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--> KAYA MO BA ANG SAMPU? Ano ba’ng mapapala natin sa 10 Utos? Para sa marami, mga batas lang ito na dapat isaulo sa Catholic school, mga display o karatula sa labas ng simbahan, o di kaya isang magarang lumang pelikula noong 1950’s. Bihirang ipaliwanag ito sa sermon. Hindi rin naman natin ito pinag-aaralan sa sarili natin. Kung tutuusin, hindi ba ginawa na lamang ni Hesus na 2 ang 10 utos ng Diyos? Ipinagkaloob ng Diyos ang mga utos niya sa kanyang bayan para sa isang mabuting pakay. Hindi ito mula sa kapritsyo lamang ng isang mapaglarong Diyos. Hindi rin sila mga instrumento ng paghihigpit at kontrol sa kilos at isip ng kanyang bayang Israel. Dapat alalahanin na ang mga utos na ito ang taluktok ng karanasan ng mga tao ng kanilang paglaya at kaligtasan, ng kanilang pagkakilala at pakikipag-ugnayan sa Diyos. Ganito nais ng Diyos na kumilos ang mga tao upang mapangalagaan ang kanilang bagong buhay. Ganito rin naman nais ng mga tao na tumu...

--> CAN YOU KEEP ALL TEN? What good can we get from the 10 commandments? For many people these ancient divine rules are items to memorize in Catholic schools, stone tablet displays in front of churches, or a classic, spectacular movie from the 1950’s. Rarely do we hear them explained on the pulpit nowadays . Seldom do we read or study them on our own. After all, didn’t Jesus just reduce the 10 to the simpler 2 basic laws? God gave the commandments to the people for a purpose. They were not capricious, arbitrary, or whimsical desires of a playful God. They were not impositions or restrictions on free actions of his people Israel. We need to remember that the commandments were the apex of the people’s experience of liberation and freedom, of knowledge and relationship with the Lord. This was how God wanted the people to behave in order to safeguard their newfound life. This was how the people would express their gratitude and loyalty to Go...

RENOUNCEMENT OF OCCULT AND ITS PRACTICES DELIVERANCE DURING BLESSINGS OF BUILDINGS  AND GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY AGAINST "USOG" AND "BALIS" DELIVERANCE PRAYERS FOR BLESSING OF VEHICLES *shared to the public from fb page of Fr. Winston Cabading. thanks to his kindness...

--> PANAHON NG MGA REGALO Anong gagawin mo kung ang matagal mo nang inaasam na regalo ay mapasaiyo na? Siguro, aariin mo itong isang kayamanan higit sa lahat ng bagay, aalagaan nang matiyaga, at sisikaping maipamana sa mga minamahal sa buhay. Sa Lumang Tipan, wala nang higit pang nakaunawa ng kahulugan ng regalo tulad ni Abraham. Sa tagal ng paghihintay, sa wakas nagkaanak din silang mag-asawa sa katauhan ni Isaac – at ito ay kahit matanda na sila ni Sara. Si Isaac ang katuparan ng mga pangarap ni Abraham na salinlahi at pamana, mga pangako na Diyos mismo ang nagbitiw sa kanya. Subalit alam ni Abraham kung paano kilalanin ang regalo. Natural na minsan siguro nais niyang ituring anak bilang kanyang eksklusibong pag-aari. Nais niya itong pangalagaan at tulungan. Marami siyang plano para sa kanya. Ngunit nang kabigla-biglang hiningi ng Diyos na ialay bilang sakripisyo ang bata, pinigil ni Abraham na ipagdamot ang anak. Buong laya, kahit mas...

SEASON OF GIFTS What will you do if someone gives you the most precious gift that your heart has been longing for a long time? Most probably you will treasure this gift above all other things in your life, keeping it with meticulous attention and care, and preserving it for many years to come. Of all people in the Old Testament, Abraham knew most the meaning of a gift. Amost despairing to have a son all his life, he and his wife finally received the gift of a child they named Isaac – and this in their advanced age! Isaac was the fulfillment of his father’s ardent aspiration for posterity and legacy, promises made by the Lord God himself. But Abraham knew that a gift was to be always treated as a gift. Surely there were times he wanted to treat his dear son as his possession. He wanted to protect him and secure his needs. He had his own plans for his future. But when God unexpectedly asked Abraham to sacrifice the boy Abraham resisted th...

THE MOST REV. BARTOLOME GASPAR SANTOS, DD BISHOP-ELECT, DIOCESE OF IBA, ZAMBALES (2018) THE MOST REV. PROTACIO  GUEVARRA. GUNGON, DD FIRST BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF ANTIPOLO, RIZAL  DIED 2014

--> A Spiritual Testament as Literary Mastepiece (by Fr. R. Marcos) St. Therese of Lisieux.(1996). Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, 3 rd edition , trans. John Clarke. Washington: ICS Publications. Introduction The book Histoire d’un Ame took the world by storm when it was first released in 1898 following the death of its author, an obscure nun who lived nine years in a cloistered convent in France. The book would be instrumental in making the author a spiritual personage of high esteem, creating a wave of devotion according to her invitingly fresh look at the spiritual life and propelling her to greatness as the most famous Catholic saint of the 20 th century. Therese Martin, later St. Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face became a most familiar figure in every place where the Catholic Church had a presence, thanks to the writings she left behind. The first edition of her work was ma...