SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES

      We are so blessed to have a queen for a mother who is constantly on our side. I am a mother, too and imperfect but I guess being a mother to my 2 sons have surpassed any other emotion I have felt in my lifetime. This makes me feel so confident that the Blessed Virgin Mary who was assumed into heaven and crowned queen is the perfect mother for us. Fr. Tony in one of his homilies asked the congregation who the Ark of the Covenant is. As Catholics, we refer to Mother Mary as such because she became the bearer of Jesus, the one who brought Him to this world. She was given the singular grace of forming Jesus with her very own flesh inside her body. Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes ways the sin of the world, the Covenant of God's love to His people. Today's reading tells us that victory has already been won when Mary cooperated with God in our salvation, said yes to God's plan and surrendered to God's will. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption o...

We may not be able to deny that there is at least one time in our life when we felt like we went beyond our limits and almost felt like God can no longer forgive us or we've done a grave sin that we feel so unworthy. Let us keep this truth in mind, there is no sin that God can not forgive for as long as we ask for it. No matter how unforgivable it may seem to the point of confusion and shame as Ezekiel is telling us in today's 1st reading we must never yield to it and just be amazed at how unbelievably great the love our God has for all of us. Amen. Hallelujah! Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63 I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you; you became mine, says the Lord GOD. Then I bathed you with water, washed away your blood, and anointed you with oil. I clothed you with an embroidered gown, put sandals of fine leather on your feet; I gave you a fine linen sash and silk robes to wear. I adorned you with jewelry: I put bracelets on your arms, a necklace about your neck, a...

  We may have experienced not seeing the things right before us and not hearing what's being said to us. If we've been through something like this then it could be due to some issues bothering us therefore we fail to focus and become absentminded. This is what the chosen people in the time of Ezekiel had become. They had become deaf and blind to the messages of God. We must know that if we end up like them then we are bound for trouble. Just imagine if we are blind and deaf at the same time and we're about to stumble on a block and unable to hear what's going on around us. God really wanted us to make use of our senses in order to see and hear Him clearly. If our eyes are always focused on Him and our ears are always open to listen to His words then we are surely on the right path. If we are to analyze very closely the things that Ezekiel did in today's 1st reading then we would probably think that he went nuts. Just imagine his strange and unusual manner of proclai...

  In today's 1st reading cherubim is mentioned which reminds me of Sis Susan a lay missionary of the Holy Trinity Missions whom I met long time  ago . I have been very interested about guardian angels especially because I got a petal from a healing service with the face of the cherubim imprinted on it. She shared to us how helpful these angels to us are if we acknowledge their presence. She also quoted several scripture readings that speak of angels. Psalm 34: 7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and He delivers them. Exodus 23:20-21 See I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Matthew 18:10 'See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven are continually in the presence of my Father in heaven. Ezekiel 9:1-7; 10:18-22 ... Then the glory of the LORD left the threshold of the temple and rested upon the cherubim. 25 [19] These lifted their wing...

   I can still remember my son, Jude when he was still a kid, during mealtimes we usually make a scene at home. It will take hours before he can finish his food. As a child he preferred to eat sweets like chocolate and ice cream but when it comes to real healthy food that a growing child is supposed to eat he simply refused to eat them. It was a very tedious task back then when I had to utilize all tactics in order to make him eat. Somehow I felt that God our Father feels the same way because He wants what's best for us but we sometimes refuse to follow and fail to understand that it will always be for our own good. Ezekiel 2:8–3:48 The Lord God said to me: As for you, son of man, obey me when I speak to you, be not rebellious like this house of rebellion, but open your mouth and eat what I shall give you. We've got to realize that there is nothing more delicious than the food God is offering us. We need to make sure that what we sought and yearn for, is what should bring us g...

      Our God is indeed a God who provides for everything we need. I was reminded of a friend who is worried about her job situation. I told her that her doubts and anxieties will not make things better in fact it may even worsen things. I shared to her about the fruits of the Holy Spirit which is love, peace, joy, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self control. If it produces none of these like worry and anxiety then those are not of the Lord's and every time we succumb to it then we give power to the opposite spirit or the enemy since we choose to bring about these fruits that are not of the Holy Spirit. I told her that she has to dispel right away these negative feelings whenever there is an occasion that leads her to it. I even laughed at myself when I told her about a point system. Every time she succumbs to these ill feelings then she is unconsciously although not deliberately willing it, giving the enemy the advantage to win in the batt...