The Hermit of Antipolo

July 27, 2024 Today’s gospel: Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus told his disciples the parable of the weeds among the wheat. In the Kingdom of...

April 19, 2024 Today’s gospel: John 6:52-59 Jesus told the Jews that he was the bread of life and that bread was his flesh. The Jews...

March 26, 2024 Today’s gospel: John 13:21-33,36-38 During the last supper, Jesus, deeply disturbed, told his disciples that one of them...

March 17, 2024 Today’s reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34 God took the initiative to choose a people and enter into covenant with them. These...

March 16, 2024 Today’s reading: John 7:40-53 Those in the crowd had different ideas about who Jesus was. “This is truly the Prophet.”...

March 13, 2024Today’s readings:Isaiah 49:8-15Psalm 145:8-9,13-14,17-18John 5:17-30 “The Lord is gracious and merciful” (Ps 145:8a). Grace...

March 12, 2024Today’s readings:Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9John 5:1-3, 5-16 The prophet Ezekiel is given a vision of the...

December 20, 2023 Today’s psalm:  Psalm 24:1-6 On December 18 the Vatican issued Fiducia Supplicans, a declaration on blessing same-sex...

Gospel reading: John 18:1-19:42 In that most dramatic event almost two millennia ago, the main protagonists were Jesus and Satan. Satan...

Gospel reading: Matthew 26:14-25 We do admit that we are all sinners. But perhaps many do not know to what extent they indeed are...