Reflections

1st Reading      Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-82nd Reading     James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27Gospel             Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 How do we see the Commandments of God in our lives? How do we live them out in our daily lives? These are the questions that make us look back on how we have lived the Commandments of God. Oftentimes,…

1st Reading      Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b 2nd Reading     Ephesians 5:21-32 Gospel             John 6:60-69 One of the difficult parts of life is decision making. This makes many of us rethink of many things that it leads us to a situation that will make us either a hero or a villain in our own story or in…

1st Reading: Rev 12:1-6a, 10abResponsorial Psalm: Ps 45:10, 11, 12, 162nd Reading: 1 Cor 15:20-27Gospel: Lk. 1:39-58 This Sunday we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This Solemnity invites us to see the fulfillment of God’s plan for humanity with the Blessed Virgin as the first to receive it after the Lord Jesus…

The Immaculate Conception of Mary was decreed by Pius IX on Dec. 8, 1854. The feast, however, had been celebrated since the 8th century. Christ chose his Mother and applied to her beforehand the merits of his redemption to keep her free from sin, so that when she would conceive him in her womb, no…

1st Reading      1 Kings 19:4-82nd Reading     Ephesians 4:30-5:2Gospel             John 6:41-51 When things in life becomes difficult, our tendency is to put these things in our control or to put them to stop. We often look for an instant relief to our predicaments. We frequently search for a short cut. In our 1st Reading, the…

1st Reading      Exodus 16:2-4, 12-152nd Reading     Ephesians 4:17, 20-24Gospel             John 6:24-35 Where is does our experience of God bring us to? The people of Israel in the Old Testament, grumbled against Moses for lack of food. This grumbling is not directed to Moses alone, but ultimately to God who called them through Moses. Their bodily…

1st Reading: 2 Kings 4:42-442nd Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6Gospel: John 6: 1-15 Reflection: “The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.” These are the words from our response in our Responsorial Psalm this day. These words express the depth of man’s needs and God’s response to it. Many of us these days…

1st Reading: Jeremiah 23:1-62nd Reading: Ephesians 2:13-18Gospel: Mark 6:30-34 Our society has been into much pain and suffering these past years. Many have lost hope for a better tomorrow and for a more just society. Even in the Church, there is this sense of loss for a brighter future because of almost the same reasons.…

1st Reading: Amos 7:12-152nd Reading: Ephesians 1:3-14Gospel: Mark 6:7-13 St. Paul in our 2nd Reading this Sunday says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be…

One of the painful realities of life is rejection. It haunts us even after many years. Rejection leads us to think that we are not worth loving; we are good for nothing; and that we are not good enough for anything or anyone in this life. Our Gospel this Sunday talks about the rejection of…