The Hermit of Antipolo

Readings: Zechariah 8:1-8 Psalm 102:16-23 Luke 9:46-50 Through today’s readings, God instructs us on some aspects involved in the culture...

Reading: Ephesians 4:1-13 God sends out His people on mission. It is the one God who gives His people the one work. Thus the people...

Today’s readings: 1 Timothy 6:2-12 Psalm 49:6-20 Luke 8:1-3 Our work is evangelization and mission. We journey with Jesus “from one town...

Today’s reading: Matthew 18:21-35 To love is to forgive. We are all sinners, and someway somehow we will do wrong and hurt others. When...

Today’s reading: Matthew 19:23-30 Jesus gives a startling teaching: “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the...

Mother Angelica adapted the prayer of Judith (Judith 9:5-14) for her nuns to pray daily as she faced obstacles, persecutions and...

Reading: Exodus 1:8-22 Abortion has been with us since time immemorial, and widespread forced abortion has also already been state policy...

Today’s reading: Matthew 10:1-7 Today’s gospel is about the commissioning and sending on mission of the Twelve by Jesus. In the same way,...

Readings: 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 John 3:16-18 Paul ends his second letter to the Corinthians as follows: “The grace of the Lord Jesus...

Today’s reading: Matthew 6:24-34 Money can become a god in our life that demands utmost attention from us. Money can become a master that...

Today’s reading: Matthew 6:19-23 Being able to live out financial stewardship is a matter of perspective. If we focus on our human needs,...

Today’s reading: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 We are supposed to support our Christian community and our Catholic parish with our finances. And...

Today’s reading: Sirach 35:1-12 Today’s wisdom from Sirach gives us much input about financial stewardship. Sirach starts off with citing...

Today’s gospel Matthew 9:35-10:8 “Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel...

Today’s readings Romans 10:9-18 Psalm 19:2-5 Matthew 4:18-22 At the very start of a new year (Church’s liturgical year), as we prepare...

Today’s reading: Luke 21:1-4 Today the gospel of Luke brings us to the story of the widow and her contribution to the temple treasury....

Today’s reading: 3 John 5-8 In today’s short letter, John appeals to Gaius to support missionaries in their work. This is something that...

Today’s readings: Galatians 5:18-25 Luke 11:42-46 Some today say that tithing in no longer relevant, because it is something that belongs...

The gospel reading for today (Luke 5:1-11) joyfully brought me back to the first book I ever wrote, “Fishers of Men.” That was in early...

“The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called...