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What is your call to Nineveh?
What is God calling you to do? What is the task that God has given to you? What is your call to Nineveh? That is the only question really worth answering.
Publish date: 2021 - 1 - 24
“Come and see” (John 1:39)
“Here I am Lord; I come to do your will” (Psalm 40)
Publish date: 2021 - 1 - 17
Taizé – An Experience of Communion
Taizé is a form of prayer that includes short hymns, silence and reflection. It is also a religious community that had evolved from a place of refuge during World War II. Every year, thousands of young people descend upon this little town in southern France to pray and have retreat there, and Taizé prayer has become a popular form of prayer all over the world.
Publish date: 2021 - 1 - 9
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
The Holy Spirit empowers us to let our inner “superhero” out and be the person whom God has called.
Publish date: 2021 - 1 - 10
When the Foreigners Came to Jerusalem
When the Magi come to pay homage to the powerless infant in the manger, the time has come for the secret to turn into a reality, for Jerusalem to take the center stage, and for Daughter Zion to become the Bride of Christ – the Catholic Church.
Publish date: 2021 - 1 - 3
A Shelter Fit for a King
In truth, our loving God does not need a “cedar house”; rather, we need to dwell in God and at the same time, humbly allowing God to dwell in us.
Publish date: 2020 - 12 - 20
The Holy Spirit’s Knock-Out Punch!
For those of you who are studying the Scripture seriously, I hope the Holy Spirit would also punch your lights out the way He did it to me!
Publish date: 2020 - 12 - 13
“The day of the Lord will come like a thief” (2 Peter 3:10)
This Sunday’s Gospel reading is from the first few verses of Chapter 1 of the Gospel according to St. Mark. Verse 1 “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” is also a title for the entire gospel (Ref: Ignatius Bible Study [IBS] P65). The “good news” is that Christ […]
Publish date: 2020 - 12 - 6
How do we prepare for Advent in this unprecedented time?
In the beginning of the Advent season, we are waiting, watching, expecting, and preparing ourselves for the coming of a Savior. With the entire globe weathering COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus, we are in uncharted territory. So, what are we expecting? How do we prepare our hearts in this unprecedented time? May this Sunday reflection shed some light on us.
Publish date: 2020 - 11 - 29
The Shepherd and the King
Jesus is no ordinary king. Like David, his Old Testament type, he is a Shepherd-King.
Publish date: 2020 - 11 - 22
Pope Francis: It was God's voice that guided Mary's heart and her steps where her presence was needed
(Vatican News) Pope Francis reflects on prayer and on how the Virgin Mary, who entrusted herself to God with docility, is a model for our own lives.
Publish date: 2020 - 11 - 18
Is the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?
In God's kingdom of eternal joy, there is no shortage of resources nor discrimination of treatment.
Publish date: 2020 - 11 - 15
Preparing for the Royal Visit
If we do not live like we “know” Christ every single day, how do we expect Christ to “know” us when He comes again?
Publish date: 2020 - 11 - 8
Pope Francis: Prayer is an art that must be practiced with insistence
(Vatican News) At the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis says Jesus shows us that we must pray early, often, and in silence, and urges everyone to pray for those who are ill with Covid-19 and the medical personnel working to treat them.
Publish date: 2020 - 11 - 4
Experiencing the Mystical Body of Christ
The doors of the Church that I knocked on 43 years ago are opening up to an abyss of mysteries far deeper than any human mind can fathom!
Publish date: 2020 - 11 - 1
Pope Francis: Jesus came for all of humanity
(Vatican News) Pope Francis continues his catechesis on prayer inviting the faithful to persevere in prayer in every moment of their lives, even in the most difficult, and in those in which we feel the burden of our sins.
Publish date: 2020 - 10 - 28
“Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (Mt 22:21)
May our earthly commitments be guided by a beacon of light from the divine
Publish date: 2020 - 10 - 18
Pope Francis: Read the Psalms to learn the language of prayer
(Vatican News) In his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on the witness of prayer as laid out in the Book of Psalms, saying the door to God’s heart is always open in our moments of pain.
Publish date: 2020 - 10 - 14
The Bible is in a Nutshell Just God’s Wedding Invitation
The theme of marriage and family runs through the Bible like a thread, weaving its way intricately and skillfully from the first chapter to the last.
Publish date: 2020 - 10 - 11
Pope Francis: Prayer is a confrontation with God and letting oneself be sent to serve one's brothers and sisters
(Vatican News) Pope Francis, during Wednesday’s General Audience resumes his catechesis on prayer following the cycle on the Healing the World wounded by the pandemic. This week he tells the faithful. “We need the spirit of Elijah.”
Publish date: 2020 - 10 - 8
What kind of tenants are we?
Christ is the true vine who gives life and the power to bear abundant fruit to the branches
Publish date: 2020 - 10 - 4
Where do I stand in response to God’s invitation
This Sunday Gospel reading shows that one can and should stand before God, individually, and assume spiritual responsibility. It confronts each of us with a big question, “Where do I stand in response to God’s invitation?”
Publish date: 2020 - 9 - 27
“[A]re you envious because I am generous?” (Mt 20:15)
Let us free ourselves from our presumptions, so that God’s big picture, beyond the limited reality we can perceive with our eyes, can be made visible to our heart.
Publish date: 2020 - 9 - 20
Forgive and You Shall Be Forgiven
We continue to go about our business in God’s presence, acting nonchalant and pretending our unforgiving hearts somehow don’t really matter to God.
Publish date: 2020 - 9 - 13
