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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

LET THE WORLD TREMBLE

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 191 total views There is so much suffering in the world. Many of these sufferings that people endure could have been avoided if only there were more among us who are more just and concerned, humble and serving. There are two ways of correcting the injustice that we see in the world today. The first one

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

CARELESSNESS

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 163 total views A little boy just celebrated his eighth birthday. When I asked him what he remembers of his birthday last year, he answered: “Last year, I received my first pair of long pants.” According to him, this new pair of pants was about six inches longer than his usual size. So he asked his

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

THE TERROR OF SIN

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 333 total views Lord, we are ashamed because of what we have done with our lives. We are ashamed because of the innocence we shattered, because of the goodness we stole, because of the sins we introduced into the lives of people. We have not broken the cycle of sin. We have not broken the cycle

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

GOSSIPING

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 306 total views One of our favorite past times is gossiping and fault-finding. It is very easy for us to say that other people are worse than us, that other people are more immoral than us. Some of us even think that other people are more savage than we are. If you are tempted to consider

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

SIN IS SIN

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 177 total views Let us talk about injustice. There are two lessons about injustice that I wish to propose. One, we should not call injustice by any other name except injustice. We should not call sin a psychological abnormality. We should not call abortion as being pro-choice. We should not call adultery just a responsible sexual

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

LOVED SINNER

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 165 total views The devotion to the Sacred Heart is a historical reaction to the heresy against the teachings of the Church called Jansenism. Jansen was a priest and in all his preaching and lectures, he always said that man is so corrupt, so weak, so incapable, and so unworthy. He claimed that man cannot do

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Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

SAY NO

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 190 total views It is our life to help the needy. There is something very beautiful in helping. But the Lord tells us, we must be ready to distinguish between the needy and the foolish. When the foolish asks for help, they should not be helped. Why? Because in cooperating with their foolishness, we actually tolerate

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