Today is Good Shepherd Sunday! In today’s gospel, Jesus said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. I am the gate....

Lord, you will show us the path of life! (Psalm 16) Fr. Anthony de Mello shared a gripping story of a traveler who was walking along the...

The story is told of a politician who, after receiving the proofs of a picture, was very angry with the photographer. He stormed back to...

Happy Easter to you all! With COVID-19, my prayerful hope was for us to have a great Holy Week experience. In my homily on Palm Sunday, I...

Today is Palm Sunday! The Entrance Antiphon for our Holy Mass celebration captures the very essence of Passion Sunday: "Six days before...

COVID-19 is opening our eyes to something we’ve never seen in our lifetime – suffering; suspension of schooling, social events, work...

The Fourth Sunday of Lent is Laetare or Rejoice Sunday because we are already more than halfway in our Lenten pilgrimage. Since Ash...

I humbly asked our fellow MSSN clergy to reflect on the article about the Pope’s Secretary in Crux Online Paper that carries this...

Once there was a woman who had to make a daily trip of a mile to draw water from a public well. Over the years she grew weary of the...

The love of Jesus for us was self-emptying that culminated in crucifixion. (Philippians 2:6-11) As a result, we learned that there is no...

Temptations are real, and we all have had experiences facing and dealing with them in life. What have we learned from our experiences?...

“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you….” Matthew 5:44) It is a huge challenge to love our enemies and puts all of us in...

A cartoon in a national magazine shows Moses with two tablets under his arm coming down a mountain. “I’ve got good news and bad news,” he...

In a busy and crowded clinic, the doctor noticed through a glass window one patient nervously unsettled in the waiting room. But then to...

In our ever-ancient Catholic Catechism, we heard these two words – Beatific Vision, which is seeing God face-to-face. It is our ultimate...

Both the First Reading (from Isaiah 8:23—9:3) and the Gospel (Matthew 4:12-23) mention the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, a...

The feast of Señor Santo Niño de Cebu is well-known for its Sinulog dance. It is a worship dance, but many are still not convinced that...

Our worship liturgy this Sunday is a celebration of the Baptism of our Lord. As the gospel of Matthew (Mt 3:13-17) narrates, Jesus came...

There is so much to talk about God, and He is what the world needs yesterday, today, and forever. Like what Saint Augustine of Hippo...

The world has completely changed with new technology. And, it is continually changing with so many new innovations and creativity. It is...