The Hermit of Antipolo

Today’s reading: Psalm 27:1-14 We are at war. Though war be waged against me” (v.3c); we are engaged in all-out spiritual warfare. “When...

Gospel reading: Matthew 7:21-27 Jesus has some sobering words for us today. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the...

Gospel reading: Matthew 8:5-11 We who are servants of Jesus are soldiers in his army, tasked for mission in the world. He is our...

Today’s readings: Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122:1-2,3-4,8-9 Matthew 8:5-11 Outside the walls of the United Nations are these words from Isaiah:...

Today’s gospel: Luke 21:1-4 The Holy Spirit included this story of the poor widow’s contribution in order to challenge us who are not as...

Today’s readings: Revelation 14:1-5 Psalm 24:1-6 The book of Revelation gives us a glimpse of heaven, and attunes our minds to the end of...

Gospel reading: Luke 18:1-8 Jesus says, “But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” (v.8b). Poignant. Prophetic. Sad....

Anti-life, anti-family, homosexualist activists are already inside the Catholic Church, and in some places in the western world, well...

In this “Synodos” series, I will be taking up matters relevant to what the III Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops...