SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES

    Today’s 1st reading is a very brave demonstration of faith in God. Jeremiah totally surrendered his fate to the hands of those people who are out to get him even to the point of death so that he could speak out the words that God asked him to proclaim. What courage and strength that he was willing to go through it all for the sake of the word of God. We are better off than Jeremiah knowing that witnessing to the word of God every day of our life does not put us in a life threatening situation like in his time.    This should inspire us to really be of service to the word of God in our own way as we live our life each day. God is always there for us. He has been warning and instructing us to change our ways for the better because He knows exactly what await those who refuse to follow His path. When we encounter some obstacles or problems in life we must take them as warning signs from the Lord that life’s road ahead is not passable or will be a difficult one to ta...

   The Lord is constantly calling us back to Him since the time of Adam & Eve when our 1 st parents committed original sin. No matter how much God tries to win us back to Him and how much we try to return, ultimately original sin means we are going to sin seriously and mess up. We need God’s grace and the 4 great virtues (Prudence or wisdom, justice, temperance and courage or fortitude) to be perfected in order to combat the effects of sin. Faith, hope and charity are supernatural. These are things that human beings would never know that they need or could have without God giving them supernaturally that’s why they are called the theological virtues. We only know about them through divine revelation and we couldn’t know about them by reason. We can only have them through God’s grace. The theological virtues, faith, hope and charity are the crown of the first 4 cardinal virtues that transform and make them possible. God doesn’t want us just to be whole human beings and res...

      I saw on TV that used cooking oil which is already considered as waste can be used as an alternative source of fuel. Isn't it great that people nowadays come up with novel ideas from out of scratch. Men have great and brilliant minds proven by the latest trends, innovations and technological advancements being seen nowadays. But we are just a speck as compared to the greatness and brilliance of the mind of the one who created us. All the more that we should never get tired of believing that God can come up with something great even from something like garbage. We may have committed numerous blunders and errors in our lives but God can turn our biggest mistakes into blessings. He can always bring out the best in us no matter what we've been through if we only liken ourselves to the clay held by the potter in today's 1st reading and decide right now to place everything in God's hands. Amen. Hallelujah!   Jeremiah 18: 1-61 Whenever the object of clay which he was ...

    We've seen several box office hit movies and most of them are in the likes of Superman, Spiderman , Fantastic Four, The Avengers, The Dark Knight etc. People are fascinated with this kind of stories because there is an element of awe, wonder and amazement of how these super heroes can rescue people in distress and danger. But wait, isn't it more exciting if we watch ourselves being rescued by a true and existent hero in our lives. Today’s 1 st reading makes it a reality for us since we have indeed a God who is able to do so. Amen. Hallelujah! Jeremiah 15: 10, 16-21 ...Though they fight against you, they shall not prevail, for I am with you, to deliver and rescue you, says the LORD. 21 I will free you from the hand of the wicked, and rescue you from the grasp of the violent... Who is our true hero and savior? No other than the Lord our God. He is real and Emmanuel “God with us”. Amen. Hallelujah! Psalm 59: 2-3 , 4, 10-11 , 17, 18R: God is my refuge on the day of distress. ...

   As human beings we go through different stages in life as we grow old and should strive to become a better person in the process. It would always help to assess how we are doing with our life. This reminds me of an episode of Grey's Anatomy entitled, "I saw what I saw" The doctor was examining a conscious, up and about patient in the ER who had minor burns due to a fire that broke out in the hotel where they were staying. Her vital signs were normal, in fact she was completely aware of what was going on around her. She was in the process of being examined further when she suddenly screamed because she saw another patient who just got admitted in the ER, with a big ax planted and poking out of his chest. He is a firefighter who tripped and accidentally axed his own chest. It was quite a scene that the doctor who was examining her got distracted and totally forgot about what she was about to do to her. Unfortunately, what was bypassed in her assessment is the most import...

  God longs for our embrace and wants us to love Him back so that we can be the people He calls His own. Just think of how parents used to say all the nice things to their children as if no one else compares and what this famous saying implies “the face only a mother could love” or if not yet a parent then think of a student who is an alma mater of a school and this famous cliché, “love your own”.     This is the kind of affection which could probably describe how God feels for us, no matter how imperfect we are. Amen. Hallelujah! Jeremiah 13: 1-11 ...I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, says the LORD; to be my people, my renown, my praise, my beauty... We have unforgettable experiences in life which remains etched in our memories no matter how long it may have been. These experiences whenever we remember them may cause us to recall too, the emotions and feelings that go with it and elicit from us a smile, laughter or tears. If...