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Good Friday
GOOD FRIDAY OF THE LORD'S PASSION AND DEATH Do you want to experience a tsunami? I’m sure that is the farthest thing from your mind, the remotest ambition in your heart. If possible, we…
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Holy Thursday
Holy Thursday My student Fr Richard Mayo, was serving in an island parish in Palawan. He became paralyzed when TB virus attacked his spinal column. Shortly after, he died, at the very young age…
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Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Welcome to this year’s Holy Week. This week, grace is all around us. Blessings are overflowing. The light of God shines in the darkness. God is in the…
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Fifth Sunday of Lent
Lent5 The most difficult puzzle in life involves the mystery of dying. Who among you here want to die soon? Those who do not wish to die though, die early. Those who want to…
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
MOVE TOWARDS THE LIGHT OF CHRIST Fourth Sunday of Lent (Sam. 16:1, 6-7, 10-13, Ephesians 5:8-14, Jn. 9:1-41) When I turned 40, a friend warned me: ‘Your eyesight will start to fail.’ I was…
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Third Sunday of Lent
INVITING PEOPLE TO GOD…SLOWLY Lent3 As a child, I didn’t see my father going to church but merely waiting outside - and then, only for select, special occasions. Growing up, I frequently prayed for…
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Third Sunday of Lent
Lent2 The story of my experience with the soon to be Blessed Pope John Paul II landed on the front page of the country’s most popular newspaper, the Philippine Daily Inquirer some weeks ago.…
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Second Sunday of Lent
Lent - 1 In horror films, devils are portrayed as hideous beings, ugly monsters, frighteningly disfigured and repulsive. This is also how we picture evil spirits in other media and in popular imagination. But…
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First Sunday of Lent
9th Sunday When a good friend died, I rushed to the mortuary to sympathize with the family. Preceding me there by ample time, was a man who claimed to be a priest. My internal…
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8th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Warning against worry 8th Sunday What man or woman on earth does not have a worry or concern? A sick person is wondering why after lengthy medications, her back still aches and her throat…
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7th Sunday Ordinary Time
7th Sunday We express anger in many different ways. Angry people have been known to kill their opponent. Others, while not killing their neighbor physically, instead malign them, killing them morally. Some people treat…
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Sixth Sunday Ordinary Time
6th Sunday Most of us can speak of the experience of falling in love. As we are growing up we open our eyes to the beauty and goodness of people and we are attracted…
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