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(1 Cor. 9:16)
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A: 4th Sun of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday (3 May 2020) - PASTORAL TRUST (Jn 10:1–11)
Stay home. Protect the health service. Save lives. For nearly 50 days, this has been the banner statement of most countries while...
Rex Fortes
May 2, 20203 min read
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A: 3rd Sun of Easter (26 Apr 2020) - ISOLATION LEADING TO JESUS (Lk 24:13–35)
Narcissism is defined as an “excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one’s physical appearance.” It is etymologically derived...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20203 min read
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A: 2nd Sun of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday (19 Apr 2020) - MORE THAN A DOUBTER (Jn 20:19–31)
Our Sunday today is also known as the Divine Mercy Sunday. It was designated by Pope St. John Paul II on April 30, 2000 during the...
Rex Fortes
Apr 18, 20203 min read
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A: Easter Sunday (12 Apr 2020) - EMPTY RIBBON, EMPTY TOMB (Jn 20:1–9)
9pm, March 26, 1996, some 24 years ago. It was the commencement exercises of my college graduation day. I was at the PICC (Philippine...
Rex Fortes
Apr 11, 20203 min read
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A: Passion Sunday (5 Apr 2020) - COM-PASSION SUNDAY (Mt 21:1–11; 26:14–27:66)
In the liturgical calendar, today is the start of the weeklong commemoration of the Passion of the Christ with the so-called Passion...
Rex Fortes
Apr 4, 20203 min read
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A: 5th Sun of Lent (29 Mar 2020) - MORE THAN WASHING OUR HANDS (Jn 11:1–45)
We read in our gospel today the narrative of the death of Lazarus, a very special friend of Jesus along with his two sisters Martha and...
Rex Fortes
Mar 24, 20203 min read
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A: 4th Sun of Lent (22 Mar 2020) - SPOTLIGHT BEARERS (Jn 9:1–41)
“When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, 'Go, wash...
Rex Fortes
Mar 21, 20204 min read
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