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C: Solemnity of Christ the King (24 Nov 2019) - PERSONAL KING (Lk 23:35-43)
We celebrate today the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe, a feast instituted by Pius XI in 1925 to underscore Christ’s...
Rex Fortes
Nov 22, 20193 min read
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C: 33rd Sun of OrdTime (17 November 2019) - IMPENDING DESTRUCTION (Lk 21:5-19)
Jesus in our gospel today gave a strong prophecy on the destruction of the temple. He particularly referred to the temple of Jerusalem...
Rex Fortes
Nov 15, 20193 min read
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C: 32nd Sun of OrdTime (10 Nov 2019) - LIFE WITHOUT A CAUSE (Lk 20:27-38)
We find in our gospel today the character of the Sadducees. The Synoptic Gospels describe them as one of the leading religious leaders in...
Rex Fortes
Nov 8, 20193 min read
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C: 31st Sun of OrdTime (3 Nov 2019) - SHORTNESS OF LIFE (LK 19:1-10)
If we are to ask who is the richest in Jesus’ time, a top contender will definitely be Zacchaeus. Aside from the fact that he is...
Rex Fortes
Oct 31, 20193 min read
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C: 30th Sun of OrdTime (27 Oct 2019) - ON BOXING MATCH, BEAUTY PAGEANT AND BATTLEFIELD (Lk 18:9-14)
I heard once a beautiful illustration of what is the right attitude in entering the kingdom of heaven. It says that life is not a boxing...
Rex Fortes
Oct 25, 20193 min read
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C: 29th Sun of OrdTime (20 Oct 2019) - WIDOW'S LAST RESORT (Lk 18:1-8)
A story is told about a cat that has kept on chasing a particular mouse. All day and all night it would hunt and run after the mouse but...
Rex Fortes
Oct 19, 20193 min read
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C: 28th Sun of OrdTime (13 Oct 2019) - REPEL, REPENT AND REPAIR (Lk 17:11-19)
We have today the story of the cleansing of the ten lepers. It is good to focus our reflection on the different phases a leper normally...
Rex Fortes
Oct 11, 20193 min read
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