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- Making Friends With The Lord Jesus
Fasting
Today, we are given the opportunity to check how we practice fasting according to Catholic tradition. This ascetical means is not to be limited to matters of…
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They Left Everything and Followed Him
Today, the Lord calls us like He did in the gospel. He called Simon, whom He renamed Cephas, Andrew, Simon's brother, and James and his brother John, all of…
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Looking to be with Jesus
Today, Jesus reaches out to people. However, when we try to find a place where He could rest, the people continue looking for Him. This behavior is what we…
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How We Misread God
Since we are in the business of dealing with God, we need to read Him correctly. But we go about this in exactly the way we look at Him. If we look at Him like…
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The Lord God is Present Even when there Is A Lot of Evil Around
Many times we are baffled by the presence of evil. If God exists, why does evil exist? It is obvious that there is another source to account for evil and that…
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The Best is Yet to Come
One of the greatest temptations we may get in this life and one of the greatest successes of the demon is to have convinced some of us that we need to focus…
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Hope and our Talents
We read about the famous parable of the talents that Jesus speaks to us today in the gospel of the mass. Believe it or not, these talents provide us with…
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Superficiality, Dishonesty and Injustice
The Lord criticizes the hypocrisy of the scribes and pharisees because they were more concerned about demanding from the people great fidelity to God and His…
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The Wedding Feast
The gospel today tells us about another parable of Jesus where He teaches us about the Last Things, namely, heaven, hell, death, judgment. Jesus portrays…
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For God Nothing is Impossible
Today, the Lord makes it plain to us that he demands from us everything and that we trust Him absolutely. We cannot serve God and Mammon at the same time. We…
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Gentleness and Flexibility
We expound today a couple of Virtues needed for another living together with the others, namely, gentleness and Flexibility. We do so in the context of the…
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I Have Come Not to Establish Peace, But Rather Division
The title to today's homily points out the Lord's words declaring to us that we need to reach peace through struggle to do all the good that we are capable of…
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Be a Child Again
Today, the Church proposes for our consideration Jesus' teachings about becoming like a child in order to belong to the Kingdom of Heaven. This carries certain…
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Fraternal Correction
Jesus points out to us today in the gospel of the mass the obligation to mind the lives of the others. A concrete manifestation of this is the duty to show…
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Forgive not just Seven Times But Seventy-Seven Times
We will hear Jesus emphasizing again the need to forgive the others, since God forgives us our sins and faults. That is the bottom reason for the Christian…
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See that you do not despise one of these little ones
Jesus shows us today His idea of being humble. He connects it to becoming a child. Hence, He expresses His concern for the child, who shouldn't be despised or…
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Peter is the Vicar of Christ
Today's gospel shows us an intimate picture of how Jesus treated St. Peter. Our divine Redeemer paid the required Temple tax for Himself and Peter.
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You too Must Stand Ready
The Lord's message is simple and direct. We must be prepared for the transition to the next life. We need to be because this life on Earth is merely a…
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Do You get Bent out of Shape?
The apostles were not able to cure the lunatic so of a man who approached Jesus for help shutter His disciples were unable to be of help for lack of faith. We…
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Deny Yourselves and Follow Me
Jesus does not hide the need to follow Him in denying oneself and carrying our Cross daily. He makes it plain and clear. However, Peter is not in the same…
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Jesus is Transfigured Before Them
Jesus is transfigured in today's gospel to celebrate the feast of His Transfiguration. What can we learn from this Luminous mystery of the Holy Rosary?
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Lord, Save Us!
We celebrate today the memorial of the dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major. It is the largest church in the world dedicated to God in honor of His…
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Why The Priest Among Us
Today, we celebrate the memorial of St John Vianney, patron saint of priests. We give thanks today for our priests in a special way. But why do we have…
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Sts. Joachim and Anne, the Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Little did the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary know that their daughter would become the Mother of Jesus. They simply did their duty as good parents. If we…
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We Can!
Today, we celebrate the feast of St. James, Apostle. The gospel brings to our attention the conversation between the mother of two apostles, James and John…
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They Approached Jesus
Today's gospel enlightens us about our relationship with the Blessed Lord. Find out about it in the podcast.
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The Sower and the Seeds
We are called by the gospel today to be good ground for the seeds God does in our souls.
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Who are You Looking For?
Today, we celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle. That's right! She is the first one asked by Our Lord to announce the Good News of Jesus'…
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An Evil Generation Asks for a Sign
The gospel today tells us about signs. There were people, the scribes and pharisees, who asked our Lord for a sign. Check out His reply.
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Martha Welcomed Him but Mary Chose the Better Part!
Today, we meet Martha and Mary at their home with Jesus as their guest. The two present to us two different ways of living our lives here on earth. We know…
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And In His Name the Gentiles will Hope
Today's gospel reveals the difference in the words we utter in response to different circumstances that happen to us. With bad things, we can curse. With good…
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Jesus is Lord even of the Sabbath!
