“Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” By the time the Pharisees spoke these words, they must have heard that Jesus had brought back people from the dead to life, cured many people who were sick, and fed thousands of people with 5 pieces of bread and 2 fishes. Yet the Pharisees and…
Category: Trust in God
Rest
Once, during an Anointing of the Sick, I had the opportunity to speak to a doctor about sickness. The topic dwelled on what he calls the “Silent Killer.” This is none other than STRESS. It not only affects the heart, but the mind, the immune system, the digestive system, and many parts of the human…
Signs of God
Mark 8: 11-13 Once I had the chance to visit the Underground River in Puerto Princesa in Palawan. In the 1.5 km trip of God’s marvelous creation, the guide made a comment that perhaps describes one of the mysteries of life. “Even in the deepest recesses of the world, animal and marine life are still…
Acceptance
Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a A beautiful prayer we may be familiar with is the Serenity Prayer: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can and the wisdom to know the difference In the many concerns that we face every day, it is…
Signs of the Times
Ask the experts who study the weather. More or less, then can say if the typhoon will pass our area, how strong the winds are and how much rain to expert. Ask the experts who study the stock market. They will tell you when to buy, when to sell or when to hold on to…
God’s Generosity
When I left PLDT to enter the seminary, I thought I made one of the biggest mistakes. Why leave a job that gave me security and why leave a job that had a lot of opportunities to move up the corporate ladder? Further, all that was offered to us in the seminary was, “Come and…
Fear of Failure
One of the most natural emotions of people is fear. Some of us fear ghosts, some fear getting sick, some fear the future, some fear dying, some fear talking in front of people and some fear bad elements in their neighborhood. The Gospel story of the apostles in their boat has them experience multiple. First,…
What Are You Looking For?
When we are given a new year, of course, we have to plan so that time and resources are not wasted. In planning though, it is very important to ask ourselves, “What are you looking for?” No matter how old we are, there is always something in life that we are looking for. Some are…
Faith and Doubt
John 10: 22:30 In the Gospel one will always read that Jesus emphasizes the importance of Faith: A centurion had a sick daughter and she was healed because of the faith of the centurion A paralytic was sick and he was healed because of the faith of his friends On the other hand, the apostles…
Open My Eyes
John 9: 1-41 According to the World Health Organization a few years back, there were 285 million people 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. Due…
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