Author: Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

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 8,011 total views The scripture readings for today speak about wisdom, wealth, and treasure. The merchant in today’s Gospel is not you, and the pearl of

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 7,906 total views A man in his mid-thirties approached me and said, “Father, when I was young I had a problem with impurity and I thought

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 7,606 total views The culture of modern people is competition. We want to compete. We love to compete. We get excited when there is competition. We

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 7,334 total views I am sure that once upon a time in your life, you happened to open a folded paper, and the folded paper contains

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 8,661 total views This Gospel teaches us about prayer. First, the friends of the paralytic and the paralytic never said a word to each other. Yet,

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 7,832 total views How is love shown? First, by intention. Second, by verbal expression. Third is by action. In other words, we can love people in

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 7,061 total views There is a drive in us that wants to understand as much as we can. We do not like things we cannot understand.