The Hermit of Antipolo
Weeds among the Wheat (Thought for the Day Part 119)
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...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Jesus and the Childlike (Modernism Part 87)
July 17, 2024 Today’s gospel: Matthew 11:25-27 Many Catholics, both lay and clergy, would find it scandalous, or at least unacceptable,...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jul 16
- 2 min
The Need for Repentance (Modernism Part 86)
July 16, 2024 Today’s gospel: Matthew 11:20-24 Jesus reproached the unrepentant towns of Chorazin and Bethsaida (v.20-22), warning...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jul 15
- 3 min
Modernists Divide the Church
July 15, 2024 Today’s readings: Isaiah 1:10-17 Psalm 50:8-9,16-17,21,23 Matthew 10:34-11:1 Jesus, the Prince of Peace, came not “to bring...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jul 5
- 1 min
The Need for a Physician (Modernism Part 84)
July 5, 2024 Today’s gospel: Matthew 9:9-13 Jesus came for sinners, and that is why he sat at table with tax collectors and sinners...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jul 4
- 2 min
Contrast in Approach to Sinners (Modernism Part 83)
July 4, 2024 Today’s gospel: Matthew 9:1-8 Jesus says to the paralytic, “your sins are forgiven.” (v.2b). A modernist pastor would say to...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jun 20
- 3 min
The Lord's Prayer (The Way Forward in Christ Part 224)
June 20, 2024 Today’s gospel: Matthew 6:7-15 Our personal prayer time is referred to as our quiet time. We are to remain quiet before...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jun 13
- 2 min
The Law of God (Modernism Part 82)
June 12, 2024Today’s gospel: Matthew 5:17-19 People in Jesus’ time, hearing his radical preaching and even his criticism of religious...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Proclaiming the Kingdom (Modernism Part 81)
June 11, 2024Today’s gospel: Matthew 10:7-13 Jesus sent out the apostles to proclaim the Kingdom of God. He told them what to do: “Cure...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jun 9
- 3 min
Refuted by Scripture (Modernism Part 80)
June 9, 2024Today’s readings:Genesis 3:9-15Psalm 130:1-82 Corinthians 4:13-5:1Mark 3:20-35 Modernist teaching contradicts the word of God...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jun 9
- 3 min
Judgement Day (Modernism Part 79)
June 8, 2024Today’s reading: 2 Timothy 4:1-8 Paul warns Timothy, “For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Jun 6
- 3 min
The Two Great Commandments (Modernism Part 78)
June 6, 2024Today’s readings:2 Timothy 2:8-15Psalm 25:4-5,8-10,14Mark 12:28-34 About the greatest commandments to love God and neighbor,...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- May 27
- 3 min
Salvation and Heaven (Modernism Part 77)
May 27, 2024 Today’s readings: 1 Peter 1:3-9 Psalm 111:1-2,5-6,9-10 Mark 10:17-27 The goal of Christian faith is salvation, and...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- May 15
- 3 min
Being Friends of Jesus (The Way Forward in Christ Part 223)
May 14, 2024Today’s gospel: John 15:9-17 What has Jesus done for us? First, he chose us. “It was not you who chose me, but I who...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- May 13
- 1 min
THE WORLD AT AN END #163 -- Blessing a same-sex couple as holy spouses
A Chicago priest has blessed lesbians as holy spouses in a blasphemous ceremony, citing the Pope’s endorsement of same-sex blessings in...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- May 13
- 1 min
THE WORLD AT AN END #162 -- Smoke of Satan in the Church
The current Papacy continues with its assault on those who serve Jesus from orthodoxy and Tradition. It cancels bishops, priests and...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- May 13
- 3 min
Commissioned by Christ (Modernism Part 76)
May 12, 2024Today’s gospel: Mark 16:15-20 The commissioning of the apostles right before Jesus ascended into heaven gives us three very...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- May 5
- 2 min
Scripture, Tradition, Magisterium (Modernism Part 75)
May 3, 2024 Today’s reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 The basis of our Catholic faith rests on three pillars: Sacred Scripture, Sacred...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Apr 29
- 3 min
A Church at Peace and Growing (The Way Forward in Christ Part 222)
April 28, 2024 Today’s readings: Acts 9:26-31 Psalm 22:27-29,31-321 John 3:18-24 John 15:1-8 Today our Church faces many challenges,...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Apr 28
- 3 min
Jesus is The Way and The Truth and The Life (Modernism Part 74)
April 26, 2024 Today’s gospel: John 14:1-6 Church modernists say that God wills a diversity of religions and that all religions lead to...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Apr 22
- 3 min
Jesus is the Cornerstone (Modernism Part 73)
April 21, 2024 Today’s readings: Acts 4:8-12 Psalm 118:1,8-9,21-23,26,291 John 3:1-2 John 10:11-18 In our readings today, the scriptures...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Apr 21
- 1 min
The Ridiculous, Inane and Simply Stupid - 16 (Assaults on Faith, Family and Life Part 159)
April 19, 2024 Transgender ideology has enabled people to identify as amputees despite being healthy. In 2022, a healthy non-disabled...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Apr 19
- 2 min
The Eucharist - 2 (Thought of the day part 118)
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...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Jesus is the One True Light (Modernism Part 72)
April 10, 2024 Today’s gospel: John 3:16-21 Modernists say that all religions lead to the divine. As such they deny the preeminence of...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Apr 8
- 3 min
Forgiving Always (Modernism Part 71)
April 7, 2024 Today’s gospel: John 20:19-31 Pope Francis tells priests not to ask too much during confessions, and instructs them to...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Mar 26
- 3 min
