C/Year II (February 28, 2016)
Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15/1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12/Lk 13:1-9
“If you do not repent, you will all perish!” This sentence of Jesus may seem harsh to the Israelites who heard him said it and even to us who...
Breaking Of The Bed
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
(White) Cycle A/Year I (April 30, 2017)
Acts 2:14, 22-33/1 Pt 1:17-21/Lk 24:13-35Two of the disciples of Jesus went back to Emmaus from Jerusalem. As they were walking, Jesus appeared to them and consoled them in their sadness regarding the death and...
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...
The Bread Is My Flesh
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...
LORD, I BELIEVE
Jesus Christ healed a man born blind on the Sabbath. The Pharisees were indignant about what Jesus Christ did and they searched for the cured blind man. At first, they could not believe that the man was born blind and that Jesus was the...
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...
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...
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 12:32-48A 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...
I Find This Man Not Guilty
PALM SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S PASSION
(Red) Cycle C/Year II (March 20, 2016)
Is 50:4-7/Phil 2:6-11/ Lk 22:14-23:56 or Lk 23:1-49The Jews brought Jesus before Pilate with charges against Him. Pilate interrogated Jesus and concluded with this judgment: “I find this man not guilty”...
Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen
TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle A/Year I (October 15, 2017)
Is 25:6-10/Phil 4:12-14, 19-20/Mt 22:1-14One of the famous religious maxims is this: “Many are called but few are chosen.” More often than not, this dictum is used for priesthood since usually there are many...