Excess Baggage
19 August 2019. Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Reflection (Sem. John Paul T. Toting) When can we truly say that we are happy? In today’s Gospel, the young man who approached Jesus has a lot of possessions, but he is unhappy and wants to know what must…
The Quality of Relationship
17 August 2019. Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reflection (Sem. Nikko Bryan Anore) According to numerous psychologists, one necessary factor for a person to develop a stable personality is trust. When children experienced an absence of person to trust or they always feel that they are not…
Memorial of Saint Rock
16 August 2019. Memorial of Saint Rock (Roque), Healer Rock was the son of the governor of Montpellier, France. At the age of twenty he went on a pilgrimage to Rome. When a plague broke out in Italy he took care of the infected and cured many. He himself caught…
Love in Action
14 August 2019. Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Reflection (Sem. Ryan Tristan O. Digan) The Gospel today is an invitation for each one of us to review our relationship with people especially with our loved ones. As I was reflecting on it, I could not help but…
Dependence of Sick Children
13 August 2019. Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reflection (Sem. John Reyman S. Dabuet) Before entering the seminary, I was employed as a staff nurse in a tertiary hospital in Pasay City. Specifically, I provided nursing care to sick babies, children, and teenagers as I was assigned…
Investiture: A Dying to Myself
12 August 2019. Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reflection (Sem. Renz Marion C. Cunanan) Today’s first reading and Gospel focuses on man’s primary duty. The first reading captures that clearly – it is to follow the Lord with all my heart and all my soul. My recent…
An Obedient and Faithful Servant Prepares
11 August 2019. Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection (Sem. Roldan B. Baliano) Death is one of the topics I don’t want to talk about. I usually avoid the thought of it because to me, it connotes something dreadful. When I was in college, I saw how one of my cousins died. He was…
Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
10 August 2019. Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr Lawrence, 4 days after four deacons and Pope Sixtus II were killed; cared for the temporal welfare of the Roman Church; said to have been burned alive on a gridion; after Peter and Paul, Lawrence is venerated as Patron of…
The Stand
09 August 2019. Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Reflection (Sem. Lester John D. Cabais) Every individual has a distinct experience of God. This experience could possibly bring someone to make a decision to deny himself, follow Jesus and take up his own cross. This decision brought…
Recognize, Reflect, Respond
08 August 2019. Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest Reflection (Sem. Glicerio T. Tano) In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter responds, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.” However, Jesus emphasizes that those words come from the Heavenly Father.…
