Reflection for January 29, Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time: Mark 5:1-20

Gospel: Mark 5:1-20

Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him. The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain. 

In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the hillsides he was always crying out and bruising himself with stones. 

Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and prostrated himself before him, crying out in a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!” (He had been saying to him, “Unclean spirit, come out of the man!”) He asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Legion is my name. There are many of us.” And he pleaded earnestly with him not to drive them away from that territory. 

Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside. And they pleaded with him, “Send us into the swine. Let us enter them.” And he let them, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine. The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea, where they were drowned. 

The swineherds ran away and reported the incident in the town and throughout the countryside. And people came out to see what had happened. As they approached Jesus, they caught sight of the man who had been possessed by Legion, sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they were seized with fear. Those who witnessed the incident explained to them what had happened to the possessed man and to the swine. 

Then they began to beg him to leave their district. As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with him. But Jesus would not permit him but told him instead, “Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.” Then the man went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed.

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Reflection:

Do you ask Jesus to change you and make you a better person? 

The man possessed by the legions of devil pleaded to Jesus not to drive them away from the territory instead they wanted Jesus to send them into the herd of pigs. So Jesus did what they wanted: He allowed them to enter the group of swine/pigs. However the herd rushed into the sea where they drowned. 

Why did Jesus did not annihilate the legion (evils) instantly instead He allowed them to transfer to the herd of swine only to die by drowning? Perhaps, Jesus acceded to their request because Jesus wanted them to convert and get rid of their evil ways, but they did not. 

In our own life we would always encounter life changing occurrences and experiences. Such as survive a major health problem, an accident or a problem in the family. And it serves as our wake-up call from God to change our ways and leave behind sinfulness. There are some of us who have an awareness of this life changing episode so we change and leave behind our sinfulness. However there are also those who refuse to change and so they move forward with their sinful ways. 

What would happen to those who refuse to leave behind sinfulness? To those who continue to ignore God’s call to conversion? To those who were given by God a second chance but refused to embrace it? – Marino J. Dasmarinas  

Reflection for Sunday January 28, Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Mark 1:21-28

Gospel: Mark 1:21-28

Jesus came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? 

Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God! Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!” The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him. 

All were amazed and asked one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him. His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.

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Reflection:

The story is told about a sinful person who was trying very hard to change his ways. He wanted to become a good person because he was already tired of his sinful life.  But every time he tries to change the devil would always present itself to him and he would always succumb to sin.

He had a dream one night and in that dream Jesus told him, “I will change you if you would allow me to change you.” Oh yes my Lord he told Jesus and Jesus subsequently told him, read Rid) the bible. Read more about me there and let my words sink into you.  As he woke up in the morning the first book that he saw was their dusty bible. He read it and from thereon he read it everyday and true enough he was changed by the Lord.        

Do you want to feel the authority of Jesus? Begin by knowing more about His life by reading the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in the bible. Try reading it and as you read it, feel every words of Jesus, reflect on it and let it sink in to you. Do this daily, let Jesus speak directly to you and notice the authority of Jesus working in your life.

As you let His authority work in your life feel the change that will happen to you. Perhaps, if you are self-centered you will now slowly but surely become more Christ centered. If you’re arrogant and domineering you will now become humble and gentle. However, for this to happen, you have to know more about Jesus and you have to allow the Lord to take control of your life.

You have to recognize His authority over you and this can only happen if you would take time to know more about the Lord’s life story in the bible. Hence, you have to have a daily private time with the Lord.

Do you want to feel the authority of Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas 

Reflection for January 27, Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time: Mark 4:35-41

Gospel: Mark 4:35-41

On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took Jesus with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up.  

Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing? He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still! The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” They were filled with great awe and said to one another, “Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?”

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Reflection:

Do you have something in your heart that is silently bothering you today? Don’t worry to much about it, because it’s a test of your faith in the Lord,  learn to trust the Lord for He will never forsake you.

