Jerusalem

A city with a very colorful history is Jerusalem. It is the holiest city for the Jews because of the TEMPLE; it is the holiest city for Christians because of The Christ Crucifixion; it is the third holiest city for the Muslims because of the Dome of the Rock. Yet, it has a very bloody…

Who Do You Follow

Matthew 9:9-13 As human beings, there are people in our lives who we admire and because of that, we follow them:  We imitate how they look like; we listen to what they say;what they believe in, we believe too; what they buy, we buy as well;when there is news about them, we listen. In 2016, according to…

Yes

Luke 1:26-38 When a couple is about to get married, one of the things that we, as priests, look into is the reason for the marriage. We try to find out if both parties are entering into the marriage not out of force, not out of fear, or not coerced, or for any other reason;…

The True Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46 There is this story of a woman who was offered a business proposal – a huge, huge, return on the investment. The group were gold hunters and they informed the woman that the gold is just a few meters away at the mining site. She eventually gave a huge amount of money.  After…

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…

Patience: A Wedding Homily

There is a saying that “This is the best of times, the worst of times.” If you look at our generation, we can say that because of Technology, these are the best of times: Once upon a time, if one needed information, the person would have to go to different libraries and research. Now just…

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…

God’s Faithfulness

Luke 13: 31-35 One city that is full of history is Jerusalem in Israel. For the Christians, it is the most holy city. For the Jews, it is also the most holy city. For the Muslims, it the 3rd most holy city. But despite the city being very holy for the 3 most popular religions…

Planting the Seeds

These two sayings have the same message:  “The greatest Oaks have been little Acorns.” “Large streams from little fountains flow.” It is a reminder that in life, often, things start small. I understand what we know now as SM, the biggest mall operator in Southeast Asia, was once a small store in Carriedo and eventually…

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…