6 Nagmamadali siyang bumaba at tuwang-tuwang tinanggap si Jesus.
7 Inireklamo naman sa isa’t isa ng lahat ng nakakita rito: “Sa bahay ng
isang lalaking makasalanan siya nakituloy.” 8 Ngunit tumayo si Zakeo at
sinabi sa Panginoon: “Panginoon, ibibigay ko sa mga dukha ang kalahati ng
aking mga ari-arian; at kung may nadaya ako, apat na beses ko siyang babayaran.”
9 At sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus: “Dumating ngayon ang kaligtasan sa sambahayang
ito dahil anak nga ni Abraham ang taong ito. 10 At dumating ang Anak ng
Tao para hanapin at iligtas ang nawawala.”
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Monday, November 16, 2020
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Nobyembre 17 Martes Santa Isabel ng Hungria, relihiyosa (Paggunita): Lucas 19:1-10
Sunday, November 15, 2020
1Reflection for November 16 Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time: Luke 18:35-43
Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be
brought to him; and when he came near, Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to
do for you?” He replied, “Lord, please let me see.” Jesus told him, “Have
sight; your faith has saved you.” He immediately received his sight and
followed him, giving glory to God. When they saw this, all the people gave
praise to God.
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From a hopeless situation the blind man suddenly found hope and salvation because Jesus passed by him. And Jesus did not disappoint the blind man because He asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” Then the blind man said in reply, please let me see my Lord and immediately he receive his sight and he became a follower of Jesus from thereupon.
What separates the blind man from many of us? It’s his persistent and persevering faith, it’s faith that can move mountains. This is what separates this blind man from many us, what if we are in the shoes of the blind man? Would we simply give up and be silent because we were rebuked and sternly told to be silent?
But this blind man, when he was rebuked and told to be silent the more that he persisted and the more that he cried loudly to Jesus for help. And because of his persevering and persistent faith he was heard and given the gift of sight by the Lord.
What is it that you want from the Lord?
Don’t give up, be persistent and have faith for the Lord will soon hear you. -
Marino J. Dasmarinas
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Reflection for Sunday November 15, Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Matthew 25:14-30
Then he went away. Immediately the one who received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five. Likewise, the one who received two made another two. But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master’s money.
After a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. He said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’
Then the one who had received two talents also came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. See, I have made two more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.’
Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person, harvesting where you did not plant and gathering where you did not scatter; so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground. Here it is back.’ His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant and gather where I did not scatter?
Should you not then have put my money in the bank so that I could have
got it back with interest on my return? Now then! Take the talent from him and
give it to the one with ten. For to everyone who has, more will be given and he
will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken
away. And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside, where there
will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’”
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Then, the angel asked her again, “How about regarding your faith what have you done? The elderly woman said: “I went to Holy Mass every day” then, the angel said: “Have you shared your Catholic faith and have you helped those who were in need?” The elderly woman said: No.
Do we recognize that the Lord has given us talent/s to help Him advance His teachings in this world? Many of us are not aware of it because we are busy investing our God given talents for this world alone. But truth be told, we are mandated by God to use whatever talents that we have not for this world alone. The Lord mandates us also to use our talents to grow and propagate our faith.
Whether we like it or not our day of reckoning will eventually come. There God will ask us this question: What have you done to the talent/s that I had given you? Did you properly use it to help those who were in need? Did you use it to advance my teachings?
Some of us will answer in the affirmative. Others will be on the negative for the reason that we only used our God given talents for our own self interest: To earn a living, to fulfill a lifelong ambition, to go online and get busy with facebook and so forth.
Others would even have excuses like: How can I use my talents for the church when I don’t know anybody there? How can I give my talents for the church when I don’t even have enough time for my family? However, if there’s a will to be of service to God there would be a way. God will find that way for us. We simply have to initiate it first and God will be there to see us through.
Someday God will ask you: What have you done to the talent/s that I gave
you? How will you answer God during that time? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Reflection for November 14 Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time: Luke 18:1-8
For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’ The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says.
Will not God then secure the rights of his
chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them?
I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when
the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?
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In the gospel Jesus gave the disciples a parable about a Judge who neither feared God nor respected any human being and a widow who was very persistent with her petition before the judge to grant her a just decision against her enemy.
Initially it would seem that the judge would not grant her request but the widow was very persistent and she never gave up thus she continued on badgering the judge. Eventually the judge granted her petition for a just decision.
We all have our own silent prayers before God, we may have been praying for weeks, months, even years and it may seem that God is absent and quite. Let us not lose hope let us continue to whisper to God our prayers. For in His own time of choosing and when we least expect it He definitely will respond to our prayers.