The Eucharist (Thought for the Day Part 117)
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...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Mar 26
- 2 min
The Poor and Jesus (Modernism Part 70)
March 25, 2024 Today’s gospel: John 12:1-11 The poor or Jesus. What is our priority? Both are crucially important of course, but the...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Mar 18
- 2 min
God's Covenant (Part 116)
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...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Mar 18
- 3 min
Who is Jesus? (Part 115)
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.”...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Mar 13
- 4 min
Discipleship and Mission (The Way Forward in Christ Part 221)
March 7, 2024 Today’s readings: Jeremiah 7:23-28 Psalm 95:1-2,6-9 Luke 11:14-23 Jesus drove out a demon from a mute person, healing him...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Rebuilding the Vineyard (The Way Forward in Christ Part 220)
October 8, 2023 Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:9,12-16,19-20 Philippians 4:6-9 Matthew 21:33-43 God planted the vine that is Israel. “He...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Grace and Mercy (Thought for the Day 114)
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...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Feb 19, 2023
- 3 min
Back to Basics (Modernism Part 62)
Today’s readings: Leviticus 19:1-2,17-18 Psalm 103:1-4,8,10,12-13 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 Matthew 5:38-48 Today’s readings provide much...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Feb 17, 2023
- 2 min
The New World Order (Modernism Part 61)
Today’s readings: Genesis 11:1-9 Psalm 33:10-15 Mark 8:34-9:1 Modernism at its core is looking to the well-being of man but at the...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Feb 14, 2023
- 2 min
Failing to See or Understand (Modernism Part 60)
Today’s reading: Mark 8:14-21 Today’s gospel pointS out more things to us about modernism. Jesus reminded his disciples of the two times...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Feb 12, 2023
- 2 min
Overturning Jesus’ Teachings – 2 (Modernism Part 59)
Today’s reading: Matthew 5:17-37 In today’s gospel reading, Jesus teaches about a number of things. What he taught was obviously needed...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Feb 10, 2023
- 1 min
The Ridiculous, Inane and Simply Stupid – 15 (Assaults on Faith, Family, and, Life Part 158)
The stupidity of woke continues unabated, especially in the West. Canadian university to put feminine hygiene product dispensers in men’s...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Feb 7, 2023
- 3 min
MODERNISM AND CREATION (Modernism Part 58)
Today’s readings: Genesis 1:20-2:4a Mark 7:1-13 In today’s gospel, we have a good definition of modernism. Jesus says to the Pharisees...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
Strengthen with Power (Our Theme for 2022)
Today’s reading: Ephesians 3:14-21 Paul prays for the Ephesians that they would deepen their understanding of God’s plan of salvation....
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Oct 15, 2022
- 2 min
Faith and Love That are in Jesus - 2 (Our Theme for 2023 Part 9)
Today’s reading: Ephesians 1:15-23 Paul extolled the Ephesians, after “hearing of your faith in the Lord Jesus and of your love for all...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Oct 13, 2022
- 2 min
Woe To Scholars of the Law (Modernism Part 57)
Today’s gospel: Luke 11:47-54 Jesus rebuked the scholars of the law. “Woe to you, scholars of the law!” (v.52a). Today these would be...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2 min
Two Kinds of Love (Our Theme for 2023 Part 8)
Today’s gospel: Luke 11:42-46 Jesus says that the Pharisees “love the seat of honor” but “pay no attention …. to love for God.”...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Oct 11, 2022
- 2 min
Faith Working Through Love (Our Theme for 2023 Part 7)
Today’s reading: Galatians 5:1-6 Paul says that for a Christian, what is important is “only faith working through love.” (v.6b). He had...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Oct 6, 2022
- 3 min
Stupid Christians (Our Theme for 2023 Part 6)
Today’s reading: Galatians 3:1-5 Paul’s rebuke of the Galatians on the issue of justification by faith could very well be the proper...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
Let That One be Accursed! (Modernism Part 56)
Today’s reading: Galatians 1:6-12 In today’s reading from Galatians, Paul talks about what we today call modernism. It already happened...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Oct 2, 2022
- 2 min
Faith and Love that are in Jesus (Our Theme Part 5)
Today’s readings: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 Luke 17:5-10 Paul tells Timothy to share the gospel and to bear hardship...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Sep 29, 2022
- 3 min
Under The Fig Tree (Our Theme for 2023)
Today’s gospel: John 1:47-51 Jesus saw Nathanael and judged him to be a true Israelite (v.47). When Nathanael asked Jesus how he knew...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Sep 23, 2022
- 3 min
An Appointed Time for Everything (Our Theme for 2023 Part 3)
Today’s reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 “There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.” (v.1)....
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Sep 22, 2022
- 3 min
Vanity of Vanities (Our Theme for 2023 Part 2)
Today’s reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 “Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! What profit have we...
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The Hermit of Antipolo
- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Essence of Faith and Love in these Times (Our Theme for 2023 Part 1)
Our theme for 2023 is “Firm in faith, founded on love.” Our theme verse is: “Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous,...
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