The Hermit of Antipolo

July 27, 2024 Today’s gospel: Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus told his disciples the parable of the weeds among the wheat. In the Kingdom of...

April 19, 2024 Today’s gospel: John 6:52-59 Jesus told the Jews that he was the bread of life and that bread was his flesh. The Jews...

March 26, 2024 Today’s gospel: John 13:21-33,36-38 During the last supper, Jesus, deeply disturbed, told his disciples that one of them...

March 17, 2024 Today’s reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34 God took the initiative to choose a people and enter into covenant with them. These...

March 16, 2024 Today’s reading: John 7:40-53 Those in the crowd had different ideas about who Jesus was. “This is truly the Prophet.”...

March 13, 2024Today’s readings:Isaiah 49:8-15Psalm 145:8-9,13-14,17-18John 5:17-30 “The Lord is gracious and merciful” (Ps 145:8a). Grace...

March 12, 2024Today’s readings:Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9John 5:1-3, 5-16 The prophet Ezekiel is given a vision of the...

December 20, 2023 Today’s psalm:  Psalm 24:1-6 On December 18 the Vatican issued Fiducia Supplicans, a declaration on blessing same-sex...

Gospel reading: John 18:1-19:42 In that most dramatic event almost two millennia ago, the main protagonists were Jesus and Satan. Satan...

Gospel reading: Matthew 26:14-25 We do admit that we are all sinners. But perhaps many do not know to what extent they indeed are...

Today’s readings: Numbers 11:4-15 Psalm 81:12-17 Matthew 14:13-21 Things are so dire in the world, and some Christians might think, why...

Today’s readings: Genesis 23:1-4,19; 24:1-8,62-67 Ps 106:1-5 Matthew 9:9-13 A number of aspects in Matthew’s gospel today are used by...

Gospel reading: Matthew 5:17-19 Christians, if they are to be authentic Christians, are to live out the commandments of God. Many today...

Gospel reading: Mark 12:18-27 Today our Church is infiltrated with modernists, who are overturning the word of God. They are misled and...

Today’s readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18 Isaiah 12:2-6 Luke 1:39-56 We rejoice whenever an esteemed person visits us. This was how it was with...

Today’s reading: Acts 19:1-8 Most Catholics are baptized as babies. With the sacrament of Baptism, they are cleansed from original sin...

Today’s reading: Acts 16:22-34 The other day it was Cornelius. Yesterday it was Lydia. Today it is the prisoners and the jailer. Paul...

Today’s reading: Acts 16:11-15 Yesterday it was Cornelius. Today it is Lydia. God is about arranging opportunities for us to hear the...

Today’s reading: Acts 10:25-48 On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached one sermon and 3,000 people were converted. This time, Peter...

Today’s readings: Hebrews 10:1-10 Psalm 40:2-11 Mark 3:31-35 We say we are children of God, and therefore brothers and sisters of Jesus....