LEAD WITH HEART: 16th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
It's not easy to be a leader. People expect much from those who are there to guide, shepherd, teach, lead. Truth to be said, not all the times the leaders are on the top of their game. On the other hand, position of leadership brings prestige, privileges and...
FIRST PROFESSION OF SHIELA MAE R. ALCANTARA
"I give myself to You, O Church, just as I am." ~ Bl. Francisco Palau Sr. Shiela Mae R. Alcantara, cmt took her first vows as a gesture of giving herself to the Church: God and Neighbor, on the solemnity of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. In the celebration, she was reminded...
MISSIONARY PROPHET: 14th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
“Maybe it’s true that I can’t live without you, and maybe two is better than one…” Today’s readings remind us of the many things that we should live out in our journey as a missionary prophet and as a Church. One of which is being sent “two by two” by our Lord Jesus....
RECOGNIZING GOD IN OUR ORDINARY LIFE: 14th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Faith is power, the divine power that operates where there is trust and surrender but will not insist if there is resistance. The gospel of this Sunday is the representation of rejection experienced by the Lord in His hometown. On the sabbath He taught in the...
GOD’S HEALING TOUCH: 13th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
In today’s gospel, Mark presents two remarkable faith-healing stories. Jairus, a synagogue ruler, approaches Jesus in the middle of a huge crowd with desperation. His daughter is gravely ill, and he pleads for Jesus to come and heal her. Jesus agrees and begins to...
CROSSING THROUGH THE STORM: 12th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The first invitation of Jesus to his disciples is to cross to the other side of the lake. It means to leave a known and comfortable place where they were having quiet big an impact and success among the people, where they were beginning to be famous and respected....
WAIT AND SEE: 11th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
There was a child whose siblings took him to school events and other extracurricular activities, whether civic or religious or even in his friends' outings. It was a great experience because he was able to be with the people since his younger years. Little by little...
“THE BISHOP OF ROME” – A new document of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
The Dicastery Promoting Christian Unity has published today new document The Bishop of Rome. Primacy and synodality in ecumenical dialogues and responses to the encyclical Ut unum sint. The Bishop of Rome is a study document that presents for the first time a...
EMBRACING REDEMPTION: 10th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Exploring the readings today, they show fundamental themes of forgiveness and renewal profoundly embedded in the human experience. Each text goes into the realities of hardship, endurance, and hope. In the first reading, we encounter the timeless struggle with sin and...
WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE CHURCH: St. Brigid of Kildare, a champion of grassroots work.
Many historians have asked, and continue to ask, whether the stories about Brigid of Kildare are merely slightly colored facts, or whether the Christian nun is a shadow of another figure. This doubt arises from reading her hagiographies, which are full of paraphrases...
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