Reflections Archive

In today’s Gospel, we heard/listened to the shortest verse in the scripture: “Jesus wept” (JOHN 11:35). It happened in the story of the death of Lazarus of Bethany. When Jesus arrives at Bethany and realizes the sorrow of Mary of Bethany and Martha of Bethany, Jesus...

Mga kapatid, tayo ay pinili ng Diyos upang magpahayag ng Mabuting Balita. Sa ikaapat na linggo ng panahon ng Laetare Sunday inaanyayahan tayo ng Simbahan sa isang sandali ng kagalakan sa gitna ng panahon ng Kuwaresma. Ang salitang Laetare ay mula sa Latin na...

The Transfiguration of the Lord is a unique and glorious event in Jesus’ life. It is indeed a scenery of prediction of what will happen to Jesus after his crucifixion. From the day when Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God (Mt. 16:16),...

St. Gregory wrote in one of his homilies that: “Some doubt what Spirit it was that led Jesus into the desert... But true and without question agreeable to the context is the received opinion, that it was the Holy Spirit; that His own Spirit should lead Him thither...

Matthew 5:17–37 forms a central section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, where He reveals the true meaning of the Law and calls His disciples to a deeper righteousness. Jesus begins by clarifying that He has not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to fulfill...

The first defining characteristic of Jesus’ disciples is to be the salt of the earth. Salt has a clear purpose: it gives flavor. People use salt because it makes food more pleasant and enjoyable. It is striking that Jesus says, “Salt is good,” suggesting that...

Heaven is the place of the humble and meek of heart while hell is the place for the proud and arrogant. The two cannot be mixed up. To be true Christian, one must possess all the virtues contained in the Beatitudes. This was so clear to the Matthean Christian...

Opening Reflection for the National Bible Sunday Rev. Fr. Bryan Ma. Eala, OSM Recalling the importance given by the Second Vatican Council to rediscovering Sacred Scripture for the life of the Church, Pope Francis says he wrote this Apostolic Letter in response to...

Sa pasimula ng Chapter 18, lumapit ang mga alagad kay Hesus at nagtanong, "Sino po ang pinakadakila sa kaharian ng langit?" (v. 1). Sa kultura noong unang panahon, at maging sa ating panahon ngayon na puno ng kompetisyon at "likes" sa social media, ang pagiging dakila...

The Gospel of Matthew presents the baptism of Jesus as a theologically rich moment that inaugurates His public ministry and reveals His identity. Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John, an action that immediately raises a problem: John’s baptism...