Divine Mercy Sunday May 01, 2011 God’s Mercy Endures Forever! There are three important celebrations this Sunday. First, it is the second Sunday of Easter. Second, we celebrate the Feast of the Divine Mercy. It was Pope John Paul II who established it as feast in the universal Church in the Jubilee Year 2000....
Christ sanctified the womb and the innocent children who are its temporary residents. This artwork says it all. Sadly, some of the proponents of the RH/abortion bill want to pretend that some unborn children aren’t even people. They say the fertilized egg must first be implanted in the uterus (which happens some three to...
Friday, April 22, 2011 Good Friday- “It is Finished” Jn 18:1-19:42 The last words of Jesus on the cross is, “It is finished” (John 19:30). In the original Greek, it is only one word: tetelestai. What is the meaning of tetelestai “? In a recent excavation in the Holy Land, some archaeologists discovered...
Holy Thursday April 21, 2011 “I Am With You Always!” Jn 13:1-15 “It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do without Holy Mass.” This statement may sound extremely unrealistic, but it came from St. Padre Pio de Pietrelcina. Definitely, he is just stating a truth that he...
5th Sunday of Lent April 10, 2011 “Do-It-Yourself” Jn 11:1-45 Among priests one hears a joke in which a pastor tells his parishioners that he is terribly afraid of dying in the confessional. “Why?” they ask him. He replies, “Because no one would find me for days!” Another priest told me that, after six...
by Rev. Fr. Reynaldo A. Domagas A brilliant transplant surgeon Dr. Pauline W. Chen wrote a book entitled “FINAL EXAM – A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality” and said, “Preparing for death may be the most difficult exam of all, but it is the one that will, finally free us to live.” In the gospel...
