A sociologist named Tom Corley studied the lifestyle of the rich and the poor. His study showed a lot of differences between the two: The rich love to read, not the poor The poor love reality TV, not the rich The poor love junk food, not the rich The rich exercise at least four times…
The Power of Words
Matthew 8: 5-13 Words are very powerful. When one is down and a friend or a loved one utters kind and inspiring words, notice how it lifts us up, how it gives us strength, and how it gives us comfort. On the other hand, when people, who we do not know from Adam, say something…
A Reason to be Hopeful
Matthew 6: 24 -34 Nick Vujicic is a person born without arms and legs. In the eyes of the world, he is considered “useless.” He, too, had to deal with depression, anger, and resentment. He, too, prayed with faith that the Lord would give him arms and legs. What the Lord gave him instead was…
Mercy
Luke 6: 36-38 Now that my father and mother are not around anymore, every now and then I will look back and reminisce on our years of growing up. Our parents, despite limited financial resources, tried to give us the best in life. This was especially the case with education. Further, for a family of…
Giving and Trusting
Mark 12: 38-44 It is said that the biggest charitable institution in the world is the Roman Catholic Church, which operates more than 140,000 schools, 10,000 orphanages, 5,000 hospitals, and some 16,000 other health clinics. Where does the money to help out come from? It is from its members that give. The Gospel gives an…
At God’s Given Time
John 8: 12-20 The Book of Daniel talks about two judges who “suppressed their consciences”, yet ended up giving in to wrongful ways. Look at the damage they did to the life of Susanna, to cover up for their own sins. How many of us have been victims of the sins of others, which then…
Grief
One book that I read every now and then is entitled Praying Our Goodbyes, written by Sr. Joyce Rupp. She said that since life is passing and fleeting and nothing is permanent, it is a series of hellos and goodbyes. Hence in all our relationships, there is a time for hello and a time for…
Anger in the Heart
Matthew 5: 20-26 There is a saying that one should never make decisions when one is very emotional. This applies when one is very angry, very sad, very frightened and yes, even very happy. How often have we seen on TV an alleged killer repentantly saying that the only reason he did such an act…
Come Holy Spirit
John 20: 19-23 One of the promises of the Lord is, “I will never leave you until the end of time.” Hence, if we look at salvation history, God is always with us. In the Old Testament, it was God the Father; in the New Testament, it was Jesus. After He went up to heaven,…
Compassion
The older generation would always say in Tagalog, “May awa ang Diyos.” (God is compassionate). When there is a tragedy, death, misfortune in life, they will say, “May awa ang Diyos.” In the Gospel, Jesus said, “it is Mercy that I desire, not sacrifices”. Why? Because as God is compassionate, we should also be compassionate…
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