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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Fourth Week / Weekdays / Year I

“DO NOT NEGLECT THE GIFT YOU HAVE” (1 Tim 4:14)

⏰Thursday of the Twenty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (19 September 2019) 📖1 Tim 4:12-16; Ps 111:7-8, 9, 10 (R.v.2a); Luke 7:36-50 🎤”DO NOT NEGLECT THE GIFT YOU HAVE” (1 Tim 4:14) Have you not realized that nobody is born without a gift? Every child that comes into this world comes with a gift that would be beneficial to him and the entire society. In the same way, everyone who is born into the Church by baptism is also born with a gift. Have you tried to discover your own gift? Are you using it well for the building up...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Fourth Week / Weekdays / Year I

REMAIN FIRM IN YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST

⏰Wednesday of the Twenty-Fourth Week of Ordinary Time 1 (18 September 2019) 📖1 Tim 3:14-16; Ps 111:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 (R.v.2a); Luke 7:31-35 🎤REMAIN FIRM IN YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST In 1 Tim 3:14-16, St. Paul instructs the leaders to remain attached to the fundamental truths of the history of salvation which were handed down to us. Obviously, some people, out of selfish interests, try to deviate from those fundamental truths (see Luke 7:31-35). Trying to fault them would definitely lead to persecution. Do you see how the Jews especially the Pharisees and the leaders were always looking out to see...

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Ordinary Time / Sundays / Year C

A CELEBRATION OF GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

⏰Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) – 15 Sept 2019 📖Exod 32:7-11,13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17 and 19 (R. Luke 15:18); 1Tim 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 🎤A CELEBRATION OF GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE The three readings that we have in our Liturgy of today point out, in a very clear manner, the imperfection of man and God’s unconditional love towards man. In the First Reading, the people of Israel deserted God and chose to worship a molten calf. Worst still, they ascribed to the molten calf, the glory which ought to be given to God, saying: “These are your gods, O...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Third Week / Weekdays / Year I

“THE GRACE OF OUR LORD OVERFLOWED FOR ME WITH FAITH AND LOVE THAT ARE IN CHRIST JESUS” (1 Tim 1:14)

⏰Friday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time 1 (13 Sept. 2019 – Memorial of St. John Chrysostom) 📕1 Tim 1:1-2, 12-18; Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 11 (R.v.5a); Luke 6:39-42 🎤”THE GRACE OF OUR LORD OVERFLOWED FOR ME WITH FAITH AND LOVE THAT ARE IN CHRIST JESUS” (1 Tim 1:14) My dear, as you prepare to embrace the demands of this day, may Jesus, our dependable friend, be present to you so that you may have a peaceful and miraculous day through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen. There is an adage that says that a river that forgets...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Third Week / Weekdays / Year I

“PUT ON LOVE, WHICH BINDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN PERFECT HARMONY” (Col 3:14)

⏰Thursday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time 1 (12 Sept. 2019) 📕Col 3:12-17; Ps 150:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 (R.v.6); Luke 6:27-38 🎤”PUT ON LOVE, WHICH BINDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN PERFECT HARMONY” (Col 3:14) All that St. Paul said in Col 3:12-17 could be summarized into a single command, “Put on Christ.” Remember that Christ is God (cf. John 1:1; Phil 2:6) and God is love (1 John 4:16). So, anyone who dwells in Christ dwells in love. Consider the contents of love which were proposed by St. Paul in 1 Cor 13:4-8 in line with this message. In that case,...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Third Week / Weekdays / Year I

“SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE” (Col 3:2)

⏰Wednesday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time 1 (11 Sept. 2019) 📕Col 3:1-11; Ps 145:2-3, 10-11, 12-13ab (R.v.9a); Luke 6:20-26 🎤”SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE” (Col 3:2) May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you. Amen. Being a Christian means being immersed into the identity of Christ in such a way that it is no longer the person who lives but Christ living in him (cf. Col 3:3-4; Gal 2:20-21). We must therefore aim to be where Christ is also. We cannot...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Second Week / Weekdays / Year I

“ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM” (Col 1:16)

⏰Friday of the Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time 1 (06 September 2019) 📕Col 1:15-20; Ps 100:1-2, 3, 4, 5 (R.v.2b); Luke 5:33-39 🎤”ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM” (Col 1:16) Really, Jesus is everything that we need! He is the beginning and the end. In him we have our being, the image of the invisible God. With Jesus beside you, you shall lack nothing (cf. Ps 23; Luke 5:34). That is the message which St. Paul gives to the Colossians (cf. Col 1:15-20) and to us today. As we noted yesterday, the Colossian Church was bedevilled by...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-Second Week / Weekdays / Year I

BE AWAKE, WAITING FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD

⏰Tuesday of the Twenty-Second Week of Ordinary Time 1 (03 September 2019 – Memorial of St. Gregory the Great) 📖1 Thess 5:1-6, 9-11; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14 (R.v.13); Luke 4:31-37 🎤BE AWAKE, WAITING FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD I welcome you in the name of Christ to this beautiful new day, the day of the Lord. And I pray that it may bring joy and peace to you and your family through Christ our Lord. Amen. Providentially, today, we reflect on the Day of the Lord. With a modern and Christian eye, we can picture the Christmas as a...

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Ordinary Time / Sundays / Year C

“EVERYONE WHO EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED AND HE WHO HUMBLES HIMSELF WILL BE EXALTED” (Luke 14:11)

⏰Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) 📖Sirach 3:17-20, 28-29; Ps 68:4-5ac, 6-7ab, 10-11 (R.v.11b); Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a; Luke 14:7-14 🎤”EVERY ONE WHO EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED AND HE WHO HUMBLES HIMSELF WILL BE EXALTED” (Luke 14:11) Last Sunday, Jesus called on us to follow the narrow gate if we want to get into the kingdom of God. As we know, nothing that is big can pass through that narrow gate. Pride bloats and makes one big. Can you now see the wisdom of God in choosing to teach us the necessity of humility today? The evangelist Luke used...

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Ordinary Time / Twenty-First Week / Weekdays / Year I

“BE AN EXAMPLE THAT THE WHOLE FLOCK CAN FOLLOW” (1 Pet 5:3)

⏰Tuesday of the Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time 1 (27 August 2019 – Memorial of St. Monica) 📖1 Thess 2:1-8; Ps 139:1-3, 4-6 (R.v.1); Matt 23:23-26 “BE AN EXAMPLE THAT THE WHOLE FLOCK CAN FOLLOW” (1 Pet 5:3) My dear, in our reflection yesterday, we noted the invitation of both Jesus and St. Paul for us to bear true witness to the gospel by manner of life we live. Today, that call continues to be emphasized and God tells us that the best way to carry out our missions of evangelization fruitfully is by living lives worthy of emulation. Let...