Category: Tenth Week

⏰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...

⏰Saturday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (16 June 2018) 📖1 Kgs 19:19-21; Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10 (R.v.5a); Matt We have this saying that honesty is the best policy. Deception is an evil that has kept the world in a seeming unredeemable condition. It was in fact what initiated the disastrous nature of our world today when the serpent deceived man into believing that he will be like God after eating the forbidden fruit (cf. Gen 3:1-5). Today, most people do not believe that they can be successful in life if they don’t tell a lie....

⏰Friday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (12 June 2020) 📖1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16; Ps 27:7-8ab, 8c-9abc, 13-14 (R.v.8a); Matt 5:27-32 Have you noticed that God dwells in the quiet place of our heart more than in the noisy places of worship? Do not misunderstand this. I am just affirming the obvious. There is so much noise in the world that we most often fail to listen the gentle voice of God. A preacher once listed noise and crowd among the three things that draw the heart of men away from God. We always want to listen to...

⏰Thursday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (14 June 2018) 📖1 Kgs 18:41-46; Ps 65:10abcd, 10c-11, 12-13 (R.v.2ab); Matt 5:20-26 The hand of the LORD was on Elijah (1Kings 18:46) and so he was able to do unimaginable things and especially, winning the people over to God. Notice in that passage how Ahab, who was filled with hatred over Elijah before was now respecting Elijah in all things. That was because the hand of the Lord was upon Elijah. Child of God, listen! As we noted yesterday, divine touch brings liberation, healing and uplift. When you encounter the...

⏰Wednesday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (10 June 2020) 📖1 Kgs 18:20-39; Ps 16:1-2a, 4, 5 and 8, 11 (R.v.1); Matt 5:17-19 Whenever you take up your bible to read the encounter between Elijah and the 450 prophets of Baal (1Kings 18:17-40), do not be distracted so much by the drama and the numbers. Though the numbers are all very significant, the underlying message is the fact of God’s love and his supremacy over all. Note that that encounter is not a PROOF of God’s supremacy (God does not engage in any contest with anyone or anything...

⏰Tuesday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time 2 (12 June 2018) 📖1 Kgs 17:7-16; Ps 4:2-3, 4-5, 7a and 8 (R.v.7b); Matt 5:13-16 My dear, have you ever bothered to think well about the details of that story about Elijah and the widow of Zarephath? For a moment, forget about the miracle of abundance and think of what engineered it! By giving out that last meal to Elijah, this widow gave out her life to save Elijah’s. Imagine that she had refused giving to Elijah based on the very valid reason that she does not have more to accommodate...