God raised his son again for us. And God continues to bless us with life and friends we do not deserve and graces that exceed our expectations… Continue the song. 

Peter’s response to the Lord is the response asked of us whenever we find ourselves on life’s stranded shores, with empty nets and empty boats: Just keep showing up for the day, resisting that urge to give up and choosing instead to trust in the Lord. Choose hope.

Indeed, as the crowds threaten to crush him over the cliff, Jesus goes right through them. He vanishes. Or perhaps their dark emotions blind them to his presence. He lets them be, leaving them to seethe in their anger, leaving them alone to lead their shallow lives. God forbid that…

There are more oppressions lurking inside us. What prevents us from reaching out to others? What narrows our horizons? How much the Lord wants to set us free. How can we let him? 

This great possibility is made available to us as well. We too can and thus, ought to be more open to God’s emancipating grace and be resolute especially during these challenging days for our nation and Church.

The night of man’s disobedience and sin is transformed by the holy night of God’s light overcoming the darkened world in the silence of a babe in the manger.  The Babe is the Messiah, the Savior, God entered into Man’s world to prove to man his worth, his dignity, in…

Bring young children to mass! teach basic prayers and bible stories. To initially attract youth, use 4F strategy used by many evangelical groups: “Friendship, Food, Fun then Faith”

We, like Mary, can do this, because “with God nothing is impossible.” If we really believe, like Mary, the gap between our humble contribution in our daily work and the “impossible” redemption of the human race, becomes not only possible but real.

The Immaculate Concepcion is a mystery borne out of a human intuition, an affective extrapolation of faith, a sense that it is only proper to prepare the human vessel that was to hold the Redeemer in the flesh of her womb. After all, his flesh and face and blood are…

“What does it mean to be whole?” It is a question that makes us wait since the final answer is the one that unravels—a slow unpeeling of the truth about who we are and who God is.