It is faithfulness to the spirit of Jesus who embraced everyone, sinners and saints alike, even the pagan centurion who, in the end, acknowledge that he is not worthy to received Jesus “but only say the word and I shall be healed.”
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reflection
Scarcity creates insecurity. Our own human experiences prove that point. Go back to the times you felt very little was left in your pocket or in your food cabinet. Did we not feel insecure and worried that nothing will be left for us? Did we not feel insecure about giving [...]
Have we received the Holy Spirit? Yes, we have. But that does not make us automatically a spiritual person. There is a more important question we need to ask: “Have we responded to the Holy Spirit?”
Faith does not come from seeing him but from believing in him even if we have not seen him.
Every Lenten season, we remember the great event of the passion and death of Christ on the cross to free us from our slavery to sin. Every 25th of February, we remember the great event of a people freeing themselves from slavery to their own fears, apathy and indifference. Let me share with you some reflections on the Lenten season and the EDSA People Power Revolution.
That man Saul we all know today as St. Paul, one of the great apostle of our faith. His story is one of the most memorable and timeless story of change and transformation. From a persecutor of the faith to a preacher of the faith in Jesus, from being Saul the Pharisee to becoming St. Paul the missionary Apostle, from being a sinner to a saint. What happened to him is what should happen to each one of us. We all have to undergo our own road to Damascus, we all need to have our conversion moments.
John the Batist invites us to undergo a change, not only things outside us, but a change of heart. He tells not think about change but to let it penetrate every part of who we are.
I remember a conversation a group of priest had about arriving late for presiding at the celebration of the Mass. While most of us said it was so embarrassing to start the mass 10 or 15 minutes late, one of us said he was never late for mass. And we inquired how come he was [...]
The multiplication of loaves was mentioned in all four gospels of the bible. However, there is inconsistency in the number of bread and fish multiplied mentioned by the evangelists. In Matthew’s account, there are seven loaves of bread and two fish whereas in the accounts of John, Mark, and Luke, there are five loaves of [...]
For those not in the know, “bilog” is a kind of endearment which U.P. parishioners, especially those from the more distant puroks or areas, have accorded to the Chapel of the Holy Sacrifice. The term is appropriate, because the structural design is round or circular in form. The shape is circular, with the altar located [...]
This article is especially written for students. Listen up all you ambitious, competitive, grade-conscious students, as I am about to share with you the most useful news you would want to hear as you begin the new academic year (or for freshies, as you begin your UP life). Have you ever dreamed of becoming the [...]
I remember when I was little, I used to pronounce kindergarten as “kindergarden”. My computer is currently highlighting the quoted word with a red underline and I’m sure your computer would do that too. Yes, indeed kindergarden is unacceptable. It is a wrong spelling (or a mistaken diction in my case). However, further research informs [...]
Advent reminds us that we are a joyful people. It spurs us to renew our hope, because God comes to us in our darkness. The Virgin Mary gladly experienced His coming into her womb. The story of Mary’s happy expectancy might lead us to think that she didn’t risk the things she valued, and that she knew everything will be all right. Advent invites us to live in joyful hope, even though our situation is difficult, because it is in having this disposition that we are able to ‘risk’ ourselves for God.
The Pastoral Council of the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice (PPC) carries on its second year of implementing the Three-Year Master Plan formulated in 2006 with the vision that being a parish is not merely a one-time moment but a process.
