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B: 2nd Sun of Advent (10 Dec 2017) - MAKING THE WAY STRAIGHT - Mk 1:1-8
“Look, I am going to send my messenger before you; he will prepare your way. A voice cries in the wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord,...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
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B: 1st Sun of Advent (3 Dec 2017) - GOING NOT PASSIVELY WAITING - Mk 13:33-37
Once I was corrected by an older confrere when in the microphone I invited all to enter the venue of a program, saying, “Everybody,...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
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A: Solemnity of Christ the King (26 Nov 2017) - POWERLESS KING - Mt 25:31-46
The Hebrew term for “king” is “melek”. It has the root letters “m-l-k” from which many other words relating to the kingly context are...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20192 min read
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A: 33rd Sun of OrdTime (19 Nov 2017) - GAINING OTHERS FOR THE KINGDOM - Mt 25:14-21
“…and made five more talents… made two more talents.” (Mt 25:16-17). Our gospel today sounds like a business entrepreneurship where we...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20192 min read
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A: 32nd Sun of OrdTime (12 Nov 2017) - BEING WISE THE RIGHT WAY - Mt 25:1-13
“Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.” (Mt 25:2) We hear of the story of the ten virgins who were waiting for the coming of the...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
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A: 31st Sun of OrdTime (5 Nov 2017) - REGULATED RELIGION - Mt 23:1-12
What is religion? Most of us may probably say that it is one’s belief in a Supreme Being as expressed in a set of doctrines and sacred...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20193 min read
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A: 30th of OrdTime (29 Oct 2017) - LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR - Mt 22:34-40
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Mt 22:39). The Greek word “plesion” is used in the New Testament (NT) to refer to “neighbor”...
Rex Fortes
Apr 19, 20192 min read
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