Veritas PH

The WORD. The TRUTH.

THE LORD IS COMING … HE IS HERE!

SHARE THE TRUTH

 429 total views

We all formally open the Season of Advent. The season of Advent is a period of waiting. We are waiting for the Lord. The season of Advent is composed of four weeks – actually four Sundays. And the four weeks are divided into two.

The first two Sundays of Advent are dedicated to meditating on the second coming of the Lord at the end of time. Starting December 17, our meditation will shift from the coming of the Lord for the second time at the end of the world to the coming of the Lord at Christmas. It is not proper to put out our nativity sets before December 17. Why? Because before December 17 our meditation is not yet on Christmas. Our meditation is still on the second coming of the Lord at the end of the world.

There are two parts in our Advent preparation: The first part is preparing for the second coming. The second part is remembering that He has already come the first time, gently on that first Christmas midnight.

Now, my dear brothers and sisters when we say that the Lord will come unexpectedly, we usually associate that coming with death. From our experience, we do not know when we will die. It is wrong to say that the Lord will come when death strikes us. But while the liturgy of the day reminds us of one basic reality that the Lord comes to us yes, in death but also know that the Lord comes to us in life. We do not have to wait for death for the Lord to come to us and we do not have to wall for death for us to recognize the Lord

Right now as you are listening to me, the Lord is coming to you. Right now as we are celebrating the Mass, the Lord is coming to you. it is easy to recognize the Lord at death but it is a lot difficult to recognize the Lord at every moment of our lives. How does the Lord come to us in life? How does the Lord come to us daily?

First of all, the Lord comes to us every time we gather in His name. The Lord comes to us every time we hear the Word as proclaimed in the first and second reading at mass. It was the Lord who was talking to us in the responsorial psalm for as St. Peter said to Jesus, “Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of everlasting life.” We know that the Lord comes to us as we receive the Eucharist. The Lord comes to us as we listen to the priest. The Lord comes to us when we serve the poor because He also said, “Whatever you do to the least of your brothers and sisters you do to me.”

My dear brothers and sisters, there is still one coming of the Lord that we are afraid to recognize. When the Lord comes to us with His cross and tells us, “Carry your cross with Me,” it is quite a difficult thing to do. The Lord invites us to carry His cross. The Lord who shares His most precious possession is the same Lord who promises us a meaningful life. The Lord is preparing us for a happy and meaningful death. And the best way to prepare for that event is a meaningful life right now.

The Lord is coming. Are you listening? The Lord is coming. Are you watching? The Lord is here. Are you aware?

THE LORD IS COMING … HE IS HERE!
Lk 1:25-28
Jesus In My Heart

ads
ads
2
3
4
previous arrow
next arrow

Veritas Editorial

Rev. Fr. Anton CT Pascual

Rev. Fr. Anton CT Pascual

President of Radio Veritas

May katarungan ang batas

 6,770 total views

 6,770 total views Mga Kapanalig, sinasabi sa mga panlipunang turo ng Simbahan na sa isang demokratikong estado, ang mga may pulitikal na kapangyarihan ay nananagot sa taumbayan. Nakasaad din ang prinsipyong ito sa ating Saligang Batas: ang mga pampublikong gampanin o opisina ay mula sa tiwala at kapangyarihan ng taumbayan. Ito ang tinutungtungan ng mga nagsampa

Read More »

Filipino Voters

 21,332 total views

 21,332 total views Matapos mapaltalsik sa panunungkulan ang diktaduryang rehimen ng dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Sr., sa pamamagitan ng makasaysayang “EDSA people power” bloodless revolution kung saan may malaking bahagi ang Radio Veritas, Ang Radyo ng Simbahan.. Nawakasan nating mga Pilipino ang martial law at rehimeng Marcos noong January 17,1981 at nai-akda ang 1987 Philippine constitution

Read More »

Anti Agri-Cultural Smuggling Act Of 2016

 27,449 total views

 27,449 total views Ang Republic Act (RA)10845 ay nire-repeal ang RA 12022 o Anti Agricultural Sabotage Act. Kapanalig, bago ma-repeal ang RA 12022 ng RA 10845 may naparusahan na ba sa mga lumabag sa batas na mga cartel at smugglers ng agricultural at fisheries products? Marami na tayong batas laban sa mga rice cartels at profiteering,

Read More »

Disinformation At Polarization

 34,338 total views

 34,338 total views The dangers of new communication technologies. Sa paggunita ng ika-59 World Communications day, pinuna ni Pope Francis ang “era of disinformation and polarization”. Pinuna ng Santo Papa ang mga makapangyarihang social networks na nagdudulot lamang ng “fanaticism at hatred”. Bilang pagkilala sa mga mamamahayag, nauunawaan ng Santo Papa ang hirap, sakripisyo at responsibilidad

Read More »

Pagkamamamayang for sale?

