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Reflections on Today’s Ash Wednesday
This evening we will have a special meditation on the Stations of the Cross. But it will be a special meditation, hopefully leading to deeper prayer, aided by a set of fifteen stations of the cross...
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Fast for Peace
There are those who fast for vanity. The pot-belly has grown to intolerability, the handles on one’s sides no longer help loving, the bulges and puffiness make glances in the mirror embarrassing. There...
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Jesuit Roadmap to Mindanao: First, Prayer and Discernment
The Jesuits in the Philippines have decided in principle to shift the center of gravity of their apostolic works from Manila to Mindanao. When Pope Francis was here he asked the Philippine Jesuits to...
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Sr. Lourdes, OCD, of Bacolod and 50 Years in the Society of Jesus
All is grace. Since I celebrate the 50th anniversary of my entrance into the Society of Jesus on today’s Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, allow me to share with you the story of Sr. Lourdes, OCD, then...
View ArticleDo Not Be Afraid!
[Homily: Baccalaureate Mass of the ADDU Law and Graduate School, Assumption Chapel, 29 April, 2017] I see from your faces, you are happy. But I also know that deep within, you know that the happiness...
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Walk Humbly with your God
[Address to the ADDU Faculty General Assembly at the Start of SY 2017-18, Finster Hall, June 5, 2017] It is my privilege to welcome you all – from our GS, JHS, SHS, our tertiary –level undergraduate...
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Reaching for God in the Sto. Niño
[Reflection for the Celebration of the Sto. Niño at St. John’s Institute (Huaming) in Bacolod, Jan 19, 2018.] It is not easy to talk to Majesties of Fire and Fury. They shock and terrify. They hurt...
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The Face of God
[Homily: Ps. 67. Lk. 43b-45. ADDU Live-streamed Mass. Sept. 26, 2020.] One of my favorite ways of starting my prayer in the day is with the opening lines of Ps. 67. The was our responsorial psalm...
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Only by Prayer
[Homily. Assumption Chapel. 20 Feb 2023.] We have been reading from the Gospel according to Mark. For those of you who recall the reading of last Saturday (Mk. 9:2-19), it was the account of the...
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Towards Repentance and Conversion in the Season of Lent
[Homily. Assumption Chapel. 28 February 2023.] Today we have beautiful readings to accompany our journey towards repentance and conversion in this season of Lent. The first is from the prophet Isaiah...
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