Was Jesus only testing the faith of His disciples when He allowed them to go through severe storm? If He was, then Jesus found out that His disciples were terribly wanting in faith. Jesus calmed the violent storm to assure His disciples that He was in control of everything.  

We too will encounter storms in our life. How would we handle these life storms? Would we allow these storms to defeat us and prevent us from living our normal lives? For example, the silent life challenges that we have how are we handling these life storms? Do we allow it to disturb our normal way of life? Or we continue to become calm under duress?  

The obvious answer is we will continue to be calm no matter how difficult the storm/s that we will be encountering. For the reason that we have Jesus in our life, we know that Jesus will take care of every life storm that we have right now and the future life storms that we will be encountering.  

We are often times easily rattled by our life storms because many of us are lacking in faith. If only we would learn to trust the Lord more than we trust on ourselves. If only we would not lean on our own finite understanding but learn to trust in the infinite wisdom of the Lord.  

We would then be able to discover how mightily powerful Jesus is. That the Good Lord is more than enough to defeat any kind of life storms that we would be encountering in our lives. So, we have to completely trust the Lord no matter the present life storms that we are going through right now. - Marino J. Dasmarinas

Reflection for Friday January 26, Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops: Mark 4:26-34

Gospel: Mark 4:26-34

Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. And when the grain is ripe, he wields the sickle at once, for the harvest has come.”  

He said, “To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade. 

With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it. Without parables he did not speak to them but to his own disciples he explained everything in private.

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Reflection:

Do you want to feel the kingdom of God in your life? If your answer is yes, you should open your life to God. In everyday of your life God showers you with every blessing that He could give you. But do you notice and acknowledge these blessings that God gives you?  

For example, the blessing of a new life when you wake up in the morning, the sunlight, the air that you breathe and so forth. Do you care to thank God for all of these blessings?  

Acknowledgement of God’s many blessings is the first step for you to feel the kingdom of God in your life. When you recognize the majesty and power of God you also open your life to His kingdom. And you let God come into your life and eventually you let God rule your life.  

Then, little by little you let God take charge of your life and not you anymore taking charge of your own life. Thus, you would be able to avoid sin no matter how tempting. And you would be able to carefully discern right from wrong.  

This is where the kingdom of God begins to take root in your life. It grows little by little until it blooms wherein you would be able to fight temptation in whatever forms and shapes.   

Jesus in our gospel for this Friday mentions about the small mustard seed which is none other than Himself and His kingdom. This small mustard seed once acknowledged and recognized by the soil (Which is no other than you). Begins to sprout until it blooms and eventually grows bigger so that those who need shelter can go there. 

Do you always acknowledge, recognize and discern the presence of God’s kingdom in your life? - Marino J. Dasmarinas

Reflection for Thursday January 25, Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle: Mark 16:15-18

Gospel: Mark 16:15-18

Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. 

These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

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Reflection:

There is a story of a woman who would always share pictures of herself on social media. Her husband who was a pastor would always tell her to share instead bible quotations so that she could inspire others to know more about God and in the process share in the mission of Jesus as well. 

Transmission of communication nowadays is very fast, for example if we post something on the internet. And if the content of what we post is good, we could be assured that it will go viral and it can reach the farthest corner of the world thru internet. 

During the time of Jesus transmission of communication was on a word of mouth basis. No smart phone, social media and other high-end form of communication. It was simple word of mouth only. And yet the gospel was able to spread until it reached us. The key element in the spread of the gospel was the committed apostles and followers of Jesus such as Saint Paul whose conversion we celebrate today. 

Paul whose former name was Saul of Tarsus was a persecutor of the faith until God converted him. Thus, Paul became the apostle to the Gentiles. Before his conversion, Paul was a Pharisee and a zealous Jew who persecuted early Christians. But,  while on his way to Damascus Saul of Tarsus had a dramatic encounter with Jesus. After that encounter with the Lord he underwent  an unbelievable transformation and became committed to preaching the Gospel not only to Jews but also to Gentiles.

