A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 30) – Knowing God – 3
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 30) KNOWING GOD – 3 May 12, 2020 Today’s psalm: Psalm 145:10-21 “he hears their cry and saves them.”(Ps 145:19b) Many are praying to God for relief from COVID-19. But while God is mindful of everyone and would like everyone to be saved, manifesting His great mercy, […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 29) – Knowing God – 2
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 29) KNOWING GOD – 2 May 10, 2020 Today’s psalm: Psalm 33:1-2,4-5,18-19 God chastises, God lifts His chastisement. Our only hope for relief from COVID-19 is God. This is whether He just miraculously stops this pandemic, or whether He enables humanity to find a cure. But here […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 28) – Acting and Praying in Jesus’ Name
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 28) ACTING AND PRAYING IN JESUS’ NAME May 9, 2020 Today’s readings:Acts 13:44-52Psalm 98:1-4John 14:7-14 As COVID-19 is God’s chastisement on a world steeped in darkness and evil, it is also to God whom we turn for relief and redemption. This pandemic has made us helpless and […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 27) – Longing and Waiting for God
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 27) LONGING AND WAITING FOR GOD May 4, 2020 Today’s psalm: Psalm 42:3-4; 43:3-4 “As the deer longs for streams of water,so my soul longs for you, O God.”(Psalm 42:2) COVID-19 has caused the lockdown of our churches and the cancellation of Masses. Catholics have been cut […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 25) – Knowing God
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 25) KNOWING GOD May 1, 2020 Today’s psalm:[1] Psalm 90:2-16 “Relent, O Lord! How long?Have pity on your servants!”(Psalm 90:13) Psalm 90 is a communal lament that reflects the community’s distress. For COVID-19, we as MFC have been praying Psalm 91, looking to security under God’s protection, […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 24) – Persecution
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 24) PERSECUTION April 29, 2020 Today’s reading: Acts 8:1-8 After the martyrdom of Stephen, “on that day, there broke out a severe persecution of the church in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria” (v.1). Aside from death and imprisonment, people’s lives […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 23) – The Bible
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 23) THE BIBLE April 27, 2020 Today’s readings: Acts 6:8-15Psalm 119:23-30John 6:22-29 Still under lockdown due to COVID-19, with most of churches throughout the world still closed, with our MFC community life and mission still being hampered, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?” (Jn […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 22) – The Eucharist
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 22) THE EUCHARIST April 26, 2020 Today’s readings:Acts 2:14-28Psalm 16:1-111 Peter 1:17-21Luke 24:13-35 “Keep me safe, O God;in you I take refuge.”(Psalm16:1) For us Catholics, the greatest loss due to COVID-19 is the Eucharist. It is not the loss of life, as death is only the gateway […]
A Perspective on COVID-19 (Part 21) – Being Humbled
FROM THE SERVANT GENERAL A PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19(Part 21) BEING HUMBLED April 25, 2020 Today’s readings: 1 Peter 5:5-14Psalm 89:2-18Mark 16:15-20 The world has become proud in its achievements and scientific advances. Many people now think they do not need God, that they can even become gods unto themselves[1]. Even with COVID-19, God is being rejected […]