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Ritual and Moral Purity (6th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings Leviticus contains extensive instructions for what to do if a person contracts a certain skin disease. Although the disease in question has traditionally been identified as leprosy, the instructions are meant to...Posted: Feb-09-2024 -
Hope Amid Suffering (5th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings The book of Job relates the story of how Job copes with suffering after losing everything and being afflicted with grievous illness. It is particularly concerned with the problem of evil. Job...Posted: Jan-30-2024
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Strengthening the Marriage Bond through Service to OthersAl and Rita Doloroso have been married for 48 years. They are the founding members of the Movement for Marriage Enrichment (MME) under the Filipino Chaplaincy since 1992. 1. What is the MME, and what is your role as a...Posted: Jan-29-2024 -
The Prophetic Word (4th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings A prophet is someone whom the Lord has anointed to speak His revelation. Prophecy is usually associated with predicting the future, although not all prophecy concerns the future. Prophecy is how we...Posted: Jan-24-2024
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Being a Prophetic Voice (3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings Jonah is best known for his refusal to preach to the people of Nineveh, and his subsequently being swallowed by a large fish while trying to escape. In Jonah 3-4, he...Posted: Jan-16-2024
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Hearing God’s Voice (2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings In Hebrew, Samuel’s name means “God heard” (Shmu’ El). His name is a reference to the fact that his birth came about as a result of God...Posted: Jan-08-2024
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Light to the Nations (Feast of the Epiphany)Click here for this Sunday’s readings This passage of Isaiah is addressed to the Jews exiled in Babylon. Here, the prophet predicts a future where the Jewish people would be gathered from all of the nations they were...Posted: Jan-04-2024
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Epiphany House BlessingOur early Epiphany House Blessing is now up for those who wish to have their houses blessed for the year 2024. You can download the blessing here.Posted: Dec-30-2023 -
The Honour of a Father (Feast of the Holy Family)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings The book of Sirach (also known as Ben Sira or Ecclesiasticus) is often classified as “wisdom literature.” One of the hallmarks of that genre is that it contains much practical...Posted: Dec-27-2023
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The Davidic Covenant (4th Sunday of Advent)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings This passage from the Second Book of Samuel recounts the establishment of the Davidic Covenant, which one of a long series of covenants God made with His people. These covenants were made...Posted: Dec-19-2023
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The Time of the Lord’s Favour (3rd Sunday of Advent)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings These last few chapters of Isaiah, in today’s first reading, are notable for their shift in tone from the previous chapters. Here, in contrast with the mournful tone of earlier...Posted: Dec-12-2023
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Comfort My People (2nd Sunday of Advent)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings The context of today’s first reading from the Book of Isaiah has to do with the Babylonian Exile, which God wrought upon the people of Judah as punishment for their...Posted: Dec-07-2023
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Waiting for Salvation (1st Sunday of Advent)Click here for this Sunday’s readings Most of Israelite history during the divided kingdom period was a continual round of lawlessness, injustice and idolatry interspersed with brief periods of godly rule. The Lord warned the people back when...Posted: Dec-01-2023
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The Chief Shepherd (Solemnity of Christ the King)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings One of the common motifs in the Ancient Near East was that of the king as a pastor. Kings were likened to shepherds, and their subjects as their flock, whom they protected...Posted: Nov-20-2023
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A Good Woman (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday's readings The 31st chapter of Proverbs is attributed to a king named Lemuel, who had learned these words from his mother. This king is never mentioned anywhere else in the Bible, and is not...Posted: Nov-15-2023
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Seeking Wisdom (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings In the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament, one of the recurring themes is the importance of obtaining wisdom. The reader is encouraged to make the attainment of wisdom one of the...Posted: Nov-07-2023
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Pure Worship (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings The book of Malachi is listed last among the books of the Old Testament. It details life in post-Exilic Israel. The temple had been rebuilt, levitical worship had been re-established...Posted: Oct-30-2023
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Law and Justice (30th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings The Law of Moses contains several laws that are designed to protect those who are most disadvantaged in society. Such laws include leaving the edges of one's fields to be gleaned...Posted: Oct-25-2023
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Cyrus, the Lord’s Anointed (29th Sunday in Ordinary Time)Click here for this Sunday’s Readings This remarkable prophecy tells of Cyrus, king of Persia, liberating the people of Judah from exile in Babylon and restoring them to their land. Because Cyrus lived hundreds of years after the...Posted: Oct-19-2023
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Render Unto Caesar What Belongs to Caesar and to God What Belongs to GodThis reflection based on the readings for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A: Isaiah 45: 1, 4-6; Psalm 96; 1 Thessalonians 1: 1-5; and Matthew 22: 15-21. As we hear in the Gospel this...Posted: Oct-19-2023
