Author: Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

A RETREAT IS NOT ENOUGH

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 666 total views This is the favorite week for retreats and recollections. Our nuns at Villa San Miguel are all out of town for their annual

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

LIFE IS A PROCESSION

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 716 total views Many processions will be held these days. Every parish, almost every chapel will have processions of well decorated images of the Holy Week

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

MOODINESS VERSUS FAITHFULNESS

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 493 total views Today’s Mass is unique. It has two Gospels. The first Gospel is about the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, the City of

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

THE RIDICULOUS AND THE SUBLIME

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 669 total views According to Napoleon, what separates the sublime from the ridiculous is only one step. In the case of the Gospel, we can paraphrase

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

SPIRITUAL SANDWICH

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 549 total views Imagine a sandwich, two slices of bread with something in between. Consider that the inside of the sandwich is called “spiritual growth.” And

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

THE RIGHT TIME

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 643 total views There is a proper time for everything. There is a proper time to plant. There is also the proper time harvest. And for

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

GOLDEN SILENCE

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 640 total views In Biblical studies, when Jesus tells the poor cripple, “Do not tell anyone about this,” it is referred to as the Messianic Secret.

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