Jun 20, 2026 I God, care for you Evil is real, and it is at work, but God tells us: Fear not! I am with you, and I care for you! Why&…
Apr 25, 2026 I am the gate! I am the Gate! Jesus identifies Himself with this image. We know the function of a gate: it allows someone to enter, or it prevents them from passing…
Feb 21, 2026 I have set before you life and death “I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life…” (Dt 30:19). Lent starts with an important step: 1) to RECOGNIZE…
Dec 20, 2025 Saint Joseph: a loving father In the past Sundays, we were inspired by John the Baptist to prepare ourselves for the coming of the Lord. On this fourth and final Sunday of Advent…
Oct 18, 2025 TO PRAY ALWAYS The Gospel of this coming Sunday (29th Sunday in Ordinary Time) is well explained by Jesus’ own words: “Jesus told his disciples a parable about the…
Aug 16, 2025 PILIPINAS, ANG HIRAP MONG MAHALIN I read an article trying to grasp its message. It told the story of a young woman—25 years old, a working professional, and a breadwinner. She lives…
Jun 21, 2025 The Miracle of the distribution of bread A few days ago, I was with some parishioners, enjoying a conversation about our lives. One of them shared something that deeply touched me and became…
Apr 26, 2025 The Signs of Christ’s Love Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the National Shrine of Padre Pio in Santo Tomas, Batangas. At the main entrance of the church, which resembl…
Mar 1, 2025 My words come from the heart Let us imagine a huge mango tree, vibrant green because of its leaves and adorned with many yellow spots. This is the common image, a tree bearing fr…
Dec 29, 2024 Bless, O Lord, Our Families! Last December 24 after the Christmas Vigil, we planned to offer a light dinner to all the servants, but we found out that only few remained because…
Oct 18, 2024 Service is matter of distance “What do you want me to do for you?” This is the question of Jesus to James and John, the two brothers that were nicknamed the “Thunder” because of…
Aug 3, 2024 I am hungry! “Palagi gutom”, he is always hungry! There is a stage in life, during adolescence when the youth are always hungry, especially boys. If it is true a…
May 25, 2024 The Trinity is on the move During the house blessings in one area of our parish, I came across a person very hospitable and kind. I also noticed her strong religiosity, therefo…
Mar 16, 2024 To see Jesus…enough! “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” I, and many other people, wish to see Jesus because life is not easy and there are many questions in our hearts…
Dec 30, 2023 Your Word o Lord, make us Family In these days, while celebrating Christmas and the presence of the Lord among us, we have found ourselves happy to share food around the table, comin…
Oct 21, 2023 Who is taking care of Caesar? Giuseppe Lazzati, an Italian lay professor of the History of the Church and founder of one of the first Secular Institutes, once wrote: “I read the G…
Apr 22, 2023 The Perspective of the Resurrection There was a woman who was living a challenging situation. She took her cellphone looking for a friend to talk with. She wanted to free herself from t…
Feb 4, 2023 A colorful life makes the difference I saw a drawing. There was a building with many windows. The drawing was black and white but in some of the windows, you could glimpse some of the pe…
Nov 26, 2022 The world and our lives are pregnant with new life A pregnant woman. Most probably it comes to our mind, Mary. Thinking about this Advent Time, at the beginning of the new Liturgical Year 2022-2023, t…
Sep 24, 2022 Let us break down indifference “To see, to be moved by, to bend on, to touch, to listen, to greet, to look at, to empathize, to put ourselves in the shoes of the other…” what are t…
Jul 30, 2022 Selfie Tayo “Selfie Tayo.” All of us are a little addicted to pictures. We run like desperate just to join the group picture. We love to see ourselves part of a…
Jun 3, 2022 The Fifth Gospel We are lucky because we do not have only one Gospel telling us about Jesus, but we have four gospels that are a real mine showing us what Jesus, the…
Mar 26, 2022 Our God brings us back to life, always During these weeks of Lent, while the first Sunday the Gospel told us about the need of entering the desert, to face and to become aware of our tempt…
Jan 22, 2022 We are the Good News Today! In Brazil, the liturgy includes in the mass what is called the enthronement of the Word of God. After the penitential act and the collect, the Book o…
Nov 27, 2021 “Stand erect and raise your heads” Dear brothers and sisters, we are tempted to look only at the immediate things, perhaps so as not to stumble into the stones that clutter the ground…
Sep 24, 2021 For whoever is not against us is for us “He does not follow us”. These are the words of John, the beloved disciple of Jesus, the courageous one who will follow his Master until the end. But…
Jul 29, 2021 The Real Need You have just received a telephone call from the agency that provides to you a job abroad. They have told you to prepare your luggage because your fl…
May 20, 2021 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit The Word of God of this Pentecost’s Sunday, narrates the coming of the Holy Spirit in four different ways, to tell us that He, the breath of God, can…
Mar 26, 2021 Disciples at the feet of the cross Reading slowly these words of the prophet Isaiah, do I identify myself with the disciple or rather with the weary? The prophet Isaiah in his book wa…
Jan 30, 2021 The Lord has come not to destroy us but to destroy evil “Have you come to destroy us?” (Mk 1:24b) These are the words pronounced by the unclean spirit. We rejoice to listen to these words!! Why do we rejoi…
Dec 18, 2020 “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.” “Hail”, the greeting of the angel, means “REJOICE”, “BE HAPPY”. This is the first word of the angel to…
Oct 30, 2020 Blessed are you! The evangelist Matthew placed the Beatitudes at the beginning of the public ministry of Jesus. Reading carefully the words of Jesus, we can realize t…
Sep 3, 2020 Do you wish to hug…? Do you wish to hug, to embrace the person with whom you had a problem, or from whom you were hurt? To forgive it is not easy. Sometimes we say: “it i…
Jul 10, 2020 Some dreams are not such, they are realities waiting for courage There are so many people fascinated by beautiful phrases. The other day I was walking in the woods and I appreciated the initiative of the local admi…
Apr 30, 2020 A Familiar voice In this time of Covid 19, we are wearing face masks and gloves to protect ourselves and others from the virus. Going out to buy food, we encounter se…
Feb 21, 2020 God really makes us like him! Sincerely, we think that one life will be not enough to be “perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect”. Especially listening to the words that…
Jan 3, 2020 Lift up your eyes and look round On January 1, we thanked God for the gift of TIME. We look at the past months with gratitude, because we learned many things. We look at the future a…
Nov 23, 2019 To fulfil our life is to offer it like Jesus Why did one of the criminals go to Heaven? The reason is that he understood that one saves him/herself in OFFERING HIS/HER OWN LIFE. He understood t…
Oct 4, 2019 If you have faith the size of a mustard seed “The fields were scorched and cracked by the lack of rain. The pale, yellowed leaves hung painfully from the branches. The grass had disappeared from…
Aug 23, 2019 By dwelling in God we become small In the gospel of the XXI Sunday of the Ordinary Time, we encounter two images, one opposite of the other: The first image is the narrow gate. It rem…
Jul 5, 2019 The kingdom of God is at hand for you Friend: “He is calling you!!” You: “Who is calling me?” Friend: “The Lord…He needs some other persons to bring the Good News to all and to tell them…
May 23, 2019 My Peace I give to you! Some days ago, a person told me that because of his serious commitment for the poor, looking for justice and the common good, he was being threatened…
Apr 11, 2019 To be humble... to be free This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday, the opening of the Holy Week, the epilogue of Jesus’ life. We know that he was condemned to death because he chose…
