Browsing the July 2018 archive of Fr. Reggie's Reflections

THE EUCHARIST FOR THE WORLD

Posted by John Sage on 7/28/18

Starting this Sunday, we set aside the Gospel of St. Mark and take up the Gospel of St. John for the next five weeks. We see Jesus preaching God’s message to people and sensitively taking notice of the HUNGER of his audience. He realizes that preaching the Kingdom involves ... Read More »

A TIME TO WORK, A TIME TO PRAY

Posted by John Sage on 7/20/18

Everybody will agree that our times call for hard work, assiduous labor, and double effort. It should be the case in this period of financial crisis. Businesses are imperiled and even the most powerful countries declare alarm in their economies. As active employees, we know the value of hard ... Read More »

OUR MISSION STARTS HERE, RIGHT NOW

Posted by John Sage on 7/14/18

Filipino Catholic Christians love and admire missionaries. We are proud of the foreign missionaries who came to our shores and helped evangelize our people. We are even prouder of our own Filipino missionaries bravely working abroad. We can think of them crossing expansive rivers, hiking up mountains, living with ... Read More »

FEELING AT HOME

Posted by John Sage on 7/07/18

In this Sunday Gospel, Jesus returns to his home town Nazareth. People were familiar with his background. Returning now as a renowned preacher and healer, he became controversial. Instead of appreciating his talents and achievements, the neighbors disparaged him. They derided his former occupation, carpentry. They belittled his mother ... Read More »