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The Lord loves us so much that He came to be one among us. He could have come already as an adult, but He chose to be an infant of a loving family, like each one of us. Not only that.

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The Lord’s greatest gift to us for Christmas is no less than his very person, as humanized by his power of love. This liberates us from the love of power, as personalized by Satan.

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Let us celebrate today as Widow’s Day. We humbly bow our heads in praise for the numerous widows who have lovingly raised their families and served their communities with such dedication, sacrifice, and faith in God.

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Today’s gospel is yet another parable that our Lord Jesus Christ used to teach and preach about the ways of God, because we humans only understand our human ways, which is not the ways of God. You can read this scripture in Matt.22: 1-14.

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As a farmer laboriously cultivates his vineyard — spading it, clearing it of stones and pruning the vines — so does God labor in nurturing and caring for his people. However, in our First Reading, the Lord expresses exasperation over Israel which he has faithfully tended and protected, because instead of bearing good and abundant fruit, she has born wild grapes.

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Jesus enjoins us to entrust our lives to God, “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink….

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True to its commitment to keeping Filipinos informed, Philstar.com launches the Bill Tracker, the main feature of the online news site's newly-developed Congress page.

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Today’s gospel reading is the Raising of the Widow’s Son.

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The Ascension of Christ, which we are commemorating today, is a most loving act of God the Father for all humanity.

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On this Second Sunday of Lent, let us reflect on three interrelated themes: faith in God, as exemplified by Abraham; suffering, the precondition for discipleship, as explained by Jesus; and transfiguration, the sign of God’s fidelity to His Son and prefiguration of what God promises all who are faithful to Him.

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The Lord loves us so much that He came to be one among us. He could have come already as an adult, but He chose to be an infant of a loving family, like each one of us. Not only that.

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The Lord’s greatest gift to us for Christmas is no less than his very person, as humanized by his power of love. This liberates us from the love of power, as personalized by Satan.

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Let us celebrate today as Widow’s Day. We humbly bow our heads in praise for the numerous widows who have lovingly raised their families and served their communities with such dedication, sacrifice, and faith in God.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-07 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134274 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805316 [AuthorName] => Ruben M. Tanseco S.J. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1379362 [Title] => The parable of the wedding feast [Summary] =>

Today’s gospel is yet another parable that our Lord Jesus Christ used to teach and preach about the ways of God, because we humans only understand our human ways, which is not the ways of God. You can read this scripture in Matt.22: 1-14.

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As a farmer laboriously cultivates his vineyard — spading it, clearing it of stones and pruning the vines — so does God labor in nurturing and caring for his people. However, in our First Reading, the Lord expresses exasperation over Israel which he has faithfully tended and protected, because instead of bearing good and abundant fruit, she has born wild grapes.

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Jesus enjoins us to entrust our lives to God, “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink….

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True to its commitment to keeping Filipinos informed, Philstar.com launches the Bill Tracker, the main feature of the online news site's newly-developed Congress page.

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Today’s gospel reading is the Raising of the Widow’s Son.

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The Ascension of Christ, which we are commemorating today, is a most loving act of God the Father for all humanity.

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