The desire of Jesus today is for us to become the modern day Saint Paul to whom he could entrust the mission of evangelization. He trusts us that we could also proclaim the gospel not only by way of word of mouth but through using social media.

There’s no more excuse for us not to help Jesus spread the gospel because we have in our fingertips the internet. Let us exploit the use of this technology to reach as many as possible.  

For example, if you’ve been posting updates about yourself using facebook, twitter, instagram and other forms of social media portals. Why not post quotations from the bible instead and why not post the picture of Jesus? Why not post something that would inspire others to take seriously their faith?  By doing so you inspire others, you change lives and you help Jesus spread the gospel.  

Have you already propagated the faith by word of mouth and social media? -  Marino J. Dasmarinas    

Reflection for Wednesday January 24 , Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church: Mark 4:1-20

Gospel: Mark 4:1-20

On another occasion, Jesus began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd gathered around him so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was beside the sea on land. And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them,  “Hear this! A sower went out to sow. 

And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Other seed fell on rocky ground where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. And when the sun rose, it was scorched and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it and it produced no grain. And some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit. It came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.” He added, “Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear.”

And when he was alone, those present along with the Twelve questioned him about the parables. He answered them, “The mystery of the Kingdom of God has been granted to you. But to those outside everything comes in parables, so that they may look and see but not perceive, and hear and listen but not understand, in order that they may not be converted and be forgiven.”

Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables? The sower sows the word. These are the ones on the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the word sown in them. 

And these are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, receive it at once with joy. But they have no roots; they last only for a time. Then when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Those sown among thorns are another sort. They are the people who hear the word, but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit. 

But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.”

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Reflection:

Do you want to grow in faith?

Sometimes we may wonder why others do not grow in faith yet others grow in faith? The secret for those who grow in faith is the time that they invest with God. For example if we would have a solemn daily prayer life we would be assured that God would look kindly upon us and He will give us the gift of faith.

We have in our gospel the parable of the sower who is no other than God. He sows the seeds of faith in our hearts but not everyone of us are able to grow and deeply nurture the seeds of faith that He sows. For the reason that we lack time for God but the paradox is we have time for this world and we even create time for this world. But do we have time for God? Do we create time for God?

Faith is a gift from God but at the same time we have to open and use this gift of faith we should not take it for granted. Otherwise this gift will not blossom, grow and have deep roots within us. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why our faiths don’t blossom because we take it for granted.

When are we going to get serious with our faith in God? When are we going to live our faith? So that it could finally blossom and bear abundant fruit? When we are already sickly and near death? – Marino J. Dasmarinas  

Reflection for January 23, Tuesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time: Mark 3:31-35

Gospel: Mark 3:31-35

The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to Jesus and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you. 

But he said to them in reply, “Who are my mother and my brothers? And looking around at those seated in the circle he said “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

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Reflection:

In what way could we become relatives of Jesus? It’s when we do acts of love, mercy and compassion toward anyone in need. It’s when we help Jesus spread His good news of salvation to others most especially to those who have not heard yet of His gospel message. 

To do good to our blood relatives is already a given fact of life. We help them because we are connected with them by consanguinity or through common family tree. Jesus in the gospel wants to stretch further our acts of mercy and compassion He wants us not to limit these acts of mercy and compassion to our own family circle only. 

Say for example, what if Jesus would ask us, could you also give the same help to a stranger in need? The same help that you would normally give to your relative/s? This is very difficult to do: To give help to a stranger with the same amount of help that we would normally do to our blood relative/s. 

Nonetheless, this is the challenge for all of us if we want to be called a relative of Jesus: We must help anyone in need! In hindsight, why did Jesus said that whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother? Perhaps the purpose of which is to measure our desire to become a relative of Jesus. 

Come to think of it, who wouldn’t want to become a relative of Jesus? Of course we all want. Therefore, we must do good at all times to anyone and we must extend help to anyone for this is the will of God. – Marino J. Dasmarinas

Reflection for January 22, Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time: Mark 3:22-30

Gospel: Mark 3:22-30

The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.” Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables “How can Satan drive out Satan? 

