Jul 6 – Memorial for St. Maria Goretti, Virgin & Martyr Maria Goretti (1890-1902) was a beautiful and pious farm girl, one of six children of Luigi Goretti and Assunta Carlini. In 1896 the family moved to Ferriere di Conca. Soon after, Maria’s father died of malaria, and the family was forced to move onto... Continue Reading →
17 April, Sunday – Rolled Up Cloth
Easter Sunday Acts 10:34,37-43Col 3:1-4Jn 20:1-9 …he saw and he believed… It has been forty days (excluding Sundays) since Ash Wednesday. How have we been these past weeks? How did we prepare ourselves during the Lenten Season? Did we have any realisations? Every Lenten period, we comply with abstaining from meat every Friday. When Holy... Continue Reading →
8 July, Thursday – Peace Be With You
Thursday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time Gen 44:18-21,23-29,45:1-5Mt 10:7-15 "…let your peace come back to you." The Gospel for today is a continuation of Christ’s instruction to the apostles. As I reflect on it more, the more we choose to follow Christ, the more it gets harder. Though they have the capacity to cure... Continue Reading →
7 July, Wednesday – We Are Called
Wednesday of Week 14 in Ordinary Time Gen 41:55-57,42:5-7,17-24Mt 10:1-7 "…proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand." Would you agree that calling us by our name is very pleasant to our ears? When a person calls me by my name, I feel something special. How much more if it were Jesus Christ... Continue Reading →
4 April, Saturday – Love Hurts
Ezekiel 37:21-28 John 11:45-56 it is better for one man to die for the people “Love is sacrifice.” It is a cliché but nowadays there are only few people who believe in that. Many Gen Z’s (not all) no longer believe that there is sacrifice in love. They have a loose grasp of that concept, thinking... Continue Reading →
3 April, Friday – At Your Service
Jeremiah 20:10-13John 10:31-42 At least believe in the work I do; then you will know for sure that the Father is in me and I am in the Father Amid our current pandemic situation, if someone does good deeds, others will comment that it is hypocrisy. If someone shows indifference, others will comment that they... Continue Reading →
2 April, Thursday – To Eternity and Beyond
Genesis 17:3-9John 8:51-59 I tell you most solemnly, whoever keeps my word will never see death Every day, the death toll and persons under monitoring and investigation continue to rise because of COVID-19. If a non-believer would read the verse, “I tell you most solemnly, whoever keeps my word will never see death,” that person would probably... Continue Reading →
1 April, Wednesday – There is Freedom
Daniel 3:14-20,24-25,28John 8:31-42 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed … Whenever it is the First of April, there are lots of pranks and jokes everywhere. Today, we can still see jokes around on the internet. Many people are making jokes about how they are near to insanity because of... Continue Reading →
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