The Hermit of Antipolo

Today’s readings: Philippians 4:10-19 Psalm 112:1-9 Luke 16:9-15 Jesus warns us, “You cannot serve God and mammon.” (Lk 16:13c). God...

Today’s gospel: Mark 12:38-44 No, there is no error in the title. The use of “might” rather than “mite” is deliberate. Let us see why....

Today’s reading: 2 Timothy 1:1-3,6-12 What kind of life does God want for us? “He saved us and called us to a holy life” (2 Tim 1:9a)....

Today’s reading: 2 Peter 3:12-15,17-18 We all look forward to the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. That will be a terrifying but...

Today’s reading: 2 Peter 1:2-7 God calls us to a life of holiness, to live pure. Now that is a very difficulty call. But God does not...

The spirituality for the New Evangelization is charismatic spirituality. While there are many different spiritualities in the Church (for...

Today’s gospel: John 15:12-17 God commands us to love one another. “This I command you: love one another.” (Jn 15:17). This particular...

Today’s gospel: John 15:12-17 God commands us to love one another. “This I command you: love one another.” (Jn 15:17). This particular...

Today’s reading: 1 John 3:18-24 As God’s children and Jesus’ disciples, we are to obey God. We are to obey God’s commandments. “And his...

Reading: Acts 11:1-18 Today’s reading from Acts provides us some elements that would be proper to the New Evangelization. First, we must...

Today’s reading: Acts 4:32-35 Massive poverty is a scourge in the world. This is even more so considering God created a world of...

We are familiar with the parable of the lost sheep (Lk 15:4-7). A man lost one sheep and so left the 99 in the desert to look for the...

The New Evangelization is about meeting, living and sharing Christ. This actually is what ought to happen to all Christians, to be worthy...

Today’s reading: 1 John 4:7-10 We are commanded to love one another. But we love one another not only because it is a command, not...

Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI call the Catholic Church to promote the New Evangelization. Though there is much greater urgency for...

Today’s readings Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46 Psalm 32:1-2,5,11 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Mark 1:40-45 The Israelites had very strict laws on...

Today’s reading: Psalm 51:12-17 David prays for a clean heart and a steadfast spirit. “A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a...

Today’s readings: 2 Samuel 11:1-17 Psalm 51:3-11 Today we read the tragic story of David, Bathsheba and Uriah. From the roof of his...

Today’s reading: 1 John 3:11-21 We continue from yesterday’s reading. There we saw the imperative of loving our brethren. So important is...

Today’s reading: 1 John 3:7-10 In this passage, John is talking about righteousness versus sin, about how one begotten by God does not...