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(Advent Sunday IV) God Shares His Project With Mary
For the fourth Sunday of Advent, the liturgy highlights the Oath to David, which in His fidelity God fulfills in the birth of Israel’s Messiah. But salvation history is not only about men and their heroics. It is also about women. Luke underscores this with his story of the annunciation to Mary. While Matthew focuses [...]
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Ang Patotoo ni Juan
Sa ikatlong Linggo ng Adbiyento, ang tema ng liturhiya ay tungkol sa “isang nasa inyong gitna na hindi ninyo nakikilala”. Nguni’t siya’y ipapakilala ni Juan Bautista sa mga alagad sa tawag na “Kordero ng Diyos.” Kung kaya naman ang ikatlong Linggo ng Adbiyento ay tinatawag na “Linggo ng Tuwa”. At sino nga ba naman [...]
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(Advent Sunday III) The Nearness of the Lord
The third Sunday of Lent is called “Rejoice Sunday” (Gaudete Sunday) because of the nearness of the Lord. In the Gospel selection from John, we find the Baptist announcing the presence of “one in your midst whom you do not recognize”. The announcement echoes what the evangelist had previously said “He — the Light that [...]
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Si Juan Bautista at ang Simbahang Nagbabautismo
Sa ikalawang Linggo ng Adbiyento, ipinapakita sa atin ng Simbahan ang larawan ni Juan Bautista. Siya na naghanda ng daan para sa pagdating ng Panginoon. Ang Simbahan ay katulad ni Juan Bautista dahil para sa Ikalawang Pagdating ng Panginoon, ang Simbahan ang inaatasang magbigay ng bautismo na nakapagpapatawad ng mga kasalanan. Ang kanyang misyon [...]
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(Advent Sunday II) The Figure of John the Baptist
For the second Sunday of Advent, we are given the image of John the Baptist, the pre-cursor of the Lord. The Church, in the Catechism, tells us that we should make our own the desire and expectation of the Baptist for the Lord who returns on the last day. The selection from Mark 1:1-8 gives [...]
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Sa Pagdating ng Panginoon
Sa panahon ng Adbiyento, tayo ay pinaghahanda para sa tatlong pagdating ni Kristo: (a) ang alaala ng kanyang unang pagdating; (b) ang pang-araw-araw niyang pagdating sa ating kapwa; at (c) ang kanyang pagdating sa Huling Araw. Mahalaga na tayo’y magsanay sa (a) at (b) nang sa gayo’y makilala natin siya sa kanyang huling pagdating. [...]
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(Advent Sunday I) Waiting for the Lord’s Coming
The Season of Advent is the season where we make our own the desire and expectation of the first Christians for the return of their Lord. The characteristic prayer for this season is “Maran Atha”, “Come, Lord!”. The selection from Mark (Mark 13:33-37) taken from Jesus’ Eschatological Discourse (Mark 13) is a strong reminder that [...]
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Ang Paghahatol sa mga Bansa
Sa Kapistahan ng Kristong Hari, tayo ay inaanyayahang magnilay sa talinghaga ng "Paghahatol sa mga Bansa". Ang mga piniling pagbasa sa Linggong ito ay may mga elementong katulad ng sa sipi sa ebanghelyo: ang haring pastol na hahatol sa mga tupa at mga kambing (Ezekiel 34), ang dakilang pastol na pinangangalagaan ang kanyang mga [...]
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The Solemnity of Christ the King
Matthew 25:31-46 comes to us at the climax of a series of parables on judgment. Here, the Son of Man is depicted with images drawn from Ezekiel as the King-Shepherd who judges "between one sheep and another, between rams and goats. (Ezekiel 34:17)". The criteria used for judgment are acts of kindness to those who [...]
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Ang Utusang Naduwag
Ang Panginoon ay babalik na muli, kung kaya naman ang bawa’t Kristiyano dapat manatiling gising at naghihintay para sa araw na iyon. Bago umalis ang Panginoon may ipinagkatiwala siya sa kanyang mga alagad: ang ebanghelisasyon. Ayon sa Panginoon, ang tapat at masipag na utusan ay siyang matatagpuan ng kanyang Panginoon na ginagampanan ang kanyang tungkulin. [...]
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33rd Sunday OT A: The Parable of the Talents
Mediocrity and sloth have no place among the those destined to share in the Lord’s joy. Faith exerts itself in deeds of generous service; it is faith’s response to the Lord whose generosity and love cannot be outdone. The parable of the talents as found in Matthew 25:14-30 is a parable about loyalty and industry; [...]
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Ang Templong Katawan ni Kristo
Sa pagdalaw ni Hesus sa Templo ng Jerusalem ay kanya ring iginawad ang hatol laban sa komersyalismo na matatagpuan dito. Dahil sa kanyang ginawang pagtutumba sa mga lugar ng tindahan, hinarap siya ng mga Judio na nanghihingi ng tanda ng kanyang karapatan at kapangyarihang gawin ang kanyang ginawa. Ang ibinigay na tanda ni Hesus ay [...]
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32nd Sunday OT A: The Temple That Is Christ’s Body
The visit of Jesus at the Temple is also a judgment on the commercialization that is occuring in the Temple. When asked, Jesus gave the Temple authorities the sign of the Resurrection as a validating seal of his own authority as Son.
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The Temple Which Is His Body Sunday Thoughts: Sunday [...]
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Ang Mga Bigay Sa Akin ng Ama
"Kung ang Katotohanan, Buhay at Pag-ibig ay matatagpuan kay Kristo, bakit hindi lahat ng nakakita sa Kanya ay nanalig din sa Kanya?" Sa mga talata ng Juan 6:35-50 ay malalaman ang kasagutan sa tanong na ito.
Ang Teksto
Sa umpisa pa lamang ay dapat aminin na hindi maganda ang pagkakaputol sa leksyonaryo ng teksto ng Juan [...]
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31st Sunday OT A: For Those Who Shared In The Body and Blood of the Lord
This year, the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time coincides with All Souls’ Day. The Gospel selection is taken from The Bread of Life Discourse in John 6. The liturgy for the day combines it with a passage from Wisdom and the letter to the Romans. The intent of the liturgy is that we commemorate in [...]
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Angels
Angels, answer me,are you near if rain should fall?Am I to believeyou will rise to calm the storm?For so great a treasure words will never do.Surely, if this is, promises are mine to give you.mine to give...Here, all too soon the day!Wish the moon to fall and alter tomorrow.I should ...
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I am working fast to cover the materials until the 26th Sunday of OT Year A Feast of Christ the King. As new posts multiply, the others will be pushed backwards. By mid-September, you might find these posts pushed way way back that they won’t be referenced anymore in this index page. [...]
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