‘Today, a great light has come’
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all! On this most blessed and joyous day when we liturgically celebrate the birth of the very pattern and savior of our humanity, i...
Fr. Roy CimagalaDecember 25, 20253 min
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MERRY CHRISTMAS to all! On this most blessed and joyous day when we liturgically celebrate the birth of the very pattern and savior of our humanity, i...
THAT beautiful prayer of praise by Zachary, father of John the Baptist, contains a message that, while directly meant for his son, is actually also me...
AS we approach Christmas and see how God’s ways are quite different from our ways, as can seen, for example, in the naming of John to the son of Eliza...
“MY heart exults in the Lord, my Savior.” That’s one of the responsorial psalms in the Mass just days before Christmas. It’s actually from the First B...
THIS is said of Mary, the mother of Christ and our Mother too. This was prophesied already of her in the Book of Isaiah 7,14: “Behold a virgin shall c...
THE gospel episode about the barren Elizabeth, the cousin of Mary, who because of the faith of her husband, Zachary, managed to bear a son who later o...
THESE are the angels, of course. Each one of us is assigned a guardian angel which is one way God makes himself present in us and continually helping ...
WE need to be clear about this. We may have our human ancestry that defines our biological and natural identity. But we should not forget that we all ...
THIS is what we can gather from that parable about a man with two sons, asking them to work in his vineyard. (cfr. Mt 21,28-32) The first one refused ...