27th Sunday in Ordinary Time7 October 2018 | Mk 10:2-16 Reflection: Our Readings this Sunday invites us to a deeper understanding of God’s plan for human beings. He never intended man to be alone and He created a suitable partner for him. God has willed that man be a social being. Man has to relate…
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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mk 9:38-43; 45; 47-48 30 September 2018 Reflection: Our Readings this Sunday invite us to see the wonders of God’s ways. Our attitude is always to segregate things according to how things work, we can easily compartmentalize things. God is a God of unity and of harmony. He gives…
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25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 23 September 2018 | Mk. 9:30-37 Reflection: The Gospel this Sunday invites us to see the wonders of God’s power. Jesus emphasized that the key towards understanding His passion is humility. Only when one humbles himself/herself will one be able to understand the Paschal Mystery. To receive the Gospel message…
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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 16 September 2018 | Mk 8:27-35 Reflection: Christian life is an imitation of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord challenges us in our Gospel that knowing Him is being open to any possible suffering that may come because of Him. When a Christian is a Christian only when good things are…
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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 9, 2018 | Mk. 7: 31-37 Reflection: ‘Ephphata,’ ‘Be opened!’ How beautiful it is to hear from the Lord, when our ears are deaf from the cries of the people around us, and we are mute to speak out for justice. ‘Be opened,’ words that can turn our minds…
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22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 2, 2018 | MK 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Reflection: Jesus in our Gospel this Sunday invites us to see beyond our established human law and to focus on what is essential, the Divine law that God has established in our hearts. We can be so particular with the external things, of…
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21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Jn. 6:60-69 | August 26, 2018 Oftentimes, when things seem to be hard to understand and our minds cannot comprehend the meaning of the things, events, and people around us we can easily turn our backs and go back to our former lives. This is so in our spiritual life.…
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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jn. 6:51-58 | August 19, 2018 The readings this Sunday invite us to reflect on God’s invitation to communion. This communion is made in a family setting where everyone is to share at one table. This opens for us that God planned since the beginning to build a familial…
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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Jn. 6: 41-51 | August 12, 2018 Reflection: When hunger and fatigue comes to us, whether physically or spiritually, our immediate reaction is to give up. This is what the Prophet Elijah expressed in our 1st Reading. But God does not give up on us. He gives what is…
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Let me tell you this story: Near Tokyo lived a great Samurai, who decided to teach Zen Buddhism to young people. One afternoon, a warrior – known for his complete lack of ethics – arrived there. The young and impatient warrior had never lost a fight. Hearing of the Samurai’s reputation, he had come to…
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