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The ZEM kids, Pakigne, Minglanilla (2025)

10/12/2025

Today, Sasa’s BFF was born. She is now 7 and we were so glad to have been part of her magical fairy themed birthday.

Happy birthday, Juleianne! 🎉🎂🎁🎈 Thank you for inviting us and thank you for the friendship that you share with our Sasa. 🫶👏

God bless you and your wonderful family! 🤗❤️

07/12/2025

2nd of Advent

today says:
In due course John the Baptist appeared; he proclaimed this message in the desert of Judaea,

‘Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.'

This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said: A voice of one that cries in the desert, 'Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'

This man John wore a garment made of camel-hair with a leather loin-cloth round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Then Jerusalem and all Judaea and the whole Jordan district made their way to him, and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins.

But when he saw a number of Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism he said to them, 'Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming retribution?

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance,
and do not presume to tell yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father," because, I tell you, God can raise children for Abraham from these stones.

Even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees, so that any tree failing to produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire.

I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit to carry his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

His winnowing-fan is in his hand; he will clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.'

The Gospel presents John the Baptist’s ministry of preparing people for the Coming of the One Who is mightier than he. It gives another image of the Coming Reign of God. It speaks of judgment of those who have not reformed their lives; they will face fire, wrath, and an ax. John the Baptist is a voice crying out in the desert. His voice is one of warning. He calls the people to repentance.

Just as we are spending time preparing to celebrate Christmas, checking all our lists at least twice, decking our house and getting all things ready for eighteen days from now, so we should also be readying ourselves by discipline, preparation, and thoughtful anticipation.

Lord, grant us the strength to discipline ourselves to always be ready and prepared for your coming. Amen. 🙏

01/12/2025

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30/11/2025

Hello, 1st of December!

30/11/2025

1st of

today says
As it was in Noah's day, so will it be when the Son of man comes.

For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept them all away. This is what it will be like when the Son of man comes.

Then of two men in the fields, one is taken, one left;
of two women grinding at the mill, one is taken, one left.

‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming.

You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house.

Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

In today’s Gospel reading from Matthew, we reflect upon the coming of the Son of Man. “How can we prepare ourselves to meet Jesus face-to-face?” It may seem like a far-off vision too difficult to grasp, but today’s reading alerts us to the fact that one day it will happen. How do we prepare? Time and time again, Jesus points to following the will of the Father each day. We are to do the same in preparation for Jesus’ return.

Lord, how can I best prepare my heart, mind, and soul for Your coming? Guide us to prepare for You to enter more deeply into our hearts each day. As we do so, we lift our prayers for all those in need and for those we love dearly. Amen.

29/11/2025

Diorama of living and non-living things.

23/11/2025

The Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
34th Sunday of Ordinary Time

today says:
The people stayed there watching. As for the leaders, they jeered at him with the words, 'He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.'

The soldiers mocked him too, coming up to him, offering him vinegar, and saying, 'If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.'

Above him there was an inscription: 'This is the King of the Jews'. One of the criminals hanging there abused him: 'Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well.'

But the other spoke up and rebuked him. 'Have you no fear of God at all?' he said. 'You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong.'

Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.'
He answered him, 'In truth I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.'

Jesus's final line in this passage is "Today you will be with me in Paradise." He speaks to a great sinner, the Good Thief, who is in the midst of dying for his past crimes. At the height of His agony, He offers His mercy, love, and salvation. In our Lord's final moments of life, He wanted to seek and save the lost.

When we ponder His death, we come to appreciate the greatest act of love ever performed. Our perfect, all-loving God sent us His Son to die for us so that we could be set free from sin.

Lord, help us to be a better example of your love and mercy to our family and those around us. Amen.

16/11/2025

today says:
And some saying of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said:

These things which you see, the days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down.

And they asked him, saying: Master, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when they shall begin to come to pass?

Who said: Take heed you be not seduced; for many will come in my name, saying, I am he; and the time is at hand: go ye not therefore after them.

And when you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified: these things must first come to pass; but the end is not yet presently.

Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places, and pestilences, and famines, and terrors from heaven; and there shall be great signs.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands upon you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for my name’s sake.

And it shall happen unto you for a testimony.

Lay it up therefore into your hearts, not to meditate before how you shall answer:
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist and gainsay.

And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren, and kinsmen and friends; and some of you they will put to death.

And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake.
But a hair of your head shall not perish.
In your patience you shall possess your souls.

Today, the gospel talks about the temple. The temple built by God is us. Our bodies are his temple. However, some of us built our temporal temples too. Some takes pride in their houses, their cars, their career, and any other material things that they forgot about taking care of what God built as temple - our body.

Some indulge in vices, in alcohol, in drugs, or anything that destroys the temple.

Lord, may we recognize that you built a temple within us and for your Holy Spirit. May we value this temple and make this as holy as possible. Amen.

15/11/2025

Scratch it! Go Bananas 🍌

09/11/2025

Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome

today says

Since the Passover of the Jews was near,
Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves,
as well as the money-changers seated there.
He made a whip out of cords
and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen,
and spilled the coins of the money-changers
and overturned their tables,
and to those who sold doves he said,
"Take these out of here,
and stop making my Father's house a marketplace."
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.

When we think of the pope, we usually picture St. Peter’s Basilica, which has become a symbol of the Catholic Church. But the actual cathedral of the bishop of Rome, the pope, is the Lateran Basilica. Today, we celebrate its dedication in 324 A.D., when it was established as the pope’s cathedral and residence, on property given by Emperor Constantine.

Our earthly churches are important because they provide a proper space in which to worship and reserve the Eucharist in the tabernacle. But today’s readings remind us that the true temple is Christ Himself. And also WE are the Church; the Church is the Body of Christ, with Christ as the Head and we as the members. God dwells in each of us, and we must reverence every single person, “for the temple of God, which you are, is holy.”

God, give us the grace to grow more deeply in Your love, becoming more and more a part of You, to the glory of God. Amen. 🙏

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