There is a saying that life is a series of hellos and goodbyes. This is only natural in a world wherein nothing is permanent and all is passing fleeting. A few days ago, we welcomed 2024 with hope. Also, we looked back at the past with all the joys and pains, ups and downs, good…
Category: Gratitude
Works of God
Every now and then, I get blessed with a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Of course, we come across different tour guides with different perspectives, specializations, and points of view. One of the things they would always talk about is the Six-Day War in Israel which happened during June 5 – 10, 1967. Although Israel…
Praising God
We typically look at life based on two things: good luck and bad luck. That is why in these year-end celebrations, although we are Catholics, superstitious practices are an insult to God because it suggests we do not trust him. Many Catholics would still do it and say that it won’t hurt. We just want…
Do They Know It’s Christmas Time?
In the US, there was a survey made by Gallup Poll that says in 2021, only 81 percent of Americans believed in God. The survey started way back in 1944. Up to the 1960s, 98 percent believed in God. Up to 2011, it was 92 percent believed. Up to last year, 17 percent do not…
Ponder
Typically we look at life based only on two things: good luck and bad luck. That is why as we celebrate the Christmas season and prepare for the new year, we have all these superstitious practices. Even if we know they are offensive to the Lord, we do it just to bring good luck. However,…
Trusting God
Once a parishioner came to me and asked me to help him pray for this big deal that he is working on. He said that if is a success, he will give a big amount to the Church. I told him it was best to look at his motivation. First, if you are not giving…
Call to Sainthood
Ed. Note: This is a homily from last night’s mass at San Carlos Seminary, celebrating Fr. Mon’s 60th Birthday. Happy Birthday Fr. Mon! Thank you always, for the gift of your words, which have touched so many of our lives. Just last week we attended a conference on seminary formation in Iloilo. The experience nationwide…
Grief to Gratitude
All of us have experienced loss in life. All of us have experienced a goodbye in life. All of us have experienced a death in life. As the saying goes, “The deeper the love, the more difficult the goodbye”. When we experience loss, death, and a goodbye in life, it is as if life stood…
Greatness
There is an article that states that all of us have desires. These desires are what lead us to greatness and being the greatest. The seven desires are: That is why, even when Jesus was already grieving about his coming passion and death, what was in the mind of the mother of the sons of…
Not Seeing God
With everything that is happening in the world today, there are many people asking, “Where is God in all of this?” In the Gospel, the Pharisees and Chief Priests did not see Jesus as God despite all the miracles he performed, like raising Lazarus from the dead. Instead, they even wanted to kill Jesus because…
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