Are you always persistent when you pray to
the Lord? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Nobyembre 14 Sabado sa Ika-32 na Linggo ng Taon: Lucas 18:1-8
3 May isa ring biyuda sa lunsod na iyon na madalas pumunta sa kanya at sinasabi: ‘Igawad mo sa akin ang katarungan laban sa aking kalaban.’ 4 Matagal siyang umayaw pero naisip niya pagkatapos: ‘Wala man akong takot sa Diyos at walang pakialam sa tao, 5 igagawad ko pa rin ang katarungan sa biyudang ito na bumubuwisit sa akin at baka masiraan pa ako ng ulo sa pagpunta-punta niya’.”
6 Kaya idinagdag ng Panginoon: “Pakinggan ninyo ang sinabi ng
di-matuwid na hukom. 7 Di ba’t igagawad ng Diyos ang katarungan sa kanyang
mga hinirang na araw-gabing tumatawag sa kanya? Pababayaan ba niya sila?
8 Sinasabi ko sa inyo, agad niyang igagawad sa kanila ang katarungan. Ngunit
pag dating ng Anak ng Tao, makakakita kaya siya ng pananampalataya sa lupa?”
Monday, November 9, 2020
Reflection for November 13 Friday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time: Luke 17:26-37
So it will be on the day the Son of Man is
revealed. On that day, someone who is on the housetop and whose belongings are
in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise one in the field must
not return to what was left behind. Remember the wife of Lot. Whoever seeks to
preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it. I tell
you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the
other left. And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be
taken, the other left.” They said to him in reply, “Where, Lord?” He
said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather.
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This is how the devil actually works; it hides sin through eye-catching appearance and temptation filled situations that it becomes attractive to many of us. We therefore have to recognize the warning signs or the red flags that would tell us that we are slowly but surely falling for the devil’s many enticements. And what are these?
When we begin to love this world more than we love God. When we indulge in hedonistic actions, when we don’t anymore give ear to meaningful advice and the like. All of these are the red flags that will warn us that we are self-destructing towards the devil’s den.
We are self-destructing for the reason that God is not anymore present in our life. And we all know what will happen to the life of a person when he shuns God: There’s no peace and contentment only temptations, sin and problems. Let us therefore avoid sin and let us listen to God..
Do you always listen to God? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Nobyembre 13 Biyernes sa Ika-32 na Linggo ng Taon: Lucas 17:26-37
31 Sa araw na iyon, huwag nang bumaba pa sa bahay ang nasa terasa para kunin ang kanyang mga gamit at huwag nang umuwi pa ang nasa bukid. 32 Alalahanin ninyo ang asawa ni Lot. 33Ang sinumang magsikap na magligtas ng sarili ay mawawalan nito, at ang mawawalan naman ng sarili ang magsisilang nito sa buhay.
34 Sinasabi ko sa inyo: kung may dalawa sa isang higaan sa gabing
iyon, dadalhin ang isa at iiwan ang isa pa; 35 kung may dalawang babaeng
magkasamang gumigiling, dadalhin ang isa at iiwan ang isa pa.” 37 At
itinanong naman nila: “Saan, Panginoon?” Sumagot siya. “Kung nasaan ang
katawan, doon nagtitipon ang mga buwitre.”
Reflection for November 12 Thursday, Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr (M): Luke 17:20-25
Then he said to his disciples, “The days
will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you
will not see it. There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, there he is,’
or ‘Look, here he is.’ Do not go off, do not run in pursuit. For just as
lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the
Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by
this generation.
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Where can we find the kingdom of God? We certainly cannot find it if we are always busy with the things of this world. We cannot find the kingdom of God if we continue to allow this world to dictate upon us. For example, can we find the kingdom of God if we are busy accumulating the things of this world which by the way we will leave behind someday?
A woman was asked: “Where does the kingdom of God rest?” She calmly said: “it’s here and now in my heart.” This woman was a prayerful woman, she lives her faith and she was always a constant presence in the Eucharistic Celebration.
The kingdom of God is ours for the taking if we learn to become prayerful, if we learn to live our faith and if we prioritize our one hour presence at Holy Mass over our many worldly undertakings. Worldly undertakings which only brings us further away from the Kingdom God.
Do you feel the kingdom of God in your
heart right now? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Nobyembre 12 Huwebes; San Josafat Obispo at martir (Paggunita): Lucas 17:20-25
22 Sinabi ni Jesus sa mga alagad: “Darating ang panahon na
pananabikan ninyong makita ang isa sa mga araw ng Anak ng Tao at di naman ninyo
makikita. 23 At may magsasabi sa inyo ‘Narito siya, naroon.’ Huwag kayong
pupunta, huwag maghahanap. 24 Sumisiklab nga ang kidlat at
nagniningning mula sa isang dako ng langit hanggang sa kabila, gayundin naman
ang Anak ng Tao sa araw ng kanyang pagdating. 25 Subalit kailangan muna
niyang magtiis ng marami at itakwil ng mga tao sa kasalukuyan.
Reflection for November 11 Wednesday, Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop (M): Luke 17:11-19
As they were going they were cleansed. And
one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud
voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.
