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GOSPEL REFLECTION: 20th Sunday In Ordinary Time (B) by Rev. Fr. Allen Baclor Abadines READINGS: First Reading: Proverbs 9:1-6 Reading 1 PRV 9:1-6 Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven columns; she has dressed her meat, mixed her wine, yes, she has spread her table. She has sent out her maidens; she calls from the heights out over the city: “Let whoever is simple turn in here; To the one who lacks understanding, she says, Come, eat of my food, and drink of the wine I have mixed! Forsake foolishness that you may live; advance in the way of understanding.” Responsorial Psalm: Taste and see that the Lord is good. Responsorial Psalm PS 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 R. (9a) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth. Let my soul glory in the LORD; the lowly will hear me and be glad. R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Glorify the LORD with me, l...

READINGS: First Reading: 1 Kings 19:4-8 Elijah went a day’s journey into the desert, until he came to a broom tree and sat beneath it. He prayed for death saying: “This is enough, O LORD! Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree, but then an angel touched him and ordered him to get up and eat. Elijah looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a jug of water. After he ate and drank, he lay down again, but the angel of the LORD came back a second time, touched him, and ordered, “Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!” He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb. Responsorial Psalm: Taste and see that the Lord is good. PS 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 R. (9a) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth. Let my sou...

It is disheartening to hear that billions of pesos worth of food wasted in the relief operation for Yolanda victims. Yes billions, billions, billions, more than 2 billions worth of food. For some it may be words but only if we have an actual picture or footage of these food could be of different matter but they have already bulldozed it. Yes, it is hard to respond to disasters and to facilitate the foods or any other materials coming up. I have some experience of it in a very smaller scale in the parish level only. However, it is not also impossible to come up with a plan for the Government  to ask help from the private and religious sectors to facilitate the distribution informing them of all the process needed for documentations. Usually, it is not only the distribution of goods that is difficult here but also the proper papers to whom the food will be distributed. I personally know the load of paper works, I am just lucky in my former parish that there are people who ...

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Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo joints farmers in hunger strike to seek legislation for the renewal of comprehensive agrarian reform program; the hunger strike started 10am, December 15, 2008, from of Congress. Blogs commenting Fr. Jessie's post