The Hermit of Antipolo

Today’s reading: Psalm 27:1-14 We are at war. Though war be waged against me” (v.3c); we are engaged in all-out spiritual warfare. “When...

Gospel reading: Matthew 7:21-27 Jesus has some sobering words for us today. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the...

Gospel reading: Matthew 8:5-11 We who are servants of Jesus are soldiers in his army, tasked for mission in the world. He is our...

Today’s readings: Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122:1-2,3-4,8-9 Matthew 8:5-11 Outside the walls of the United Nations are these words from Isaiah:...

Gospel reading: Luke 18:1-8 Jesus says, “But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” (v.8b). Poignant. Prophetic. Sad....

Gospel reading: Matthew 20:1-16 Regarding this parable of the workers in the vineyard, all the commentaries I have seen through the...

Gospel reading: Luke 6:27-38 As if Jesus’ teaching yesterday was not hard enough, now he ratchets it up one notch higher. “But to you...

Gospel reading: Luke 6:20-26 The first is last. The greatest is the least. The leader is servant. Such is the foolishness of the gospel....

Gospel reading: Luke 5:1-11 Jesus performed a great miracle in the catch of fish. Then he commissioned the fishermen to be fishers of...

Today’s readings: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Luke 4:38-44 We have an amazing calling, and that is, “we are God’s co-workers” (1 Cor 3:9a). We...

Today’s readings: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Psalm 119:97-102 Luke 4:16-30 We all love Jesus, we all believe the Bible is the word of God, we...

Gospel reading: Matthew 19:16-22 We all desire to make it to heaven, “to gain eternal life” (v.16b). What must we do? Jesus says, “If...

Today’s reading: Ezekiel 18:1-32 Jesus died so that we might live. No one else needs to die. How do we avoid death? Jesus restored us to...

Today’s readings: Ezekiel 12:1-2 Psalm 78:56-62 God raised, loved and used Israel for His glory. But they were disloyal, disobedient, and...

Gospel reading: Matthew 17:22-27 Don’t we sometimes say, “I have bad news and I have good news”? Thus Jesus tells his disciples about...

Today’s reading: Romans 9:1-5 What a great calling we have as Christians, as Catholics, as CFC-FFL. Christians are the new Israel....

Gospel Reading: Matthew 17:14-20 Jesus was exasperated. At what? “Because of your little faith.” (v.20a). His disciples had not been...

Gospel reading: Matthew 16:13-23 There are terrible words that we should never want to hear from our Lord Jesus. One is “I never knew...

Today’s reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34 God has done an awesome and mysterious thing—He has entered into covenant with us. “I will be their...

Today’s readings: 2 Peter 1:16-19 Matthew 17:1-9 God said of Jesus, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”...