Daily Reflections
I am generally a happy person, an optimist, and see the good in most things. My disposition does not negate the fact that darkness and depression are around us. This past weekend, our parish had a Confirmation retreat for our sixty second year confirmation students, who will be confirmed by…
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Blessings to you as we reach the fifth week of Lent. I pray your journey has been reflective and fruitful regarding how good our God is to us. As we continue our journey, let us turn our eyes to the readings for today and see how God’s people gave up…
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Jesus speaks differently than anyone else. Notice that: – The Lord Jesus communicates the Truth (John 14:6) We desire the truth and would not want to be told a lie, although we do not always live up to the standard of truthfulness. In the case of the officers sent to…
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What if we allowed God to make us a home, a tabernacle where we will stay with him forever? Aren’t we all just looking for a place to call home? Somewhere we can feel safe and comfortable, where we can be ourselves? For me, that physical space is a church—its…
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George Orwell’s 1984 dictum “Big Brother is watching you” has now become a reality. I remember when my younger brother, twin brother, and myself went to visit Singapore. It is one of the cleanest and modern cities I have visited. One person in the subway train commented, “Here no one…
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Our Lord Will Never Abandon Us We fall on our knees. We place ourselves there not just because we are in the Lenten season; we place ourselves there because the world right now is in great turmoil. But when hasn’t our fallen world been in turmoil? The Evil One has…
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‘wherever the river flows, all living creatures teeming in it will live … wherever the water goes it brings health … this water comes from the sanctuary’ I was waiting for the water to move. By then it was a long time since the day I first came to the…
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A New Heavens and a New Earth In some parts of the world, this Lenten season is heralded by the glory of blossoms and flowering trees. The air becomes warmer, and the daylight lasts longer. In other parts, the signs of spring are hidden beneath snow and ice, waiting to…
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A 60-year-old man has died and arriving at heaven‘s gate. St. Peter interviewed him “Have you ever loved a woman?“ He said “No, not even a single one“. “Did you have special friends?“ “No“, the man replied. “How about your parents, brothers and sisters?“ “I lost my parents as a…
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Let me begin this reflection by asking myself: · How do I approach daily prayer? · What is the content of my prayer? · What is the disposition of my heart? · Is it routine? A task on my schedule? · Or is it love? Let me be honest with…
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