REFLECTIONS TODAY What is striking in this short passage is that Jesus who is perhaps the busiest person in his time and place is the one inviting people to come to him for rest! Would he be a good example when he himself is so busy with the affairs of his Father? The truth is the Lord, no matter...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started releasing a higher First 1,000 Days (F1KD) cash grant to qualified beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) under its expanded benefit package. Under Memorandum Circular No. 10, Series of 2026, the enhanced...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Gospel • Matthew 13:1-9 [or 13:1-23] Interpretations of the Gospel parable often focus on three aspects: spiritual receptivity, spiritual endurance, and spiritual growth and responsibility. Indeed, these three dimensions are at the heart of the parable. First, the parable...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Many of us are trained to prepare for the unforeseen and unexpected. We are instructed on how we can minimize disasters by being proactive, vigilant, or thorough when we embark on something. We bring extra pieces of clothing, food, water, medicines, etc. We think of what we might...
REFLECTIONS TODAY This episode makes us realize how other people are often the instruments of our healing and salvation. Being paralytic, the man in the Gospel could not but rely on the generosity and compassion of his friends. And the way they used every means to have him cured by Jesus made even...
REFLECTIONS TODAY One striking thing about this episode of the driving out of the Gadarene (or Gerasene) demoniacs is how Jesus deals with the demoniacs themselves. While they caused so much harm on the person possessed, Jesus grants their request that they be allowed to enter into the herd of...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus assures the centurion that he will cure his servant. The centurion shows powerlessness and submits to the power of Jesus to take care of his servant. Jesus again readily responds to this need. Jesus has empathy with those who recognize their limitations, despite their high...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Our passage concludes Jesus’ discourse on the Mount of Beatitudes. Take note of verse 28, “When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching.” After this, Jesus goes down from the mountain and do miracles around Galilee. Jesus winds up with this...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Jesus teaches the crowds on the Mount of Beatitudes to pray the Our Father. It is the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus’ prayer to his Father in heaven. We pray with Jesus when we recite it. This prayer is the prayer of the poor. The phrase “our daily bread” indicates the need of a...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has officially declared the start of the rainy season. For fragrance enthusiasts, that shift in weather often signals something else: a change in perfume rotation. Is it necessary to swap fragrances when the...
REFLECTIONS TODAY When Jesus commissions the Twelve to spread the Good News, he asks them to bring nothing along with them. What? These ordinary men who were once fishing are now asked to cure the sick, exorcise, and cleanse the lepers. These are not easy tasks for them to migrate from one...
REFLECTIONS TODAY One of the reasons why the Gospel of Matthew is put first among the Gospels, though it is not the oldest, is because of its sayings which are easy to understand. One of these sayings is the famous Beatitudes. Matthew uses makarioi which not only means “blessed,” but also...
