REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus pities the crowds who have been following him. He sees them as troubled and abandoned. They are troubled because no one has yet addressed their needs. They need healing. They need enlightenment. They need consoling words. They need inspiration. They are abandoned because no...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The woman who has been suffering from hemorrhages for 12 years quietly expresses her faith in Jesus. She helps herself and reaches out to touch his cloak. Nobody has told her to do so; never has Jesus healed a person without any articulation of the need and his consent. Yet it...
REFLECTIONS TODAY MATTHEW 8:23-27 The boat of the disciples is often taken as a metaphor, an image of the Church that sails through the turbulent waters of life. The storm can stand for the antagonism and persecution of the believers. Or it can also be a deceptive and interior storm in the form of...
President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s decision to lead the Department of Agriculture (DA) underlines his determination to address effectively the critical problems that threaten the country’s food security. By not appointing a Cabinet Secretary who would serve as his alter ego in this most...
When was the last time you read a book? Do you click a title that says ‘five-minute read’ – and finish reading the whole article? Reading is one of the most important skills because it leads to knowledge, self-improvement, and better comprehension of the world around us. Even though that is...
With the rising prices of commodities today, a thousand pesos can only go so far. Though in the case of a 21-year-old student, a thousand pesos led to the discovery of a new passion and the establishment of his first hydroponics venture. Armed with knowledge and background in business from...
REFLECTIONS TODAY A treasure (Greek thesauros) is something or someone a person holds dear. In Jesus’ words, it is where our heart lies. On earth, treasures come in terms of jewels, lands, physical strength and beauty, and other possessions. Persons who are dear to us are also our treasures. The...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The Lord’s Prayer shares some semblance with the ancient Jewish prayers, the Qaddish and the Amidah. The Qaddish prayer is a hymn of praise to God (doxology) recited in Aramaic within synagogue services. A prayer leader proclaims, “Glorified and sanctified be God’s great...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The people of Israel considered themselves as chosen children of God by a special bond of covenant relations. As descendants of Abraham with whom God made a covenant, they felt a unique kinship with God. In a controversy with Jesus, the Jews told him, “We have one Father,...
REFLECTIONS TODAY First Reading • Proverbs 8:22-31 Thus says the wisdom of God: “The Lord possessed me, the beginning of his ways, the forerunner of his prodigies of long ago; from of old I was poured forth, at the first, before the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when...
