When big events are approaching, people start worrying about a lot of things and how to…
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1st Sunday of Lent
We are now on the First Sunday of Lent by which we are intending these 40…
Ash Wednesday – Almsgiving, Praying, Fasting
Today is Ash Wednesday and is a very important day in the life of the Church…
7th Sunday of the year
The Code of Hammurabi (1793-1750 B.C.), a precept to the law of retaliation which we heard…
6th Sunday of the year
Two sinners visited a holy man and asked his advice. “We have done wrong,” they said,…
5th Sunday of the year
Two children, a boy a girl, were playing bahay-bahayan. The neighbor heard that they were fighting and…
4th Sunday of the year
It is told that when Mother Theresa was once cleaning the wounds of a leper, a…
3rd Sunday of the year
The story is told about a despondent man who complained to his mother: “I’ve stopped going…
Presentation of the Lord
We are celebrating every year Mother’s Day (every 2nd Sunday of May) and Father’s Day (every 3rd Sunday…
Baptism of the lord
A story is told about an old grandfather who walked into a flower shop in order…