As a priest, we get many requests for prayers. By and far, the most popular are prayers for healing. Nowadays, there are just so many people dealing with sickness. While our bodies will someday fade away – from ashes we came and from ashes we will return – it doesn’t help that our lifestyle is…
Category: Hope
Change of Plans
One of the things we should do in life is to plan. Life is short and we have to make the most out of it. That is why when we were young one of the things our parents taught us – to plan. “What is your plan in life?” Planning is part of life. The…
Things from Above
There was a very rich man who died and the people were curious how much money and property he left behind. One day, they saw the accountant in a restaurant and they asked him how much money and property did the rich man leave behind? The answer was simple, “everything.” The Gospel today talks about…
A Prayer for Today
“When you are DOWN to nothing …God is UP to something” Father, in the Name of Jesus, bless me even while I’m reading this prayer and bless the one that sent this to me in a special way. Open supernatural doors in our lives today. Save and set free! Give us a double portion of your…
How to Deal with Grief
Matthew 9: 14 -15 The Gospel often speaks about Joy with God’s presence and Grief in his absence. But we, however, know that God is always with us. His promise is, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Then again, we must realize that life is like the different weather seasons. Sometimes it is…
It Is Not Over
John 18: 1-19, 42 Once I came across a friend who I had not seen in a long time. After asking how he was doing, I got surprised by his response. His wife just finished 6 sessions of Chemotherapy and because of this, they were deep into debt. Then just when they thought they could…
Grief and God’s Plan
Luke 24: 13-35 How many of us have to deal with dreams or plans that never come true? Miss A is perpetually in search of love but could not find Mr. Right. “Am I not lovable?” Mr. A has been bypassed again for a promotion which he feels he likely deserves. “Is there is something…
God Is Faithful
Matthew 5: 17-19 I would like to share a story shared by a friend in Viber. This is a story of Arthur Ashe, one of the all-time tennis greats, who was then was dying of AIDS due to infected blood he received during heart surgery in 1983. He received many letters of support from fans….
Don’t Lose Hope
John 11: 1-45 Once in a group conversation, we were talking about the great of a menace drugs. How so much of the population is into it. Then someone in the group added, “Remember, we are only talking about illegal drugs. How many people are into prescribed drugs? How many people take prescribed drugs due…
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