SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES

      Today’s 1 st  reading brought back memories from  many years ago  when I wanted to buy something and canvassed for good deals for quite some time but just couldn't push through with it for days. When I finally found the right thing I was in a hurry to buy it because I had a deadline to beat. It is a bit expensive I must say and took me a while before I finally decided on it. I was about to pay for it in the cashier when I suddenly looked intently at Sis Claire when she commented that I just pay in cash. Normally I would always go for the convenience of just swiping the card, I just didn't know why I decided to take her advice and looked for an ATM machine. As I walked in search of the ATM, I chanced upon this store that sells the same thing that I was about to buy for a much lower price. I was thrilled and bought it right away so I was able to save money from it. At that same day, Sis Nancy passed by the house and invited us to go to the mall. I was d...

      I surely cherish when I was in Downtown LA, and had the chance of spending time with my relatives. We were passing through the commercial area, entering the stores, walking through the familiar streets there, and choosing a place where to dine in with family made me realize this experience to indeed be a total sensory experience, an experience of sight, of sound, of taste, touch and smell which brought back and also stored up good memories to last. It was quite an experience because it was an extension of the party that I never intended to go to that day because the schedule did not fit my itinerary for the day. It was just like being led to it by the circumstances that followed unexpectedly and was able to fit them all together despite my even suggesting a different place earlier. I felt like everything about it was all arranged and planned by the Lord who knew what was going to be. It was such an enjoyable and fun filled experience. All I knew was that it held a s...

     God rewards those who are holy. Stories about saints whose bodies are not subject to corruption after their death, is not new to us. Today's 1st reading is proof of this reality. The more we strive to know more about Jesus the greater our awe and amazement of the things we discover about Him. There are moments in our lives when we encounter and witness events that make us utterly amazed at how things ever came to be. Given the circumstances we have, we can sometimes predict or project the outcome of the things ahead of us or in the near future. Although sometimes things do not happen as expected because we are not capable of seeing the exact future we can only hope in God who does. Today’s 1 st  reading mentions the prophecy of David which is taken from today’s psalm reading. The time gap between these scriptural readings is almost 1000 years. No matter how long and far apart they are, God could still make things fall into perfect place. Heaven and earth will fa...

     What further proof do we still need in order to truly believe that Jesus is Lord and Savior? We must come to this point where we achieve the peak of our faith and be truly confident of the deep meaning of what Easter celebration is all about. Bottom line, it's about love, care and understanding no matter what activities we engage in and people we spend time with, as long as it's all done with these 3 things then Easter is always a reality in our lives.  What a privilege to be one of God's chosen witnesses. Everyday of our lives should be directed toward this goal that we may someday come face to face with God and be able to stand in His presence. Today’s 1 st  reading also reminds me of my reflection several years ago about my visit to the Getty museum. As a Christian we must believe that there is no such thing as coincidence only divine providence. I could still remember when we (Sisters Bernadeth, Lucy, Marcy, and Rose) spent the entire day at the J. Paul...

  We should never ever reduce our dignity as human beings to anything less than what God made us to be. In today’s 1 st  reading we find the reason why we must submit to God's will. We are created in his "image and likeness" (Gen.1:26-27) and our ultimate end is to be with God. We are in this world but we are not of this world. We came from God and we all go back to Him. That is what our life is really all about since all of us will die someday and each day that passes should be thought of as a day closer to God. Since our end is God we should all know how to relate with God. In the beginning God created everything to be in harmony, man, the land and all creatures. But man sinned leading to a rupture with God, one’s self and others. We have to go back to where God had intended it to be. If everything happened by chance there is a tendency for us to wane in our resolution and our responsibility is deemphasized. The understanding that a Creator made the world leads to a fun...

     Sometimes when we encounter difficulties in life we have a tendency to blame it on God and picture Him as a punishing God. Though most of the time we suffer due to our own doing we don't realize that His love for us made Him undergo all the pain any human person could ever imagine. These past few days of the Holy Week has become a great occasion for most Catholics to celebrate with great honor and devotion the faith we all have for the Lamb of God that was slain and took away our sins. We've finally arrived on this day when God saved the world. A day like no other in which an act of great love that surpasses all other is made known to all. Throughout the course of time, we've been constantly told of this and as we move on may we be reminded always of this sacrifice that God's Beloved Son offered for our salvation. Amen. Hallelujah! Isaiah 52:13-53:12 ...for those who have not been told shall see, those who have not heard shall ponder…  Yet it was our infirmities...