06/10/2025
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Those who have nothing, they want to possess something. Those who already have something, they still want more. It would be nice to hear if this "something" is "faith."
In these times wherein we mostly hear of injustices, corruption and violence, may iba sa atin na unti-unti nang nawawalan ng pananampalataya dahil sa nangyayari sa mundo. We are losing faith, yet we work hard to gain wealth. Instead of asking God to "Increase our faith," we say, "Increase our wealth." And when a problem arises, we ask, "God, if You do exist, why do you allow sufferings to befall on me?" Then we start to doubt, and eventually lose faith.
Personally, I have encountered lots of trials and difficulties in my past, and even until now. In fact, all of us do. Yet we are still called to be faithful to God even in the little problem we are facing.
What the world needs now is people with faith. Na kahit na anong nangyayari sa mundo ay talagang hindi kailanman matitinag ang kanilang pananampalataya sapagkat alam nilang kasama nila ang Diyos. Sapagkat alam nilang sa huli ay Diyos ang mananaig.
We should ask that our faith may increase so that we can move mountains. That in times of great trials, we will not lose it, nor will it decrease. Instead, the more we suffer, and the more we are tried, the more our faith in God increases.
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
"How terrible for you who are rich you have had your easy life"(Lk.6:24)
Sinong gustong yumaman?
Alam kung karamihan sa atin ay gustong yumaman. I was like that before, bata pa lang ako I dreamed of having a very big house for my family, a car and an abundant food where all of my favorite treats are present. A comfortable life for myself and my family free from all hardships. Who doesn't want to be rich?
But God is inviting us today for greater riches. Hindi bagong labas ng version ng Iphone or bagong trend sa tiktok. Riches which surpass all earthly possessions.It is the Kingdom of God.Jesus speaks to us about the "Parable of the rich man and Lazarus".Ang mga gahaman sa kayamanan will just create a way for them to eternal fire, they cannot save themselves, they cannot just pay the devil to release them kahit trillion pa yan. No! Not even their precious cellphones, their bags of money, their position in a company and their private bodyguards could not save them. It is not bad to be rich for some use their wealth to help others, the only mistake some of the rich people do is being indifferent to the poor. Many are hungry but then they are wasting food and some are homeless while the rich had many houses,Mansion pa! My point is material wealth are just temporary , why not make use of it by helping others? Let us pray that God would grant us generous hearts open to all those in need. May we be poor in spirit, always open to God for "Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them"(Matthew 5:3).