My Lord And My God!
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
(White) Cycle A/Year I (April 23, 2017)
Acts 2:42-47/1 Pt 1:3-9/Jn 20:19-31
Well known is the story in the gospel of this Sunday about the Apostle Thomas who has become the first skeptic in terms of faith in Jesus Christ’s resurrection from...
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 perfectly know that...
One Of Great Value
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle A/Year I (July 30, 2017)
1Kgs 3:5, 7-12/Rom 8:20-30/Mt 13:44-52
Perhaps many of you are familiar with the story told by Russell Conwell entitled “Acres of Diamonds.” Conwell was an American Baptist minister and lawyer who founded and became...
JESUS FEEDS FIVE THOUSAND MEN
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle A/Year II (August 2, 2020)
Is 55:1-3/Rom 8:35, 37-39/Mt 14: 13-21
It was a long day of walking and preaching. Both Jesus and the multitude of His followers were hungry and tired. The disciples of Jesus made a practical suggestion...
WATCH OUT THAT YOUR ARE NOT DECEIVED
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle C/Year I (November 17, 2019)
Mal 3:10-20a/2 Thes
3:7-12/Lk 21:5-19
From the beginning of the history of
humanity, it is clear who the deceiver is: Satan. That is why those who deceive
others are influenced by Satan or by his demons. Deception is...
YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
Migrants’ Sunday
(Violet) Cycle C/Year I
Dt 26:4-10/Rom
10:8-13/Lk 4:1-13
Today,
just like thousand years ago, people worship not the real God but the gods and
goddesses. The Greeks worshipped Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite,
etc. The Egyptians worshipped Osiris, Isis, Amun, Ptah, Re, etc. The...
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...
PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL TO ALL CREATION
SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD’S ASCENSION
(White) Cycle B/Year I (May 16, 2021)
Acts 1:1-11/Eph 1:17-23/Mk 16:15-20
In the same way that the dying person gives his Last Will and Testament to his beloved, Jesus Christ, in the gospel for this Sunday, tells us – His beloved disciples...
GET SOME REST!
SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
(Green) Cycle B/Year I (July 18, 2021)
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...
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 16:19-31
The 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...