Today, Jesus clarifies who is the Lord! This term was employed by the reverent Jews with respect to God's name. They preferred not to pronounce His Name and…
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Rest in the LORD JESUS
Jesus invites us in today's gospel to rest, and to rest in Him. He described how this looks like. We should imitate Him, in being meek and humble of heart.
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We need to be Childlike to Know and Love God More Intimately
Today's gospel message is too significant to overlook or to miss. It is so because we all want to become friends of Jesus Christ. For that to happen, we need…
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Capharnaum will be Thrust into Hell
Today's gospel reveals to us a certain frustration of Jesus. Capharnaum became His second residence, after Nazareth. He adopted the city as His HQ for His…
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It is Absolutely Everything He Wants!
Jesus explains clearly today what He wants from His followers. He does not mince words. He does not hide behind euphemisms. Nobody will be able to say that any…
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Eternal Life and our Neighbor
The gospel today addresses these two very important questions, namely, eternal life and the identity of our neighbor. Let us be open to the words of Jesus so…
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Do Not be Afraid!
Be not afraid! We address those bad fears in today's gospel!
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Beware! Many Other Shepherds Vie to Guide our Souls!
The Lords sees us all as sheep without a shepherd. We tend to be defenseless when facing the enemies of our soul, especially the devil and his two allies…
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Be Generous in Giving to the Others for God Does Not Charge Us Anything for Any of His Gifts to Us
The Lord asks us to be generous since He has been generous with us. His gifts are totally gratuitous. He was never obliged to give us anything, least of all to…
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Jesus Continues Today in Summoning Us for Something
Being summoned by God is something we need to get used to. Today's gospel particularly illustrates this. Jesus called some of his disciples and sent them as…
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The Mute and Dumb Demonn
Haven't you experienced those moments when you felt that you needed help, or you had questions, or felt that you needed to accept or acknowledge responsibility…
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Trust Jesus!
Our relationship with God boils down to trusting Him. The gospel today provides us two miracles-both happening to women-where trust in Jesus is highlighted…
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We Christians are the First Thing Others Experience of Jesus Christ
Today, the Lord tells us about our role in the Church. We are like ambassadors of Christ. We are the face of Christ to the others. They will be attracted or…
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Can the Wedding Guests fast when the Bridegroom is Still With Them?
The gospel today sends us to contemplate Jesus explaining to the Jews the reason why His disciples did not fast just like them. They were proud about…
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Those Who Are Well do not Need the Doctor
Jesus is Saviour. Hence, He came looking for sinners, like you and I. We should approach Him with confidence and simplicity. We should accept that we are…
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My Lord and My God!
We need to live our Faith, not only saying it or reciting some formula. We need to struggle to live according to its demands.
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Demons and Swine
Our Lord in today's gospel shows us how much He values man and his salvation relative to the swine that were in the area. The thing is the demons asked Him…
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Lord, Save Us!
Lord, save us! That was how the disciples woke Jesus up in the midst of that raging storm. What could you expect them to do? The waves were swamping the boat…
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Follow Me
Let us observe the Sacred Humanity of Our Lord. Since He is perfect man, His most attractive. People wanted to follow Him. But do you have what it requires to…
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Lord, You Know All things. You know that I Love You!
We celebrate today two of the greatest apostles of Jesus Christ. Their witness and example should spur us on also in loving Jesus with deeds, even when we are…
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His Mother Kept All These Things in Her Heart
After the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we now look into the Immaculate Heart of Mary. I recall from my teenage years what the adults called dirty, like dirty jokes…
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Rejoice with Me Because I have Found My Lost Sheep
Today, the Church wants us to know the Heart of Jesus! It is Valentine's Day between God and Man, Man collectively, but especially man in particular, i.e…
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By Their Fruits You Will Know Them!
Let us not kid ourselves. Today's gospel only reinforces our conviction about the fact that we can be led astray by deceitful people. Adam and Eve's experience…
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Who is John the Baptizer?
We celebrate the birthday of St. John the Baptist. Discover the reasons we do this in the Catholic Church. Aside from his birthday, we also celebrate those of…
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Remove the Beam in your Eye First
It is good policy to check ourselves in the mirror during the day. We do have a good image of physical selves but we need to verify and check whether that is…
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Jesus Christ is Truly, Really And Substantially Present in the Holy Eucharist
We celebrate today the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We give witness to the world of the Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist…
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Trust in God is the Best Measure of our Following Him
We cannot serve two masters. Jesus n tells us so much. But He does not only mean that we follow and obey Him. He also means that we trust HIM. Our trust in Him…
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What is Your Heart Most Attached To?
Where does your heart go during the day? What consumes your heart as you go about your day? Jesus wants us to examine ourselves to answer these questions…
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This is how you are to Pray
Our Lord teaches us today how we are to pray. We need to underscore that Jesus teaches us HOW we are to connect with God. Perhaps we do not need to say this…