Before celebrating a funeral Mass, the widow shared the family’s experience before her husband passed away. They were all at the ICU and he flatlined. The doctors did everything to revive him and were successful. Because all the family was present, he asked for a piece of paper and a pen to send a message….
Category: Mercy & Forgiveness
Living Forever
Matthew 25: 31-46 Two very good friends made a promise to each other, if one goes ahead, please send a sign that she is okay in the next life. Many years later one of the two friends passed away. Many days after the burial, one party was thinking of their promise to each other. On…
Open My Eyes
John 9: 1-41 According to the World Health Organization in 2014, 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: that is, 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision. About 90% of the world’s visually impaired live in low-income settings. 82% of people living with blindness are aged 50 and above. Because of this, we…
Change of Fortunes
Matthew 27: 11-54 There this saying that life is “weather-weather” lang. Just look at the weather, at times it is quiet, there are times that it is stormy. There are times it is dark, there are times it is bright. There are times it is dry and there are times it is wet. There are…
Unhappy People
Luke 13: 10-17 In our many relationships, there are people that we encounter who are not happy with life. We call them “unhappy” people. The thing with unhappy people is that they, too, want people to be unhappy. Someone has a new house, what do they say, “Utang naman yan.” Someone gets promoted, “Sipsip kasi…
Revenge
Matthew 5: 38-42 The Jews had this rule called Lex Talionis, otherwise known as the Law of Retaliation. This is also known as “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. This kind of thinking could be described as “practical” to say the least. But in the Gospel today, Jesus suggested another option…
Mercy
Luke 6: 36-38 Now that my father and mother are not around anymore, every now and then I would look back and reminisce of our growing up years. Our parents despite limited financial resources tried to give us the best in life, most especially education. Further, for a family of five boys, one could just…
Anger in the Heart
Matthew 5: 20-26 There is a saying that never make decisions when one is very emotional: very happy, very sad, very frightened and also very angry. How often have we seen on TV an alleged killer repentantly saying that the only reason he did such an act was because he was very angry. Hence, in…
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