In my 7 years as a parish priest, the one thing I noticed about the goodness of the Lord: God will bless those who help his Church. People who shared their time, talent, and treasure, were blessed by God abundantly. In one of the Gospel stories, Jesus healed a slave of the centurion because of…
Category: The Commandments
Privileged Class
Since time immemorial man has been separated by two realities: the haves and the have-nots; the upper class and the commoners; the rich and those who were not rich. In fact, we have ways of separating people and putting them in different groups. In the Gospel, the Jews thought that they were the Children of…
Sickness and Evil
One of the hardest of human experiences is being sick. When dealing with sickness, let us remember that we are body and soul. Both are interrelated… that is, when the body is sick, the soul is affected and when the soul is deep into sin, the body is affected. In the Gospel, we often hear…
Immortality
Ed. Note: This homily was from a funeral mass last year. We have included it here because as always, Fr Mon’s words pertain to all of our lives. Since time immemorial, it was the desire of man to live forever. That is why throughout history they did everything to live forever. From medicines to potions,…
Hope
People have always talked about the paradox of time. The past is the past, yet there are some people who continue to dwell in the past. The future is just a promise, yet there are people who continue to keep their sights on the future, forgetting that the only time we have is now. The…
Father and Son
Although each life is unique, each life is special and no two persons are the same, we have qualities that we inherit from both our father and mother. Hence, since the first hero many sons are their fathers, it is such a great compliment when people say, “You are like your father”. In the Gospel,…
Light in Darkness
One day I was watching a video with a student who was defending transgenders. While inclusion is very important, while equality is very important, while discrimination is something we should fight for, we should also be very careful of the dangers of allowing and accepting philosophy and ideas that are not the truth. Then when…
Faithfulness
When Adam and Eve sinned by eating the apple in the garden, God told the serpent in the Book of Genesis, “ And I will put enmity between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.” This passage is…
Authority
Once I went for a blessing and on my way out, I noticed a building that was dilapidated. I queried why the owners did not take care of the building when commerce and business in the place were booming. The neighbors said that the property ownership was transferred to a son who did not tell…
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