HOSPITALITY AND SERVICE WITHOUT COMPLAIN NOR GRUMBLING

HOMILY FOR SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR C. Readings: Genesis 18:1-10; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:24-28 and Luke 10:38-42. Every moment we have opportunity to show love and care are golden moments of hospitality. Hebrew 13:2 says, “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that, some have entertained angels without knowing […]

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July 15, 2022

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INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW AND PROPHETS

HOMILY FOR SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A. Readings: Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm 119; 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 and Matthew 5:17-37. I recall a court case of a woman who was accused of killing her husband, whose body was never found and she was sentenced. Years after serving her jail term, she found out the man […]

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February 10, 2023

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THE INCARNATION: AUTO-REVELATION OF GOD

HOMILY FOR THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS DAY), YEAR A/B/C. Readings: Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalm 98; Hebrew 1:1-6 and John 1:1-18. No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known (Jn 1:18). Today we celebrate the Word of God that became […]

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December 23, 2021

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ARE WE SENSITIVE TO THE WEAK AND THE POOR?

HOMILY FOR TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR C. Readings: Amos 6:1,4-7; Psalm 147; 1Timothy 6:11-16 and Luke 16:19-31. Today’s liturgy draws our attentions to people that are weak and poor in our neighborhoods, people who have no capacity to fulfill the minimum essential necessities of life. The prophet Amos and Jesus in the readings […]

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September 24, 2022

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CHRIST THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND THE DOOR

HOMILY FOR FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY), YEAR A. Readings: Acts 2:14.36-41; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:20-25; John 10:1-10. Traditionally, on the fourth Sunday of Easter the Church celebrates Good Shepherd Sunday.  The gospel reading is usually from John chapter ten which has the parable of the good shepherd read in the three […]

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April 28, 2023

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ARE WE DIFFERENT FROM OUR MASTER?

HOMILY FOR THE EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR C. Readings: Sirach 27:4-7; Psalm 92; 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 and Luke 6:39-45. Back then in my novitiate year, our novice master customarily would say, “A novice is properly formed when he behaves like his master.” The likely questions ensuing are these: are the words and actions […]

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February 24, 2022

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THE BETHLEHEM CANDLE: A SYMBOL OF PEACE

HOMILY FOR SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT, YEAR A. Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10;Psalm 72; Romans 15:4-9 and Matthew 3:1-12. THE BETHLEHEM CANDLE: A SYMBOL OF PEACE This Sunday we light the second candle of the Advent wreath, which is known as the Bethlehem Candle, a symbol of peace. Like the prophet’s Candle, the Bethlehem Candle is purple […]

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December 2, 2022

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WHERE IS GOD IN THE MIDST OF EVIL?

Readings: Job 7:1-4.6-7; Psalm 147; 1 Corinthians 9:16-19.22-23 and Mark 1:29-39.  What is our conception of suffering? Are we the type of Christians that don’t want to hear the word “suffer” or are we among those that endlessly ask: “How can we explain or justify the sufferings of man”? Why does God who is almighty […]

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December 2, 2021

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BEHOLD I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW

HOMILY FOR FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER. YEAR C. Readings: Acts: 14:21-27; Psalm 145; Revelation 21:1-5 and John 13:31-35. The liturgy of today presents to us a new commandment in a new community in eschatological anticipation of the new heaven and new earth. It gives us a paradigm shift from the apparitions of Jesus (to his […]

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May 13, 2022

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PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER

HOMILY FOR SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR, C. Readings: Genesis 18:20-22; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:12-14 and Luke 11:1-13. We are in an epoch in which ‘some Christians’ have questioned the existence of God. If God truly exists, why will He allow certain evils to triumph despite our prayers? A friend once asked, “Where is […]

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July 22, 2022

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YARDSTICK IN MEASURING OUR LIFE OF HOLINESS?

HOMILY FOR SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A. Readings: Leviticus 19:1-2. 17-18; Psalm 103; 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 and Matthew 5:38-45. In one of the spiritual thoughts of St. Joseph Marello, founder of the Congregation of the Oblates of St. Joseph, he says “Be extraordinary in ordinary things.” This thought is derived from St. Francis […]

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February 17, 2023

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A FAMILY OF LOVE AND SACRIFICE

HOMILY FOR THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, YEAR C. Readings: 1Samuel 1:20-22.24-28; Psalm 84; 1John 3:1-2.21-24 and Luke 2:41-52. Traditionally, on the first Sunday in the Octave of Christmas, which apparently is the last Sunday of the year, we celebrate the Holy family of Nazareth, the family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. […]

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December 23, 2021

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