Racing yet pausing to see Jesus

December 27, 2022 Feast of Saint John the Apostle Jn 20:1a and 2-8   We live in a race-filled world. Gamers, sports cars, the quickest ways to invest and earn money, fast food, the latest computer or cellphone processors, online maps showing the quickest routes,...

A fitting tribute to our Savior

December 26, 2022 MT 10:17-22   We have just celebrated the joyful celebration of Christmas yesterday. We rejoiced in the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Today, the joyful spirit is shifted to the tragic stoning of St. Stephen, the first martyr of the Church....

Home in Bethlehem

December 25, 2022 John 1:1-18   We have a saying in Kapampangan that goes: “Map ne kaku bale dampa nung karin bie cu timawa kesa ketang bale tisa a nung nu cu makasila’t sasakmalan ning upaya.” Its literal English translation is, “I’d rather live in the humble...

Never doubt the love of God

December 23, 2022 Luke 1:57-66   When Angel Gabriel told Zachariah that her wife Elizabeth will bear a son even in her old age, he doubted understandably because it was against all odds. He said, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is getting...