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55 total views We are Christians. I thank you Lord for my brothers and sisters who share the same faith with me – people I never thought I would meet. I thank you for people who have become my friends because of the faith that we have received from You. I thank you Lord, for my …
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40 total views On the statement of the Lord, “Love one another,” I have three things to propose for reflection. First, it is a command It is not an invitation, a request or an option. It is a command Being a command, it calls for total obedience. We are not left with any choice except to …
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60 total views The two readings are related to each other. The first reading talks about roots. It tells us of how King Josiah accidentally discovered a part of the written law of Moses. With this discovery, he realized how far his people have gone and how different they have become from their roots and origin. …
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35 total views You know my secrets. I open my heart to You today and I ask You to show me the ways I have blocked the flow of Your love. Forgive me, Jesus, for all my sins, for all my faults and failings. For all the times I have gone astray, forgive me. I am …
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48 total views St. Bonaventure was the official biographer of St. Francis of Assisi. He was also a contemporary of St. Thomas Aquinas who is considered the most intelligent theology and philosophy professor of the Church for all times. St. Bonaventure was a professor at the University of Paris during the Middle Ages. This university was …
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49 total views Dear Jesus, I have so many sins I am so ashamed of: so many sins I am afraid would be exposed; so many sins that I tremble in fear to admit before anybody. But there is nothing I can hide from You. I can lie and cover up my lies with one lie …
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45 total views One of our children here at the EDSA Shrine approached me and said, “Father, can you please advise my mother to lessen her talking inside the house. She has become a compulsive talker and no one else gets to talk when she is around.” One day, this very talkative mother was trying to …
