Sunday, April 27, 2008

Matthew 28:16-20 Ascension Sunday (by May Racaza)

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As the Easter season draws to its close this coming Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of Jesus’ Ascension which coincides also with the SE...
Sunday, April 20, 2008

Gospel for April 27, 2008 - John 14:15-21, The Sending of the Holy Spirit

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John’s audience were non-witnesses of Jesus’ life on earth. They were people in a community who have heard about Jesus’ life and ministry fr...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Gospel for

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There are two gospels in the Church calendar for Easter Sunday. The to be read in the morning is John 20:1-9, and the one in the evening...
Sunday, March 09, 2008

Gospel for March 16, 2008 - Matthew 26:14 - 27:66 - Passion and Death of Jesus

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Matthew narrates in the gospel the events that took place in Christ’s passion and death. One of the important events that happened was Jes...
Sunday, March 02, 2008

Gospel for March 9, 2008 - John 11, 1-45 Jesus Raises Lazarus

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(By Mike Gan, reviewed by TM) The raising of Lazarus is the final sign in Jesus’ public ministry which leads to his condemnation and de...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Sunday Gospel for March 2, 2008 - John 9:1-41 The Man Born Blind (By Estie and TM)

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John is usually more difficult to interpret than the other gospels because he uses several symbolisms. It would be helpful to understand t...
Sunday, February 17, 2008

Sunday's Gospel for Feb. 24, 2008 - John 4:1-42 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

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In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus initiated a conversation with a Samaritan woman who was drawing water from the well. Historicall...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Sunday Gospel for February 10, 2008: Matthew 4:1-11 Temptation of Jesus

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Matthew’s account of Jesus being tempted in the desert and overcoming these trials bring us back to the Old Testament where the people of I...
Sunday, January 27, 2008

Sunday Gospel for Feb. 3, 2008: Matthew 5:1-12 The Beatitudes

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The Sermon on the Mount is one of the highlights of Jesus’ ministry, the first part of which is referred to as the Beatitudes. The word ...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Gospel for January 27, 2008 - Matthew 4:12-23, The Beginning of Jesus Ministry

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The Gospel presents the beginning of the ministry of Jesus. It started in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, and it is also in this locat...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Luke 4: 21-30 The Townmates Mentality

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Observation: The gospel passage happens right after Jesus’ entry in a synagogue in Nazareth, where he reads a passage from Isaiah. The ques...
Tuesday, October 10, 2006

The Rich Man, Mark 10:17-30 by Maryann Gan (SE-7)

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OBSERVATION: A rich man went up to Jesus, called him good teacher and asked the way that leads to eternal life. Because the rich man has obs...
Tuesday, August 22, 2006

John 6:60-69 This Saying is Hard

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By Maryann Gan (edited by TM): Observation The Gospel begins with the murmuring among Jesus’ disciples: “This saying is hard, who can accept...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

John 6:51-58 Eat my flesh, drink my blood (Gospel for Aug. 20, 2006)

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OBSERVATION: If we were among the audience of Jesus in the gospel, we would wonder whether Jesus, in telling his disciples to “eat his flesh...
Monday, July 17, 2006

The Return of the Disciples, Mark 6:30-34 (Written by Estie Santos, SE-10 and edited by TM)

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OBSERVATION: Jesus had just sent the disciples two by two. They drove out demons and healed the sick. They returned and told Jesus all that ...
Thursday, June 15, 2006

Mark 4:35-42 The Calming of the Storm (Gospel for June 25, 2006)

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Observation The gospel depicts the disciples’ reaction to Jesus, who was sleeping amidst a storm. They found him sound asleep and woke him u...
Sunday, May 14, 2006

John 15:9-17 Love one another as I have loved you. (Gospel for May 21, 2006)

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Observation: This gospel passage contains some of the most beautiful and perhaps sweetest verses that we have read that Jesus said. ...
Saturday, April 22, 2006

Luke 24: 35-48 Appearance of Risen Jesus to the Disciples (Gospel for April 30, 2006)

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(Co authored by Aileen M. and TM) Observation: This passage is right after the incident of the two disciples and Jesus, along the road to Em...
Sunday, April 16, 2006

John 20:19-31 Doubting Thomas (Gospel for April 23, 2006)

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Observation The Gospel tells of the appearance of the risen Christ to the disciples, and Thomas’s confession of Jesus as “my Lord and ...
Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Mark 14:32-42 Agony in the Garden (Gospel for April 9, 2006)

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Observation: The Gospel passage is a long one, and is the one read at Palm Sunday. It is Jesus’ passion, death and resurrection; whi...