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(Ika-26 nga Domingo sa Tuig-B) National Seafarer’s Day

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Liturhikanhong Kahulogan
(Ika-26 nga Domingo sa Tuig-B)
National Seafarer’s Day
Tema: ANG ESPIRITU ALANG SA TANAN
Pagkasayon kaayo ang pagduda kanato niadtong mga tawo nga lahi kanato, labi na niadtong mga nahisakop sa laing mga relihiyon. Siya mao ang Muslim, o Hudeo o Protestante – o langyaw. Alang sa pipila, o kaha sa kadaghanan, insakto na [...]

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THE POWERFUL WEAKNESS

Friday, September 18th, 2009

September 20, 2009
Twenty Fifth Sunday in OT (B)
Wisdom 2: 12, 17-20 / Psalm 54: 3-6, 8 /
James 3: 16-4:3 / Mark 9: 30-37
THE POWERFUL WEAKNESS
Word: Predictions of Jesus’ anticipated passion come frequently after Peter’s confession of Jesus as Messiah (cf. Mk 8:27-35, last Sunday’s Gospel). In today’s gospel, Jesus again is talking [...]

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THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

May 31, 2009
Pentecost Sunday (B)
Acts 2: 1-11 / Psalm 104: 1, 24, 29-31, 34 /
1 Cor 12: 3-7, 12-13 / John 20: 19-23

THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT
Word: This text is also used each year on the Second Sunday of Easter, when the reading continues with the story of Thomas. Today our attention focuses on the [...]

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GOD’S LOVE

Friday, May 15th, 2009

May 17, 2009
Sixth Sunday of Easter (B)
Acts 10: 25-26, 34-35, 44-48 / Psalm 98: 1-4 /
1 John 4: 7-10 / John 15 : 9 -17
GOD’S LOVE
Word: This beautiful page of the gospel of St. John is a Hymn of Love. The word “love” or “friend” is repeated eleven times in relation with the word [...]

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THIS MAN IS LIFE’S CENTERSTAGE

Friday, May 15th, 2009

May 10, 2009
Fifth Sunday of Easter (B)
Acts 9: 26-31 / Psalm 22: 26-28, 30-32 /
1 John 3: 18-24 / John 15: 1-8
Word: Like last Sunday, we hear today Jesus telling us WHO he is. When a revelation of Jesus begins with these solemn words, “I am”, we listen with rapt attention: this man, Jesus of [...]

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SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST, THE GOOD SHEPHERD

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

May 3, 2009
Fourth Sunday of Easter (B)
Acts 4: 8-12 / Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 21, 29 /
1 John 3: 1-2 / John 10: 11-18
SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST,
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Word: We must not forget that that the sentence begins with “I am”. In Hebrew the very name of God is the sacred “tetragram” Y H [...]

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