Diocese of Parañaque
From January 01, 2020 onwards, audio recordings of homilies are now archived in the Audio/ Video Library of our Facebook Page.
“Don’t Judge; See Jesus” 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ March 03, 2019
Have you ever caught yourself asking why other people behave badly? Or thought of why others cannot see the perspective they should be seeing? Or rather how people still sin despite the pleasant disposition they have? If yes, it is surely that in one way or another,...
“Walang Depende Pag Tama” 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ March 03, 2019
Iba ang iniingatan o inalagaan kaysa sa binabantayan o minamanmanan. Sa taong may malasakit bunga ng pag-ibig, likas sa kanya ang mag-alala at magmalasakit para sa kapakanan at ikakabuti ng kapwa. Ngunit sa taong walang pagpapahalaga sa iba liban sa sarili, lagi ang...
“No Exemptions” 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ February 24, 2019
A child had just come home from school. He came rushing to his mother and started crying. "What happened, anak? Did the bullies tease you again?" Then the child cried even louder and began sobbing. The mother immediately held her son into an embrace. She already knew...
THE STORY OF THE SEVEN HOLY FOUNDERS OF THE SERVITE ORDER: A STORY OF SELFLESSNESS AND ABANDONMENT
Story of Origin During the 13th century, Florence rose to prominence as among the richest of the Italian city-states. Florentine society is also dominated by wealthy traders and merchants - most of which are attached to rampant materialism and capitalism. 13th century...
“God’s Promises” 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ February 17, 2019
Have you ever feel that God seems to forsake you? Each of us has our own problems and trials. These may be problems from failures in work, family, relationships that can be just small trials like heavy traffic and being late at school or work. As Christians, God did...
“Iiwan ang Lahat” 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – February 10, 2019
Nais kong ibahagi ang magandang pagninilay na nabasa ko sa isang aklat na pinamagatang Bringing the Word to Life. Wika ng may-akda na si Michael R. Kent, "Life has no greater wish than to endow us with its favors but also demands that we give up certain things to...
“The Most Special Encounter” 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – February 10, 2019
Simon Peter represents each one of us. At some point in our life, in such a mysterious way we unexpectedly meet God. And for Simon Peter, it was on a low day during his work as a fisherman. He has worked hard all day and yet still has caught nothing. Maybe our...
Candlemas/ Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Candlemas, also referred to as the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord or the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is among the ancient feasts being celebrated by the Church and is traditionally done 40-days after the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord.
“Obedience as a Proof of Faith” 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ February 3, 2019
Today we live in a world where everybody has the right to share their opinions, we're in a generation where fame almost becomes the standard so you can be called successful and it does define your social worth, a generation where in being ignored means you're not...
“Christ’s Mission is Our Salvation” 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ January 26, 2019
As a baptized Christian in our generation today, are we willing to take our part in Christ’s ministry? Today, we heard in our Gospel that Jesus received His mission as He was about to start in His ministry, upon entering the synagogue, He received a scroll from the...
BE DEVOTED TO THE CHILD JESUS ~ January 20, 2019
January 20, 2019 ~ Jasper Christian Gambito/ St. Peregrine Laziosi Diocesan Shrine. Today, the Philippine Church celebrates the Feast of the Child Jesus, also known as the Sto. Niño. Devotion to the Child Jesus in our country started more than three centuries ago when the Spaniards introduced Christianity to our ancestors. Started by the Augustinian friars in Cebu, devotion to the Sto. Niño spread throughout the Philippine archipelago to a point that in almost all of the diocese in our country, there is a parish named after the Child Jesus.
