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TEMPLES

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     Do we have this feeling that we are toiling in vain? Nowadays, some people are working endlessly most especially here in the US but for most of them it's just like work, spend, work cycle and nothing seems to be of worth in what they do. The missing link or the most essential part is to know the driving force behind every action, the wind beneath the wings and the focus of every endeavor which should be for God alone, first and foremost. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and everything will be given to you. Some of us have been very conscious of the food we eat and doing exercise because of some health issues like diabetes, hypertension and the like. Fr. Mitch Pacwa in his homily said that it is important that we take good care of our bodies because it is a temple. The problem lies in the fact that sometimes we are no longer sure if we really make our bodies temples of God. He said that our bodies are made for God and God for our bodies because we are memb...
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BE BRAVE

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    Today’s 1 st reading is taken from Hosea chapter 2 which according to Fr. Tony from our bible study is the key to the whole book. Hosea married Gomer, a prostitute whom he loves but was unfaithful and deserted him. His painful relationship with his wife symbolizes the covenant relationship of God's love and relationship to man. Hosea can be described as a book of relationship and fidelity, God's faithfulness despite our unfaithfulness. Chapters 1-3 is about the life of Hosea focusing on his failed and broken marriage, chapters 4-13 about his preaching, oracles against infidelity and adultery in relation to worship to "Baal", chapter 14 is about the return to hope after judgment. God's fidelity to his people is described in terms of marriage, a divine love, fiery and affectionate for Israel as the "bride of God." From the time of Creation when God created man who fell into sin and became unfaithful, God continuously calls us back to Him in order to s...
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ARE WE HAPPY?

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  We should always make a conscious effort to always be happy. Sometimes we have this impression that being happy is just an emotion that pops up unknowingly but it should not be so. According to Rev. Ronald Rolheiser. OMI in his article in Tidings entitled, “Meaning and happiness”, these are not good questions to ask ourselves? They're questions with which to torture ourselves. When we face our lives honestly, this kind of question about happiness is more likely to bring tears to our eyes than solace to our souls because, no matter how well our lives are going, none of us live perfectly fulfilled lives. Always there are unfulfilled dreams. Always there are areas of frustration. Always there are tensions. Always there are deeper hungers that are being stifled. And always, as Karl Rahner so poignantly puts it, we are suffering the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable as we are learning that, here in this life, there is no finished symphony. Our lives are always...
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DON'T WASTE IT

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      How many chances do you think is God willing to give us? Every single day that we wake up is another chance for all of us to claim and fight for God's promises in our lives. There is always hope. Amos 9: 11-15 I will bring about the restoration of my people Israel; they shall rebuild and inhabit their ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink the wine, set out gardens and eat the fruits. What a wonderful world this place that we live in could be if only we listen to the instructions constantly being given to us in the scriptures. We have an awesome God who always speaks to us in a very timely and specific manner. His messages are fitted to the situation we are presently experiencing right now. We should remain confident that God will make a way. There is really nothing more that God can do for us that He has not done. God is never short of blessings to shower on us. He has made it all available to us through His Son. All that is needed is for us to make our move. Let...
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GOD'S CHAMPION

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  Have you ever experienced doing something that you have not planned or intended to do and just happened before you know it or without you knowing it as if you had no other choice so to speak. This was what happened to Amos, the prophet whom today’s 1 st reading is taken from. Our bible study teacher, Bro. Willy Santa Maria was so on fire in his presentation of the Book of Amos since he said that Amos is his favorite prophet. He even tackled about who Amos really was and gave us a broad and clear picture of what it was like when God called Amos to prophesy. Which is also why it remained clearly etched in my mind and was always reminded of it whenever encountering a reading from the book of Amos. Amos apart from what is written in today's reading is not just a shepherd and dresser of sycamores. He is a herdsman, rancher and a wealthy person. He lives in the garrison city a place dominated by people of power who live in luxury. He lived in affluence and belonged to the clan system ...
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