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Alas for you, Blind Guides!
Jesus was referring to the teachers of Israel, composed of the scribes and Pharisees. They were experts of the law of Moses. They were scriptural scholars…
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The Challenge to Our Faith Today
We listen to the Gospel today telling us about the desertion Jesus experienced from many of His disciples. Why did they leave Jesus? It was because they could…
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Can Anything Good Come From Nazareth?
This is the remark of Nathanael or Bartholomew to the announcement of Philip, his friend, about what he had discovered, namely, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was…
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Invite Everyone to the Marriage Feast
Today, we celebrate the feast of Mary's Queenship of the Universe. We also read in the Gospel about a king who invited people to attend his son's wedding. No…
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Love for God vs Love for Neighbor
Our Lord replied to a question posed to Him about the greatest commandment of God. Every Jew knew this by heart. We need to love God with our entire being…
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God's Generosity
The Gospel in today's Mass tells us the story of Jesus about a landowner, hiring at different times of the day workers for his vineyard. He agrees to pay the…
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Can a Camel pass through the Eye of a Needle?
Impossible, right? But that is how Jesus described the difficulty with which those who are rich in this world--meaning enslaved and attached to creatures--to…
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Perfection, Anyone?
We all have an innate desire to be perfect. We certainly demand this of the others. Perhaps we ask ourselves less. But we all have this tendency towards…
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Cannibalism and the Holy Eucharist
We arrive at the last installment of the text of Chapter 6 of St. John's Gospel on the Holy Eucharist. Here Our Lord explains the sacrament using the imagery…
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Let the Children Come to Me
We read today the version of St. Matthew found in his Chapter 19 of Jesus and the children. His apostles tried to turn them away when they approached Jesus for…
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Husband and Wife are No Longer Two, But One Body
Jesus corrects the practice of the Jews regarding divorce instituted by Moses during his time. Husbands were permitted to write a document of dismissal to bid…
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God Brings Up to Heaven His Mother Body and Soul
We celebrate this dogma today in the entire Church of Jesus Christ. We unite ourselves to praise and thank God for His work in her. Mary is brought up to…
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We All Need Help
Jesus expounds on the practice of helping the others who may be wrong in something important. We all experience this because we cannot possibly see ourselves…
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Heaven is For Little Children
The spiritual life consists in becoming more and more like little children, especially in the sense of getting naked without qualms. They are still too young…
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You Will Be Put To Death
Today, Jesus tells His apostles about His impending suffering and Death and Resurrection. Whenever we read about anything happening in His life as narrated in…
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How to live in Eternal Life
Jesus continues His discourse on the Holy Eucharist as the Bread of Life by identifying Himself to be that Bread of Life. The Jews were having difficulty in…
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Paradox: One must die in Order to Live
Jesus teaches this principle in today's Gospel to celebrate the feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon, and Martyr. He died in the name of Jesus Christ by being roasted…
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How do you Find Your Life?
After announcing to His Apostles that He was going to undergo His Passion and Death on the Cross and then resurrect from the dead, He prodded His apostles to…
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You are Peter and On This Rock I Will Build My Church
Jesus asked what the apostles thought about Him. Simon replies that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Jesus is God too. Jesus acknowledges that this…
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How to win a Debate with Jesus Christ
We can learn this from a Canaanite woman who wanted Jesus' help to cure her daughter suffering from torments from the devil. Note that she was a Gentile. She…
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This is My Beloved Son, Listen to Him
The Gospel today narrates the Transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Thabor because it is commemorated as a feast in the Catholic Church today. We go through this…
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What are you looking for?
It would be a great idea to imitate our Lord Jesus Christ as always. Jesus wanted to grab some rest and quiet, and He moved by boat with His disciples to the…
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What is your Final Destination in Life?
Jesus is pursued by the people He just fed in the miraculous multiplication of bread and fish. They find Him near Capernaum. But He invites them to think more…
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John Lost His Head
Jesus in the Gospel talks about the plight of Herod. This latter stole his brother's wife, to make her share in his bed. John the Baptist kept telling Herod…
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Let us Never stop from being Astonished by God and His ways
The town mates of Jesus in Nazareth were astonished by what He did in their midst as He visited His hometown. His Wisdom, His miraculous powers, etc., were…
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Collect the Good and Dispose of the Bad
Our Lord Jesus Christ comes up today in the Gospel of the mass another imagery that the kingdom of heaven is like. It is like casting a dragnet into the sea…
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Heaven is Like....
Jesus enunciates today in the Gospel the characteristics of Heaven. To invite us to go there, He'd have to describe it. A salesman needs to show and describe…
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Burn, Burn, Burn
St. Matthew narrates what he alone among the different sacred writers of the books of the New Testament. He writes about the explanation of Jesus about the…
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I am the Resurrection and the Life
That is the definition Jesus gives of Himself. Isn't that amazing? He owns life. Death has nothing that defeats Him. Death can happen. No problem! God…
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Food for Five Thousand and More
We read in the Gospel today about the introduction Jesus made about the institution of the Holy Eucharist. Previous to this, we read about the encounter…
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Good and Evil Together for Now
We are struck by the mystery of good and evil together in the world. There is a certain mixture of them in different degrees of proportion depending on the…
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Do you want a Rich Harvest?
