UMAWIT NG OSANA! MT 21: 1-11 MENSAHE Napansin mo na bang may mga salita sa pagsamba at panalangin natin sa hindi isinalin mula sa orihinal nitong wika? Ang mga salitang Amen, Aleliya, at Osana ay hindi Tagalog kundi Ebreo at ginagamit natin na walang pagsasalin…
SING HOSANNA! MT. 21:1-11 MESSAGE Have you ever noticed that some words in the liturgy and prayer come to us untranslated from their original tongue? Words like Amen, Halleluiah, and Hosanna are not English but Hebrew and we use them unaltered as we pray individually and…
Vengeance… Jeremiah was a desolate prophet; he faithfully proclaimed God’s message to the people. But the people had nothing to do with his preaching. They wanted to hear only what pleased their ears. When the prophet pointed out the people’s sins and declared the Lord’s punishment, the people…
ABRAHAM AND THE RESURRECTION “Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.” Did we read/ hear that right? How can Abraham, generations apart from the Lord Jesus, have seen the Lord’s Resurrection, his “day,” and made him “glad?” No wonder…
(today’s reflection is from the Lenten readings and not from the Solemnity of the Annunciation; you may consult other sources for this great feast; the reflection below tries to be faithful to the continuous Lenten scriptural offerings; thanks for understanding) TO BE TRULY FREE… The three…