Ordinary Time Year B

READINGS: Dan 12:1-3; Psa 16:5.8.9-10.2.11; Heb 10:11-14.8; Mark 13:24-32 THEME: Where will You be ‘After’ the Tribulation? There will be an ‘After’ We are gradually approaching the end of the church’s liturgical year and the readings of today, especially the first and the gospel reading, speak of the end of time.   The thirteenth chapter of Mark’s gospel […]

Readings: Jer 31:7-9; Psa 126; Hebs 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 Theme: Cry Persistently to Christ. The Sitting Blindman The gospel reading which centers on the blind Bartimaeus, is the last episode we see in the gospel of Mark before Jesus enters Jerusalem. At this point, Jesus is on a move with Jerusalem, the city of his passion, as

Readings: Gen 2:18-24; Psalm 127; Heb 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16 Theme: It is not good that man should be alone The Loneliness of Man The first two chapters of the book of Genesis contain the creation history, creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo). In the first creation account (Gen 1) the last thing to be created

Readings: Num 11:25-29; Psalm 18:8,10,12-14; James 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43,45,47-48 THEME: NO ONE HAS MONOPPLY OF GOD’S BLESSINGS “…we forbade him because he was not following us” Last Sunday, there was a crisis among the disciples, regarding who is the greatest among them, that is, who is more powerful and more a disciple than others.  They all

READINGS: ISAIAH 50:5-9; PSALM 114:1-6,8-9; JAMES 2:14-18; MARK 8:27-35 THEME: LIVE OUT THE CHRIST “But You…?” In many occasions, we see ourselves living in the belief and words of others that we do not care to ask ourselves “where am I in this?” Sometimes we know much about what others say and do that we forget to

READINGS: Deut 4:1-2,6-8; Psalm 14:2-5; James 1:17-18,21-22,27; Mark 7:1-8,1415,21-23 THEME: WORRY MORE ABOUT THE PURITY OF YOUR SOUL! a. THE ESSENCE OF KEEPING AND OBSERVING THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS  Today, in the first reading, Moses reminded the people the reason God gave them the law and the importance of keeping the laws and living according

Readings: Joshua 24:1-2,15-18; Psalm 33:2-3;16-23; Ephesians 5:21-32; John 6:60-69 THEME: WHY THE CHOICE OF GOD? a. MAKE YOUR CHOICEDearest in Christ, in the first reading, Joshua gathered the people of Israel, and urged them to choose between God and other gods. During the time of Joshua, Israel was still struggling to alienate herself from polytheism

READINGS: PROV 9:1-6; PSALM 33:2-3,10-15; EPH 5:15-20; JOHN 6:51-58 THEME: FOCUS NOT ON THE HOW BUT ON THE WHY Dearest in Christ, we are still on the 6th chapter of John’s gospel which dwells strictly on the Body and Blood of Christ as the heavenly-given food for our nourishment. Today, in the gospel, Jesus and

Readings: 1 Kgs 19:4-8; Psalm 34:2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9; Eph 4:30-32, 5:1-2; John 6:41-51 THEME: GET UP AND EAT, FOR THE JOURNEY IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU! a. Is this not Jesus, the Son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Dearest in Christ today is our third Sunday of reflecting on the sixth chapter of John’s

Readings: Ex 16:2-4,12-15; Psalm 77:3-4,23-25,54; Eph 4:17,20-24; John 6:24-35 Theme: WHAT DO YOU HUNGER FOR? ONLY THE HUNGRY LONG FOR FOOD Hunger and food are in such a relationship that the presence of one calls for the presence of the other. When one is hungry and there is no food to solve his hunger, then it