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided he cannot stand; that is the end of him. But no one can enter a strong man’s house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. 

Then he can plunder his house. Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin. For they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.

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Reflection:

What comes to your mind when you hear or read about Satan? Is it the usual concept of a dark and frightening figure with horns and tail? 

The Satan is real but it doesn’t appear as what we’ve usually conceived it to be. Often times it disguises itself using other means so that we would not be able to identify it. Satan is real, in fact he is always around us taking his time until it sees an opportunity to take control of us. 

It disguises itself in the appearance of an attractive woman or an attractive man   whom we still crave to covet even if we’re already committed or married. It disguises itself through a friend who wants to bring us to sleazy clubs and other sinful places. 

 It masquerades as an uncontrollable sexual desire that tries very hard to take control of us. It presents itself in the form of money that will try to enslave and control us until such time that we already make it our God hence it will eventually destroy us. 

Who can defeat Satan or the Devil? It’s Jesus! We therefore have to know more about Jesus by reading the bible most especially the gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and by our frequent presence at Holy Mass. So that we can easily ward off Satan the moment he presents himself to us. – Marino J. Dasmarinas  

Reflection for Sunday January 21, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Mark 1:14-20

Gospel: Mark 1:14-20

After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel. As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen. 

Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Then they abandoned their nets and followed him. He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him.

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Reflection:

What is the prerequisite for following Jesus? It is repentance and belief in His gospel message, we cannot follow without repentance and firm belief in His gospel message.

 When Simon, Andrew, James and John responded to His call they did not simply respond. Along with their response to Jesus came their desire to repent. They also did not only leave behind their livelihood and families they also left behind their sinfulness and anything that made them sin.

When the four of them joined Jesus to become fishers of men, they were already renewed by the Lord. Additionally, Jesus equipped them with everything they would need as they embarked on their mission.

What is the relevance of the gospel to us and to our faith life? We too are being called by Jesus to a life of renewal and repentance. We too are being called by Jesus to follow Him and become fishers of men. Why does Jesus calls us to a life of renewal and repentance? This is for the reason that we are all sinners, no one of us is without sin.  

Will you respond to this call of Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas 

Ang Mabuting Balita para Enero 21, Ikatlong Linggo sa Karaniwang Panahon: Marcos 1:14-20

Mabuting Balita: Mark 1:14-20

Pagkatapos dakpin si Juan, si Hesus ay nagtungo sa Galilea at ipinangaral ang Mabuting Balitang mula sa Diyos: “Dumating na ang takdang panahon, at malapit na ang paghahari ng Diyos! Pagsisihan ninyo’t talikdan ang inyong mga kasalanan at maniwala kayo sa Mabuting Balitang ito.”

Samantalang naglalakad si Hesus sa tabi ng Lawa ng Galilea, nakita niya ang magkapatid na Simon at Andres na naghahagis ng lambat, “Sumama kayo sa akin at kayo’y gagawin kong mamamalakaya ng tao.” Pagdaka’y iniwan nila ang kanilang lambat, at sumunod sa kanya.

Nagpatuloy siya ng paglakad, at sa di kalayuan ay nakita niya ang magkapatid na Santiago at Juan, mga anak ni Zebedeo. SIla’y nasa kanilang bangka at naghahayuma ng mga lambat. Tinawag din sila ni Hesus at sumunod naman sa kanya. Iniwan nila sa bangka ang kanilang ama, kasama ng mga taong upahan. 

Reflection for Sunday January 21, Feast of the Sto. Nino in the Philippines: Mark 10:13-16

Gospel: Mark 10:13-16

People were bringing children to Jesus that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 

Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” Then he embraced the children and blessed them, placing his hands on them.

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Reflection:

Today is the Feast of the Santo Niño or Holy Child, this is a special feast celebrated by the church here in the Philippines, authorized by the Vatican. 

