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Monthly Archives: December 2011
O Holy Night of Light!
(Christmas Midnight Mass (Is. 9:1-6; Ti. 2:11-14; Lk. 2:1-14]) When my sisters and I were much, much younger, and Christmas time would near, one of the songs we would love to sing, especially as we’d ride to and from school, … Continue reading
Canticle of Zechariah
[Simbanggabi-IX (Lk. 1:67-79)] On this last of the Simbanggabi Masses the beautiful Canticle of Zechariah, prayed every day in the official worship of the Catholic Church, is our Good News. It is a song of praise, which begins with the … Continue reading
The Wood of the Manger
[Institutional Pre-Christmas Mass (Is. 54:1-10; Ps 30:2-13; Lk 7:24-30)] Christmas is a beautiful season. It is a season for family. A season for friends. A season for remembering people you have not remembered in a long time. It is a … Continue reading
Simbanggabi at ADDU
[Is 56:1-3a,6-8; Jn 5:33-36] In the media, the Philippines is being advertised as the happiest place on earth at Christmas. I am not sure how that might be proven. But in the Philippines at Christmas, you certainly find many happy … Continue reading
Good That Man Not Be Alone
[Wedding of Louie and Mariel Villanueva San Antonio de Padua Church, Silang, Cavite (Gen 2:18-14; Mark 10: 6-9)] The Genesis account of creation quotes God saying, “It is not good that man be alone.” God speaks these words not lightly, … Continue reading
Jesus Comes to Still Our Hunger
My brothers and sisters in the Lord, and especially my dear First Communicants: Just the other day, I finished reading a book. The title of the book was, “When Elephants Dance” by Tess Uriza Holthe. The book was about Filipinos … Continue reading