The Lord explains the parable of the seed and the sower today in the Gospel. We also celebrate today the parents of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. I know a lot…
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Shall we share the cup to drink with Jesus?
Our dear Lord proposes to James and John whether they are able to drink the cup He was to drink from. If they wanted those powerful positions in His Kingdom…
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Sowing Seeds and Bearing Fruits
Between sowing seeds and bearing fruits is something so significant as it is also not so much appreciated. It is the quality of the soil that receives those…
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Jesus has Other Mothers and Brothers
Jesus' mother and brothers came to Him one day. They met the difficulty of having to go through an impenetrable, dense crowd around the Teacher. They sent Him…
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The First Apostle to Announce the Risen Christ
St. Mary Magdalene was the first person asked by Jesus to announce to the others that she has seen the risen Lord. That makes her an Apostle.
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God Cares For All of Us
The 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time tells us about how God cares for us. He saw the crowd meeting Him like sheep without a shepherd. Directionless! Very capable…
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Do not Spread Fake News
Our dear Lord Jesus Christ asks the ones whom He cured not to spread the news. This is especially because they still do not have the entire picture about Him…
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Jesus is also the Lord of the Sabbathj
Our dear Lord explains to the strict and rigid minds of the Pharisees that the Sabbath was not the supreme standard to determine what can or cannot be done on…
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Are you Overburdened?
We all experience the effects of modern city living. With the traffic mess and jams compounding the problems, stress and anxieties from the work place, one can…
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God Has Secrets
Jesus tells us that His Father is discriminating when it comes to sharing His secrets. Learn to deal with Him. Adopt the attitudes that will ensure your…
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Sodom and Judgement Day
Jesus was disappointed by the lack of repentance exhibited by the inhabitants of towns where He did many miracles. He warned them that had He had dome such…
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Take Nothing But Me With You
Our dear Jesus instructs His apostles to bring nothing superfluous in their journey to look for the lost sheep of Israel. No bread, no haversack, no, coppers…
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Do not be Ashamed of Being of the Lord
Our dear Lord makes it plain to us that if they gave a hard time to Him, their teacher and master, they, His disciples, should at least expect the same…
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The Spirit of the Father Will Speak Through You
The Lord sends His apostles to do the same things as He did to the people. He sent them like sheep. They indeed belonged to His sheepfold. Be warned them that…
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We Are Gifts to the Others
We might say that in the world, the basic tendency we have is to see the others as opportunities to get from. This is not a Christian attitude. This is so…
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Look for the Lost Sheep of Israel
Today, we read in Gospel of the Mass about Jesus' instructions to His disciples. Her shared with them His power to cure diseases and cast out demons. Awesome…
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Sheep Without a Shepherd
Starting with the miracle of curing a man possessed by a dumb devil, Jesus shows us today the importance of being cured. The dumb devil makes its victim unable…
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Your Faith has Restored You to Health
It is incredible that we read again in today's Gospel in the mass about the two women who receive their respective miracles by the faith of the protagonists…
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Lacking in Faith is an Obstacle for God to Act
We learn this lesson today from the Gospel. Jesus visits Nazareth. Its inhabitants were familiar with Him, His family, His work, and training, etc. They Know…
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Jesus is the Bridegroom With Us and There is No Need to Fast
Our dear Jesus teaches us to appreciate our being in His Presence. If we believe that, then we don't need to fast. That means we can only expect good to come…
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Only the Sick Need the Doctor
Our Lord Jesus Christ declares this in the Gospel today, where He calls St. Matthew, a prominent tax collector. Later, he throws a party. Many tax collectors…
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Your sins are Forgiven vs Get Up and Walk
We read in the Gospel today about Jesus forgiving the sins of the paralytic brought to His presence. Perhaps what they were expecting was a physical cure only…
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My Lord and my God
St. Thomas surrendered his being before what he beheld of the scars of the nails and lance on His risen body. He exclaimed, "My Lord and my God!" He was able…
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The Winds and the Sea Obey Him
We read today St. Matthew's version of the calming of the wind and sea in the sea of Galilee. We read some days ago about St. Mark's version. They are…
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The Price of Following Jesus Christ
Jesus enlightens us about discipleship, The standards are very high.
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Little Girl, I tell you to get up
The Gospel presents to us two miracles that involve women. Jesus shows us how He deals with them. They are also recipients of His favors. One was a woman…
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The Church's Rock Foundation and Evangelizing Nature
Today, we celebrate these two saints. We learn from them by contemplating and imitating them. Peter was assigned to be just that, i.e., the rock foundation of…
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Jesus and the Leper
Jesus expresses His willingness to cure the leper. This poor man got our Lord to cure him by introducing his petition saying that He could cure him if He…
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Wanna Be Wise?
Jesus explains to us today that to enter Heaven, we need to do God's Will. To know God's Will, we need to communicate with Him. This communication involves…