Jesus said in reply, “Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other
nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?” Then he said
to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has saved you.”
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As years passed by she eventually reached the age of twenty-five yet nothing serious has happened to her neither did she went through a dangerous operation. She is still alive and in the pink of health. In gratitude for the healing that she received from Jesus she entered a convent to become a nun.
Do you believe in the healing power of Jesus?
Our faith in Jesus can easily heal us of any sickness no matter how severe. We simply have to ask Jesus with faith and He surely would give it to us. Yet in every healing that we receive from the Lord there is also an unwritten responsibility that we have to do. And that is to give thanks and humbly share the healing experience we had.
The ten lepers who were healed by Jesus obviously had faith otherwise they would have not been healed. But amongst the ten it was only the Samaritan who did not forget to go back to Jesus to humbly express His thanksgiving.
How about the nine who were also healed, where did they go? Perhaps they went back to their respective environments and quietly resumed their lives there. Whom are we going to emulate here the nine Jews or the humble Samaritan? The answer is no brainer we have to follow the example of the grateful and humble Samaritan.
Do you always express your humble thanksgiving to Jesus for all the blessings that you receive from Him? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Nobyembre 11 Miyerkules; San Martin ng Tours (Paggunita): Lucas 17:11-19
14 At sinabi naman sa kanila ni Jesus: “Umalis kayo at humarap sa mga pari.” At nangyari na gumaling sila habang naglalakad. 15 Isa sa kanila ang agad na nagbalik nang makita niyang gumaling siya, at pasigaw niyang pinuri ang Diyos. 16 Nagpatirapa siya sa paanan ni Jesus, sa pagpapasalamat sa kanya. Isa siyang Samaritano.
17 Kaya sinabi ni Jesus: “Di ba’t sampu ang gumaling? Nasaan ang
siyam? 18 Wala bang bumalik para magpuri sa Diyos kundi ang dayuhang ito?”
19 At sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus: “Tumayo ka, iniligtas ka ng iyong pananampalataya.”
Reflection for November 10 Tuesday, Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church (M) Luke 17:7-10
Is he grateful to that servant because he
did what was commanded? So should it be with you. When you have done all you
have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we
were obliged to do.
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But what does it require to become a true servant? We have to be humble at all times for this is the only way that we can become true servants. But do we have humility when we serve? Many of us oftentimes serve because we want to look good in the eyes of our fellow men and women.
Many of us oftentimes want to serve the poor because we want to look good in the eyes of Jesus. But we cannot fool Jesus, we may fool our fellow men and women but Jesus? We can never fool Him and we cannot hide from Jesus the true intent of our service for Him.
The moment we decide to follow or serve God He surely would reward us The first reward that He will give us is peace of mind. And surely many other rewards will follow. These rewards may not be like the rewards that we expect from this world. But there surely will be a reward which is more profound and greater than any reward that this world can give us.
Our reward may even not come in our
lifetime yet it surely will come after our lifetime in this world. -
Marino J. Dasmarinas
Ang Mabuting Balita para sa Nobyembre 10 Martes; San Leo Magno papa at pantas ng Iglesia (Paggunita): Lucas 17:7-10
9 Dapat kaya kayong tumanaw ng utang-na-loob sa utusang iyon
dahil ginawa nito ang iniutos? 10 Gayundin naman sa inyo. Pagkagawa
ninyo sa lahat ng iniutos sa inyo, sabihin ninyo: ‘Mga karaniwang utusan kami;
ginawa lang namin ang dapat naming gawin’.”
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Reflection for November 9 Monday, The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica (Feast) John 2:13-22
His disciples
recalled the words of Scripture, Zeal for your house will consume me. At this
the Jews answered and said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?”
Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will
raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for
forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking
about the temple of his Body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his
disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the
Scripture and the word Jesus had spoken.
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A temple of God is a house of prayer. Therefore, it is sacred and Jesus has every right to be angry towards the people who were there. Because they used the house of prayer as marketplace.
Our bodies are
temple of the Holy Spirit what are we doing with it? Do we recognise the
presence of the Holy Spirit in our bodies by nourishing it with prayers and by
not defiling it?
We must at all times feed our bodies with what is Holy and Godly; we must shun any form that deviates from what is Holy and Godly. God has created us for one sole purpose and that is for Him to always dwell in us. How can we invite the presence of God in our lives if we defile our bodies with sin?
We would certainly grow in faith and wisdom the moment we always nourish our bodies with what is Holy and Godly. By Holy and Godly means that we nourish our bodies with the words of God this we can do best by reading our bibles so that we would know more about God.
We always have to try our best also to make our bodies clean of any worldly and spiritual defilement. In doing so we always are ready to accept the Holy presence of God in our lives.
Do you always nourish yourself with what is Holy and Godly? - Marino J. Dasmarinas