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Ordinary Time / Thirteenth Week / Weekdays / Year II

“HE ROSE AND REBUKED THE WINDS AND THE SEA; AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM” (cf. Matt 8:26)

⏰Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (30 June 2020) 📖Amos 3:1-8, 4:11-12; Ps 5:5-6, 7, 8 (R.v.9a); Matt 8:23-27 🎤”HE ROSE AND REBUKED THE WINDS AND THE SEA; AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM” (cf. Matt 8:26) Beloved in Christ, today marks the end of the month of June. Today, the first half of the year 2020 will officially come to an end. I pray that it may also bring to an end, your pains and afflictions, your disappointments and failures. And may you be prepared to welcome new realities in your life and in all that...

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Ordinary Time / Twelfth Week / Weekdays / Year II

CHOOSE TODAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE

⏰Friday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (26 June 2020) 📖2Kings 25:1-12; Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5 (R.v.6ab); Matt 8:1-4 🎤CHOOSE TODAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE As he prepared to wound up his ministry, Joshua gathered the people and led them to opt for absolute faithfulness to God (see Josh 24:14ff). It was probably easier for him to convince them because he led by example by choosing to serve the Lord with his family (Josh 24:15). That was not so for Zedekiah, who was the last king of Judah from 597 BC to about 586 BC. Instead of trusting...

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Ordinary Time / Twelfth Week / Weekdays / Year II

“DO NOT LET YOUR GOD ON WHOM YOU RELY DECEIVE YOU…” (2 Kgs 19:10)

⏰Tuesday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (23 June 2020) 📖2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Ps 60:3, 4-5, 12-14 (R.v.7a); Matt 7:1-5 🎤”DO NOT LET YOUR GOD ON WHOM YOU RELY DECEIVE YOU…” (2 Kgs 19:10) Hey! I hope you can already see that those words were not exactly mine. They were copied right from the scripture. Well, for some time, I have been having the same thought. So, it is not accidental that I picked it up as my theme for reflection today. Some years ago, I had a bitter experience that really put my faith to...

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Ordinary Time / Twelfth Week / Weekdays / Year II

SEEK AND REMAIN IN THE FACE OF GOD

⏰Monday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (22 June 2020) 📖2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Ps 60:3, 4-5, 12-14 (R.v.7a); Matt 7:1-5 🎤SEEK AND REMAIN IN THE FACE OF GOD Isaiah 59:1-2 states, “The Lord’s arm is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. It is rather your iniquities that have separated you from your God; it is your sins that have made him hide his face from you, so that he does not hear you.” That prophecy is what is echoed in 2 Kings 17. The kingdom of Israel came to an...

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Ordinary Time / Tenth Week / Weekdays / Year II

“OUR HELP COMES FROM THE LORD WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH” (Psalm 121:2)

⏰Monday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (08 June 2020) 📖1 Kgs 17:1-6; Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 (R.v.2); Matt 5:1-12 🎤”OUR HELP COMES FROM THE LORD WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH” (Psalm 121:2) Beloved in Christ, join me in thanking God for his saving mercy. It is his mercy that has kept me going against all odds. May his name be glorified both now and forever. Amen. Our God is so faithful that he cannot commission you for a mission without a provision. I believe that Elijah understood this so well such that he trusted God and...

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Ordinary Time / Seventh Week / Weekdays / Year II

BEAR FRUITS OF FAITH AND WISDOM!

⏰Monday of the Seventh Week of the Ordinary Time Year 2 (24 February 2020) 📖Jam 3:13-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 (R.v.9ab); Mark 9:14-29 🎤BEAR FRUITS OF FAITH AND WISDOM! My dear friend in Christ, St. James tells us that those of us who received the gifts of wisdom must bear fruits of peace, gentleness, openness to reason, mercy, goodness without uncertainty or insincerity (Jam 3:17). In this way, we shall be authentic members of Christ. Authentic members of Christ do not live in the ways of the world but in the ways of God. Failure to connect to the...

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Ordinary Time / Sixth Week / Weekdays / Year II

FAITH AND ACTION

⏰Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time II (21 February 2020) 📖Jam 2:14-24, 26; Ps 112:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 (R.v.1b); Mark 8:34 – 9:1 🎤FAITH AND ACTION My dear, the psalmist again reminds us today that those who take delight in the Lord’s commandments are indeed blessed. Listen to what the psalmist says about such a person, “Riches and wealth are in his house; his justice stands firm forever. A light rises in the darkness for [him]; he is generous, merciful and just” (Ps 112:3-4). Can you see that it pays to be just and obedient to God? Indeed, it...

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Ordinary Time / Sixth Week / Weekdays / Year II

FAN INTO FLAME YOUR FAITH

⏰Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time II (19 Feb 2020) 📖Jam 1:19-27; Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5 (R.v.1b); Mark 8:22-26 🎤FAN INTO FLAME YOUR FAITH The gradual healing of the blind man in Mark 8:22-26 is a good description of our relationship with God. Just as the blind man gradually regained his sight, we gradually grow in Christian Maturity and God is always patient with us even in our many failings. But it is expected that that growth must be steady and devoid of any hypocricy. Hence, St. James asks us expel from us everything that will block us...

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Fifth Week / Ordinary Time / Weekdays / Year II

“THEY ATE, AND WERE SATISFIED” (Mark 8:8)

⏰Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Year 2 (15 February 2020) 📖1 Kgs 12:26-32, 13:33-34; Ps 106:6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22 (R.v.4a); Mark 8:1-10 🎤”THEY ATE, AND WERE SATISFIED” (Mark 8:8) Have you ever paused to reflect on what is the authentic source of satisfaction and security in man? On a daily basis, we struggle to gain those two in our lives. With a deep reflection, one can see that satisfaction and security come more from what we help others to have than what we acquire for ourselves. In other words, generosity and selflessness work better on our behalf than...

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Feasts and Solemnities / Fifth Week / Weekdays / Year II

“EPHPHATHA… BE OPENED” (Mark 7:34)

⏰Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Year 2 (14 February 2020 – Memorial of Ss. Cyril and Methodius) 📖1 Kgs 11:29-32, 12:19; Ps 81:10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15 (R.v.11a, 9a); Mark 7:31-37 🎤”EPHPHATHA… BE OPENED” (Mark 7:34) My dear, the scriptures, in Lam 3:37 asks, “Who can command and execute what the Lord has not decreed?” The answer is very obvious, “nobody!” Yes! Nobody can safely do that and go unpunished. Solomon tried it and the result was the division of the kingdom of Israel. So it brings no good to anyone who tries such. Remember that one way that...