THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD: CHRISTMAS IS FOR ALL
The Epiphany is depicted in a mural titled “Adoration of the Magi” in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception at Conception Abbey in Conception, Mo. Painted by Benedictine monks in th…
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4TH SUNDAY OF ADVENT: THE MISSION OF CHRISTMAS
The Visitation, James B. Janknegt, 2008 These past few days, many people have been taking the hard and long journey going home for Christmas. One could just admire all the hardship and troubles tha…
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1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT: salvation is now!
HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! Perhaps you think I am getting confused about time. This is not January 1 nor is it the lunar new year or the beginning of the Muslim year. But this is the beginning of a n…
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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Widow’s Mite
One of the best things that happened in the midst of the pandemic in the Philippines was the explosion of thousands of community pantries all over the country. The community pantries are community-…
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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Counter-Symbol of Service
“I came to serve not to be served” In the Philippines last week, in the midst of the pandemic we saw a fiesta or shall we say a circus throughout the country. Thousands of wannabes vyin…
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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Imagine There’s No Possessions
In the popular song of John Lennon, Imagine, are words imagining a world without possessions; a world where people won’t seek wealth but no one will go hungry and discontented. As the song go…
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27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Divine Nature of Marriage
photo from Keeping the family close together is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Along with war, poverty, social injustice, violence and climate change, marriage and family break…
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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: God’s Love Beyond Borders
God’s love and redemption is boundless; it goes even beyond the Catholic Church. This theme is reflected in today’s readings of the 26th Sunday in ordinary time. In the first reading from the book …
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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Knowing Jesus
In today’s gospel of the 24th Sunday in ordinary time, Jesus directly asked his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Je…
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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Lord, Heal Us
Image from Two years now into the pandemic, the paramount cry of all people in the world is healing. All over the world people are crying to the heavens for healing from the physical, mental, socia…
