Pag-iisipan natin ngayon ang ugnayan ng ating pag-aalay-kapwa at ng inaasam nating kaligayahan. Para sa ating lahat, ang panahon ng Kuwaresma ay panahon ng pagsasakripisyo. May ibang nag-aayuno sa iba’t ibang uri ng pagkain, o umiiwas sa mga bagay na kinagigiliwan natin tulad ng video games at Facebook. Noong unang panahon, nag-aayuno ang mga taoContinue reading “Maging Bukas-Palad sa mga Kapus-Palad”
Category Archives: lent
Huminto Nang Sandali at Magnilaynilay
Habang papalapit na ang pagtatapos ng maraming mga estudyante at pagsisimula na ng bakasyon, makatulong nawa ang aking kuwento. Nangyari ito noong mga panahon sa Africa. Dala-dala ang maraming gamit ng mga bagong salta sa misyon, pinabilisan ng mga misyonero ang karwahe. Pagkatapos ng ilang sandali, huminto nang bigla ang lahat. At ayaw ng mgaContinue reading “Huminto Nang Sandali at Magnilaynilay”
Do You Believe in the Resurrection?
10 April 2011 The 5th Sunday of LentEzekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130; Rom 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 Note: This is a scheduled post. Every article published in this blog has been written long before the 11th of March 2011, the beginning of my 30-day retreat. The rest will come out at the date and time I haveContinue reading “Do You Believe in the Resurrection?”
How Do You Find Working?
3 April 2011 4th Sunday of Lent1 Sam 16: 1-13; Psalm 23: 1-6; Eph 5:8-14; John 9:1-41Note: This is a scheduled post. Every article published in this blog has been written long before the 11th of March 2011, the beginning of my 30-day retreat. The rest will come out at the date and time IContinue reading “How Do You Find Working?”
Are You at Peace?
27 March 2011 Third Sunday of LentExodus 17: 3-7; Psalm 95; Rom 5:1-8; John 4: 5-42 Note: This is a scheduled post. Every article for the 2011 Sundays of Lent and Easter published in this blog has been written long before the 11th of March 2011, the beginning of my 30-day retreat. The rest willContinue reading “Are You at Peace?”
Live in Hope
20 March 2011. 2nd Sunday of LentGen 12:1-4; Psalm 33; 2 Tim 1:8-10; Matthew 17:1-9 Note: This is a scheduled post. Every article published in this blog has been written long before the 11th of March 2011, the beginning of my 30-day retreat. The rest will come out at the date and time I haveContinue reading “Live in Hope”
The Test of Freedom
13 March 2011 1st Sunday of LentGenesis 2: 7-9, 3:1-7; Psalm 51; Romans 5: 12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 Note. This is a scheduled post. Blogger publishes this entry at the date I intended it to come out in my blog. Please pray for us, 8 Jesuits, making the 30-Day Retreat, the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.Continue reading “The Test of Freedom”
Have You Ever Wished You Didn’t Have to Work?
17 March 2010: Wednesday in the 4th Week of LentIsaiah 49, 8-15; Psalm 145; John 5, 17-30 Working is not new to us. In fact, many of us complain about work and wish we are a people who don’t have to work. We envy those with resources; just by sitting pretty in their couches andContinue reading “Have You Ever Wished You Didn’t Have to Work?”
What Do We Get When We Attend Mass Regularly?
16 March 2010 Tuesday of the 4th Week of LentEzekiel 47, 1-12; Psalm 46; John 5, 1-16 Why do we regularly come to church every Sunday? Why should we attend mass when we know that we will eventually fall again, only to return the next Sunday? Is this a futile routine that pious people do?Continue reading “What Do We Get When We Attend Mass Regularly?”
The Things We Don’t Do
4 March 2010 Thursday of the 2nd Week of LentJeremiah 17, 5-10; Psalm 1, 1-6; Luke 16, 19-31The parable speaks of the sin of omission. The rich man was punished, not because of what he did, but what he did not do. A close reading of the parable precisely illustrates it: the parable describes bothContinue reading “The Things We Don’t Do”
To Be Transfigured
28 February 2010 2nd Sunday of LentGenesis 15, 5-18; Psalm 27; Phil 3,17 – 4,1; Luke 9, 28-36Was there a point in your life when you were about to take the greatest plunge in your entire existence but then you wanted to be assured that the people whom you loved most understood what you wereContinue reading “To Be Transfigured”
Why Do We Fast?
19 February 2010. Friday after Ash WednesdayIsaiah 58, 1-9; Psalm 51; Matthew 9, 14-15 One of the practices that has become unpopular in the Season of Lent is fasting. But the greatest names in Scripture have practiced it: Moses, David, Elijah, Esther, Daniel, Anna the prophetess, Paul and Jesus. Outside of the bible, the greatestContinue reading “Why Do We Fast?”
Forgiveness and Transformation
17 March 2009 Tuesday of the 3rd Week of LentDaniel 3, 25-43; Psalm 25; Matthew 18, 21-35We continue with the Lenten theme of transformation and renewal towards becoming children of God. Jesus answered the question, “How many times should we forgive our brothers and sisters?” He said that we should forgive them, not just sevenContinue reading “Forgiveness and Transformation”
Change from a Temple to our Hearts
15 March 2009 3rd Sunday of LentExodus 20, 1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Cor 1, 22-25; John 2, 13-25 The Season of Lent has a running theme: the motif of change and transformation. The reason for all the mortifications such as fasting and abstinence, the rituals and liturgies of Holy Week, find its meaning in theContinue reading “Change from a Temple to our Hearts”
Glimpses of Glory
8 March 2009 2nd Sunday of LentGen 22, 1-18; Psalm 116; Rom 8, 31-34; Mark 9, 2-10 The Transfiguration is the revelation of Christ’s glory on Mt. Tabor in Galilee. Jesus appeared dazzling in His glory, as a manifestation of His true divinity. For Peter, James and John, it was a taste of heaven andContinue reading “Glimpses of Glory”
As Kingfishers Catch Fire 