Jun 28, 2024 I shall be cured The prayer from the heart of this woman in today’s gospel should be the plea of everyone in the journey toward true discipleship. “I shall be cured.”…
Apr 19, 2024 He gives, knows and cares Jesus affirms He is the Good Shepherd who gives (lays down) His life for the sheep. He knows His sheep by name and He cares for them; not only those…
Feb 9, 2024 A leper came to Jesus... As a way of ending the general presentation of Jesus' ministry, Mark depicts a truly extraordinary healing for his readers. Later in the same gospel…
Nov 23, 2023 The Glorious Throne We have now come to the end of the Liturgical Year which marks the transition from one period to another. The wonderful page of the gospel before our…
Sep 15, 2023 Forgiveness Last week, the gospel was about correction, something we love to do but don’t want to receive. Today’s gospel is about something we love to receive…
Jul 21, 2023 The waiting times What can be the center of the so-called controversial parable if not the waiting time given to all in order to understand it? Yes, the waiting time i…
May 12, 2023 Never Alone During these forty days between Easter and the Ascension of the Lord, He asked us to keep our hearts in His love and promise not to leave us alone. N…
Mar 3, 2023 Jesus took and led them up What does it take to become witnesses? The disciples who “Jesus took and led up a high mountain” – Peter, James, and John – are well known figures in…
Dec 23, 2022 The true light “The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.” This is the day. Now we celebrate his coming among us. Have we prepared for…
Oct 13, 2022 The Necessity The teaching of Jesus to his disciples talks about one necessity... the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. Looking after anoth…
Aug 19, 2022 Strive The journey to Jerusalem is not yet finished for Jesus and all who follow Him. Among the doubts on the way, there is one concerning salvation – “will…
Jun 26, 2022 Left behind... Discipleship is something costly. All disciples in all times looking at the Master's life is somehow aware of its costs. We, disciples of today, obse…
Nov 11, 2021 He is near “He is near” (v.29) As the liturgical calendar draws to its end, we are assured by the imminent coming of the Lord. The apocalyptic language used by…
Sep 8, 2021 Questions??? There are many questions in this life that we can safely ignore without consequence. On some occasions, even our answers will be superficial or witho…
Jul 15, 2021 Rest An integral aspect of faithful discipleship is the appropriate distribution of time. This Sunday in the Ordinary Time brings us back to this importan…
May 6, 2021 Love Everyone can mention at least one song about love, or one book, and many other expressions of love. His/her own experience or another. Love. So many…
Mar 11, 2021 Laetare Sunday The Fourth Sunday of Lent is called Laetare Sunday, which means “Rejoice Sunday”. Day of joy in the middle of our Lenten journey. There are many reas…
Jan 14, 2021 Gift “Gifted to give.” With this theme the Church is celebrating the 500 hundred years of Christianity in the Philippines. The Santo Niño Sunday, is one o…
Dec 4, 2020 The beginning Just as the first biblical account of God's creative work starts "in the beginning" (Gen 1:1), so Mark's Gospel points to a new beginning of God's ma…
Oct 8, 2020 Garment... Garment: an item of clothing. This simple and clear definition can help us to enter in the mysterious and wonderful words of Jesus in this Twenty-eig…
Aug 13, 2020 …lives matter A superficial reading of today’s gospel, as for all scriptures, can easily lead someone to judge and not to learn from the gest and words of Jesus. S…
Jun 18, 2020 The Little Sparrows In the middle of the global crisis we are, for sure there no other word that can assure us more than the ones of Jesus: “do not be afraid.” From som…
Apr 2, 2020 “Who is this?... This is Jesus…” One of the most common word in our ears in the past days is lockdown. This and other words like this became familiar to all of us. One definition of…
Jan 22, 2020 The call. Called from… Called to. If we had the power to save humanity, where, with whom and how would we begin? This Sunday liturgy gives us the way that the only one able to bring u…
Dec 5, 2019 What to say? While going through this wonderful season of Advent and preparing the celebration of Christmas, listening to many sweet words and greetings for this…
Oct 24, 2019 Two people… comparison & judgment Two people… Two. Most of the time when we are in front of two things to choose, automatically trigger in us the mechanism of comparison/judgment. Ye…
Sep 5, 2019 Fans or Disciples? “…he cannot be my disciple.” This is the refrain of today's gospel. Jesus once again presents the conditions of discipleship. Blood tides, refusal of…
Jul 25, 2019 Lord, teach us to pray Lord, teach us to pray… this desire of the disciple is similar to the one of all disciples. After witnessing Jesus in prayer, especially in the gospe…
Jun 6, 2019 Everyday Pentecost “Receive the Holy Spirit.” The gift of the Father is given to us through Jesus. The Spirit of truth and life. The fifty days that separated us from…
Apr 25, 2019 Easter life! Thomas as model of discipleship We are people. More than that, we are modern people, and that means people who are meaninglessly overstretched by things that are meaningless. What w…
Mar 14, 2019 "This is my chosen Son; listen to him." "This is my chosen Son; listen to him." On our journey of Lent we are already on the second Sunday, the Sunday of the Transfiguration. One more step…