 41,358 total views

 41,358 total views Mga Kapanalig, ano nga ba ang kahulugan ng pagiging isang Pilipino? Sa isang bill na inihain ni Congressman Joey Salceda para bigyan ng Filipino citizenship ang negosyanteng Tsino na nagngangalang Li Duan Wang, sinabi niyang taglay ng dayuhan ang mga katangian ng isang tunay na Pilipino: mapagmahal, mapagbigay, magalang, mabuti, matapat, nagsusumikap, at

Read More »
catholink
Shadow
truthshop
Shadow

Related Story

Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

A Pastoral Commentary on the 2025 National Budget

 3,365 total views

 3,365 total views It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to trust in princes! Psalm 118:9 A Pastoral Commentary on the 2025 National Budget My brothers and sisters in Christ in the Church of Lingayen Dagupan: Why this commentary on the national budget? In Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict XVI laid out the proper part of the Church in

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

3 Cs OF MARY

 20,056 total views

 20,056 total views Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Today is September 8, Sunday. It is also Mary’s day. When we have a choice between the Lord’s Day and Mary’s day, the Lord’s day takes priority. That is why the Mass is not the Mass for the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is the Mass celebrating the 234th

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

Lord Save Us! We Are Perishing! (Matthew 8:25)

 35,106 total views

 35,106 total views Lord Save Us! We Are Perishing! (Matthew 8:25) Pastoral Letter for the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan to be read as homily for all Masses for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 15 and 16, 2024  Beloved people of God in the Church of Lingayen Dagupan:  The threat is no longer imagined.  It is

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

WOUNDED FOR LOVE

 39,118 total views

 39,118 total views I am sure you know at least one person who has left the Church due to a hurtful experience within it. This individual, once identifying as Catholic, has abandoned their religion because of disappointment with a priest or with people in the Church. Perhaps they encountered a priest who was unfaithful to his

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

ASTONISHED

 65,825 total views

 65,825 total views In one short paragraph, Jesus astonished the people around Him for two significant reasons. Firstly, they were astounded by His preaching. Secondly, they were astounded by His healing. Why were they astonished by His preaching? Because He spoke only the truth. Truth possesses its own power. It requires no sugar coating. It needs

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

ASTONISHED

 66,467 total views

 66,467 total views In one short paragraph, Jesus astonished the people around Him for two significant reasons. Firstly, they were astounded by His preaching. Secondly, they were astounded by His healing. Why were they astonished by His preaching? Because He spoke only the truth. Truth possesses its own power. It requires no sugar coating. It needs

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

GOD DOES NOT LIKE MIRACLES

 66,466 total views

 66,466 total views By nature, we like miracles. When we hear about a miracle or read about it, we rush to the miracle site because we want to experience the supernatural through those miracles. Human beings probably like miracles a lot, but God does not like miracles. That is why miracles happen very rarely. God does

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

DISBELIEF

 66,465 total views

 66,465 total views The story of Zechariah is our story as well. Zechariah received a blessing. We all have been blessed at one point or another in the past. After Zechariah received the blessing, his response was doubt. His response was fear. His response was disbelief. Isn’t that what we often do after we are blessed

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

INSPIRATION!

 66,482 total views

 66,482 total views Once in a while, we come across children who have plenty of toys and children’s books, and yet go to their parents and say, “I am bored.” We see college students shifting from one course to another, not knowing what career path to take, and then they say life is boring. This attitude

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

BLINDNESS

 66,512 total views

 66,512 total views The blind man could not see. That is a fact. Yet, he warns to me that even if he could sense or see with his being, he could not see with his eyes, but he could sense with his heart. That is why he immediately felt the disgust of the crowd. That is

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

BE GRACIOUS

 66,790 total views

 66,790 total views In Grade 3, I learned a poem about good manners: Hearts, like doors, will open with ease With very, very little keys. But don’t forget that two of these Are thank you, sir, and if you please. People who are grateful, people who know how to say thanks sincerely, win the hearts of

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

WHY DO YOU GIVE?

 67,444 total views

 67,444 total views Why do people give? Why do people do good things for other people? Unfortunately, our motivations are not always clear and good. Unfortunately also, we are not always aware of the impurity of our motives. Why do people give and why do people do good things for other people? The first motivation, unexpressed

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

CLAY AND POTTER

 69,186 total views

 69,186 total views Most of us are familiar with the Serenity Prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” The prayer has been adapted by many rehabilitation programs for dependents on drugs, alcohol, gambling, and even

Read More »
Father Soc - Everyday Jesus
Most Rev. Socrates Villegas

RESPECTFUL GOD

 70,174 total views

 70,174 total views Children are expected to respect their parents. Younger people are expected to respect their elders. The laity are expected to respect priests. The priests are expected to respect their bishops. And the principle is—the higher, the more experienced, the older, the more deserving of respect. If we follow the same principle, then God

Read More »

Latest Blogs

Scroll to Top