Have you already educated your children about Jesus?

Jesus rebuked the disciples who prevented the children from approaching Him. He said, 'Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these' (Mark 10:14). This is because children are still untainted by sin and they are innocent.

The words of Jesus are timeless, it is always in season. So, when He said, let the children come to me it is also for the parents today. He tells us today, bring your children to me; teach them about me and introduce them to me because if you will not, they will become creatures of this world.

Many modern parents today don’t care to educate their children about Jesus. Yet they care to introduce even teach them how to operate modern gadgets. Such as smartphones and other hi-tech gadgets, which do no good to their eyesight and distract them from developing good study habits.

The mistake of many parents nowadays is this; they forget to educate their children about Jesus. Because they were not brought up that way thus they perpetuate this mistake. Let us correct this error by teaching and bringing closer our children to Jesus.  Why? Because, if we do that we are assuring our children of a safe and bright future ahead of them. 

Have you educated your children about Jesus? - Marino J. Dasmarinas 

Reflection for January 20, Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time: Mark 3:20-21

Gospel: Mark 3:20-21

Jesus came with his disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."

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Reflection:

There is a story about an intelligent young man who decided to enter the seminary against the will of his parents. Being poor and the only child his parents wanted him to be a doctor so that he’ll become rich and eventually take care of them when they become old. But he was adamant in his desire thus he was labelled as someone who is out of His mind by his relatives and friends. 

Jesus too was called as someone who is out of his mind by his relatives because He chose to live the life of an itinerant preacher and healer. He chose to fight for the poor and oppressed, he chose to go against some of the Jewish laws specifically the law of the Sabbath. Thus earning the ire of the powerful Jewish elite. 

Be not afraid to tread the less travelled road of Jesus. Follow it for so long as you are not steeping on the toes of anyone and you’re not doing any wrong. They may oppose it now but in God’s time they surely would be enlightened and they will understand you. 

The voice of God is much superior than any worldly voice. You therefore have to hear it and follow it notwithstanding the contradiction and opposition. -  Marino J. Dasmarinas 

Ang Mabuting Balita Enero 20, Sabado sa Ikalawang Linggo ng Karaniwang Panahon: Marcos 3:20-21

Mabuting Balita: Marcos 3:20-21

Noong panahong iyon, pag-uwi ni Jesus, muling nagkatipon ang napakaraming tao, anupa't hindi man lamang makuhang kumain ni Jesus at ng kanyang mga alagad. Nang mabalitaan ito ng kanyang mga kasambahay, sila'y pumaroon upang kaunin siya, sapagkat ang sabi ng mga tao, "Nasisiraan siya ng bait!"

Reflection for January 19, Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time: Mark 3:13-19

Gospel: Mark 3:13-19

Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him. He appointed Twelve, whom he also named Apostles, that they might be with him and he might send them forth to preach and to have authority to drive out demons: 

He appointed the Twelve: Simon, whom he named Peter; James, son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

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Reflection:

What is your responsibility as a follower of Jesus? 

Your responsibility is to help Jesus spread the faith; to share it with humility through your words and actions.  This is what the twelve apostles did and we must follow it. Every now and then God constantly reminds us of this responsibility. That we need to do something in our lifetime to spread our faith for the simple reason that it’s not hard anymore to do this now. 

We have the technology at our disposal to make a difference and reach out to those who are not properly schooled about our faith. We have our family (Our domestic church) to share our faith and we have our extended relatives and close friends to share it with.   

What have we done so far to be like the apostles who fearlessly shared the faith? Are we living the faith with humility? Have we invited our dormant catholic family and friends to reignite the fire of their faith by shepherding them to church for Mass? 

we have to do something to spread the faith for us to live a meaningful life in this world. Enough of chasing the riches of this world for it will not give us contentment. Enough of living a worldly and sinful life for it will never ever give us peace and peace of mind. – Marino J. Dasmarinas