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  How mysterious are the ways of the Lord! From today’s Readings, we perceive the depth of the riches, wisdom and knowledge of God. We come to the realization that the judgements of God that were unsearchable and mysterious at the time of their occurrence were made known in time as they unraveled themselves at the […]

In the past history of the church, there was this saying in Latin: “Extra ecclesiam nulla salus” (“No salvation outside the church”). This is a misunderstood teaching in the early catholic era, that”Outside the Church there is no salvation“. This is not, however, to deny salvation to those who in good faith who do not

Good morning. The first rule I knew and we have to follow while driving a motor vehicle is: “Keep your eyes on the road, “. This is the same also with our readings today that we have to focus our eyes on the Lord. In our first reading, Elijah thought that he could find God

  During today’s first Reading from the Prophet Isaiah, we heard Yahweh’s great prophecy through the words of the great prophet. The words of Yahweh that we heard through Isaiah were: A new and everlasting Covenant The coming of the Messiah, the Son of God The event of the Last Supper The institution of the Sacrament

In today’s Gospel (Mt. 13, 44-52) Jesus shares with us three parables; a buried treasure , a pearl of great price and the dragnet. When we talk about parables, Biblical scholars would say that it talks about the Kingdom of God. So what does the Kingdom all about? In the Old Testament, Kingdom of God

“ANG masamang damo ay hindi namamatay” or “Bad grass never dies”, a Filipino dictum goes. Of course, it doesn’t mean if you’re 75 and above, you’re a bad grass! What our Lord is saying on this Sunday is that the bad grass or evil is here with us, it co-exists with the good one. Such

Imagine, sitting on the beach with hundreds or thousands of other people waiting to hear Jesus speak. He then begins preaching in parables. What are they to think? How can they possibly understand His meaning. His meaning is simple, because the mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven have not been granted to them yet He

There is a story of a man who had a dream. In the dream he was walking along the beach with Jesus and they were replaying all the important moments of his life. The man noticed that for each scene there were two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him and the

A story about a catechist who asked students in her confirmation class; which part of the Liturgy or Mass was the most important part. One participant said: “The dismissal rite is the most important part of the Mass.” “Why did you say that?” asked the catechist. Then he said: “The purpose of the Eucharist is