Surely, at least once in our life, we have been asked “Have you been saved?” (or “Are you saved?” as the variant) by Protestants (like Born Again ‘Christians’, Mormons, Iglesia ni Cristo (ni Manalo), or Dating Daan (ni Soriano) members here in the Philippines). I have, even as early as …
When you see Psalm 55 in the Office of Readings of Liturgy of the Hours, you’d recognize immediately it’s speaking of the lament of Jesus Christ for his traitor Judas Iscariot. This goes on to our present time – we also know some people who are supposed to ‘Friends’ to …
This day, the Liturgy of the Hours remembers the Martyrs because of the Memorial for St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr. Psalm 44 painfully describes the misfortunes of God’s people. I We heard with our own ears, O God, our fathers have told us the story of the things you …
Because our world has become hedonistic and pleasure-loving, suffering, whether financially, physically, or any sort, is never seen as any good, but just the most horrible and the worst that could a person experience. “Perhaps he is punished by God.” – according to Born Again ‘Christians’, who measure blessings with …
From the Second Reading of the Office of Readings of the Liturgy of the Hours: Jesus, The Good Shepherd “I am the good Shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me in the same way that the Father knows me and I know my Father; for …
I think Psalm 18 is the sweetest… I love you, Lord Psalm 18 I love you, Lord, my strength, my rock, my fortress, my savior. My God is the rock where I take refuge; my shield, my mighty help, my stronghold. The Lord is worthy of all praise; when …
This is the sad truth about Truth, like as expressed in the Liturgy of the Hours today: Office of Readings Psalm 12 Help, O Lord, for good men have vanished: truth has gone from the sons of men. Falsehood they speak one to another, with lying lips, with a false …
The Second Reading in the Office of Readings for this day is from a homily of Saint John Chrysostom, and it completely defines what prayer is, which is essential to know for us to meditate on our private prayers like the Rosary and other devotions, and to the public prayers …
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