Mt. 5:1-12a. We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant that we receive the motions of God, put in us your…
Read MoreMt. 4:12-23. We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant that we receive the motions of God, put in us your…
Read MoreIs. 49:3, 5-6; 1 Cor. 1:1-3.Jn. 1:29-34. We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant that we receive the motions of…
Read MoreMt. 3:13-17 (Mk. 7-11; Lk.3:15-16, 21-22.) We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant that we receive the motions of God,…
Read MoreIs. 60;1-6; Eph. 3:2-3a, 5-6.Mt. 2:1-12 We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believe in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant that we receive the motions of God, put…
Read MoreLK. 2:16-21 We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant that we receive the motions of God, put in us your…
Read MoreJn. 1:1-18 A. Invoking the Holy Spirit. We invoke the Holy Spirit using the words of St. Augustine. Come, Holy Spirit, by whom every devout soul, who believes in Christ, is sanctified to become a citizen of the City of God! (en. Ps. 45:8) Come, Holy Spirit, grant that we receive the motions of…
Read MoreCelebrating CHRISTMAS for the RIGHT REASON! Tonight a child is born in a manger and wrapped in swaddling clothes. He will be great and called the Son of the Highest. His name is holy. He will be called JESUS, the Emmanuel (God is with us). He will be with us til the end of time. …
Read MoreAng Diyos ay mapagpala! God indeed is gracious. Our first reading recounts to us God’s generosity which He manifested to king David. The latter saw God’s graciousness and acknowledged it with so much gratitude. God, in turn, blessed him more and much through a promise–the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. In our…
Read MoreIn the Gospel, we have heard the wonderful story of how John the Baptist was named. At that moment Zechariah was mute and deaf, as a consequence of his disbelief in God’s wonderful plan for him and his wife. It is only after his child was named John that Zechariah regained his ability to speak…
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