Homilies and Lectio Divina

Reflection: Jesus invites us to enter the narrow door. The doorway to eternal life is not easy to enter, but it is not impossible to enter it. Jesus makes it possible for all to enter. The only thing that matters is that it is narrow, we have to exert some effort to enter it, we…

Today’s liturgical celebration warns us that the values of the kingdom will not always be met with peaceful welcome. Rejection and opposition will always be expected. Jeremiah and Jesus lived and died trying to change the course of human history by denouncing evil and doing good. Jeremiah warned that if people continue in their evil,…

The readings this Sunday invite us to rethink of how we understand our being Christians is all about. We have to see that it is a life of constant renewal and self-emptying. Jesus talks about discord, baptism by blood and absence peace, these will point us to the fact that complacency has no room in…

19th Sunday C Every one of us is a steward. Every one of us is in charge of goods, talents even of people. All of these things and persons belong to God. Waste them and we commit injustice and dishonesty. **** For instance, the food in your ref—well, we can waste them if we wish;…

Our Father: A Model Prayer         The gospel text for today offers us a model prayer or the Lord’s prayer as part of Jesus’ response to the disciples’ request: “Lord, teach us to pray”. *****        If we try to analyze the Lord’s  prayer, we see that Jesus offered a model for prayer which begins…

Today is Father’s Day. Like Our Father in heaven, our fathers here on earth should have these qualities: 1. A father should represent SECURITY – children should look up to them for help and strength, somebody to lean on in times of need. And for that a father should be strong. I am afraid we…

Jesus is my Shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.. period! No amount of money or material possession or position can ever satisfy man. To pursue happiness in worldly pleasures is fruitless and vain. St. Augustine realized this late in his life when he said: “You have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until…

Peter , Do you Love ME? Today , Christ is asking each one of us the very same question he asked Peter: “Do you love Me?” “Do you really love me: –          –     More than yourself? –          –        More than your possessions? –     –      More than your money? -M   –  More than your position? –          –       …

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD’S RESURRECTION (Alternative Reading Lk 24:13-35)             Two disciples are on the road to Emmaus. They have a problem: they placed all their hopes in Jesus and now all they have is shattered dreams. The leaders put Jesus to death. It has been three days and still no word from the…

FEAST OF THE STO. NIŇO One of the most popular devotions in the Philippines is the devotion to Sto. Niño. Practically you can see the image of the Sto. Niño in every corner of the archipelago—from barber shops to billiard halls, beer houses included. In a wine store, the image is placed side by side…