Our Theme for 2025 (Part 5) – Holy Servants and Warriors
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2025 (Part 5) HOLY SERVANTS AND WARRIORS October 5, 2024 Today’s reading: Job 42:1-3,5-6,12-16 Psalm 119:66,71,75,91,125,130 Luke 10:17-24 We in MFC are called to be God’s holy people, Jesus’ committed servants, and the Spirit’s warriors. These are all challenging roles, very difficult to fulfill. But as we […]
Our Theme for 2025 (Part 4) – Persevere in Prayer
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2025 (Part 4) PERSEVERE IN PRAYER October 3, 2024 Today’s reading: Psalm 27:7-9,13-14 David, who had his share of serious troubles, fully trusted in God, asserting boundless hope that God would bring rescue and relief. He endured his sufferings by persevering in prayer. Not just any prayer, […]
Our Theme for 2025 (Part 3) – Job
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2025 (Part 3) JOB October 1, 2024 Today’s readings: Job 3:1-3,11-17,20-23 Psalm 88:2-8 In Ecclesiastes we saw that there is a time for everything, involving diametrically opposite situations, such as war and peace, as well as mourning and dancing. This is what Job experienced. He was prosperous […]
Modernism (Part 88) – Reality of Hell
FROM THE SERVANT GENERALMODERNISM(PART 88) REALITY OF HELL September 29, 2024Today’s gospel: Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48 There are many passages, both in the New and Old Testaments, that speak of eternal damnation and fire. Today we have one of those passages, warning that those who persist in sin are liable “to be thrown into Gehenna, where their worm does […]
Our Theme for 2025 (Part 2) – A Time to Hope
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2025 (Part 2) A TIME TO HOPE September 27, 2024 Today’s readings: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 Psalm 144:1-4 Luke 9:18-22 Qoheleth tells us, “There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.” (Eccl 3:1). He goes on to cite the different events […]
Our Theme for 2025 (Part 1) – Hope with Each New Day
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL OUR THEME FOR 2025 (Part 1) HOPE WITH EACH NEW DAY September 26, 2024 Today’s readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 Psalm 90:3-6,12-14,17 Our theme for 2025 is “Hope Abounds.” In the midst of the great turmoil in the world today, together with darkness and trials that can enter into our lives, we […]
Our Theme for 2025
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL THEME FOR 2025 The year 2025 will be a Jubilee Year in our Church. It has been proclaimed as a Year of Hope. This is particularly relevant in the face of unprecedented troubles in the world today, leaving many people feeling hopeless and helpless. We indeed are pilgrims in the […]
Thought for the Day (Part 119) – Weeds Among the Wheat
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY (Part 119) WEEDS AMONG THE WHEAT July 27, 2024 Today’s gospel: Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus told his disciples the parable of the weeds among the wheat. In the Kingdom of heaven, there are both wheat and weeds, which co-exist in the Church, in one’s family, in the […]
Modernism (Part 87) – Jesus and the Childlike
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL MODERNISM (Part 87) JESUS AND THE CHILDLIKE July 17, 2024 Today’s gospel: Matthew 11:25-27 Many Catholics, both lay and clergy, would find it scandalous, or at least unacceptable, to criticize Church hierarchs, especially the Pope. Especially by ordinary laypeople. In their minds they might think, “Who are you to criticize […]