Ed. Note: This is a homily from one of Fr. Mon’s wedding masses last year. As today is Valentine’s Day, it is a fitting entry on marriage and relationships, with lessons we can all relate to. If a person’s vocation is married life, therefore the greatest adventure would be to find that one, true and only…
Category: The Commandments
Good News
Last week we celebrated Chinese New Year. A common theme for celebrations are the rituals that will bring you good luck and the objects that you have to buy to bring good luck. The question is, if good luck indeed comes your way, “What type of spirit answered your prayer?” Obviously, it did not come…
Evil
Since time immemorial, people have asked these questions: First, “If God is good, why is there evil?” Second, “Why is evil seemingly prevailing?” Third, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” The Gospel often reminds us of the reality of evil, the presence of evil and yes, its co-existence with the good in the…
New Year
Just like that in a few hours we are finishing the year 2024 and welcoming the year 2025. Many articles have come out about good fortune and what superstitious practices can be done. Some of the more popular ones are: Serving round fruits which symbolizes coins Avoiding chicken because it symbolizes scarcity Make noise to…
God is Faithful
A Christmas carol says that this is “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, but for those who have attended the Simbang Gabi Masses, the many Gospels tell us that the lives of people who were related to Jesus were affected and disturbed. Their lives have been altered to the point of a crisis. There…
Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Archdiocese of Manila is the oldest diocese in the Philippines, created in 1579 as a diocese and elevated as a metropolitan archdiocese in 1595. Manila was established as a suffragan diocese of Mexico in 1579 by Pope Gregory XIII. Hence many of the Mexican devotions were brought here to the Philippines. One of the…
Can the Lord Do That?
On a personal note, one thing that has helped me in the priesthood is the ministry of exorcism. Among the ministries in the Church, it is only exorcism that deals with the world of the unseen. Further, St. Paul reminds us that the greatest battle ever among principalities – good versus evil, is constantly ongoing. …
