30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME A – OCTOBER 26
THE SIMPLE TRUTH OF LOVE Filipinos are always eager in their anticipation for Christmas. As early as September, Christmas carols are played on the radio and in the malls. A Christmas countdown ends the evening news. Christmas items are on display and Christmas sales have been scheduled. But this year, though the anticipation is still present, our excitement seem to have diminished, in large part I think, because of the hard, uneasy times we now experience. I myself, feel no excitement over the music, the decors and the mall attractions. One day, however, passing in front of a busy market, I glimpsed some colorful lanterns (“parols”), the simple bamboo and paper variety that has been the signature of simple, warm family Christmases for ages. I began to smile and I felt a bit of the Christmas spirit enter my heart – in October! It was that simple material that sparked joy in me. Today the gospel touches us very deeply through a very simple...