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11th Hour Vigil to the Holy Eucharist, the Holy Blood and Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ Every Thursday

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Inspired by the Gospel last Sunday of the double miracles on healing of the woman with hemorrhage and raising to life of the daughter of Jairus (Mk. 5: 21-43) had moved me to spearhead this vigil to the Holy Eucharist starting 7:00 Am to 7:00 Pm every Thursday. Since the faith we believed enshrined the God of life and the total abandonment to God's power and wisdom as given by the examples of Jairus pleading for the life of his daughter and the faith of the woman whose faith tells her that a simple touch to the cloak of Jesus is enough. On the same way, what we need most is not the assurance of God's power over sickness and death because we know that  our God is capable enough to grant us that but most especially to the belief that it will bestow it to us as Jesus gives it to Jairus and to the woman. The adoration to the Blessed Sacrament was been part of the history of the most of the parishes in the Diocese of San Pablo that waned through the time because there ...

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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GOSPEL REFLECTION 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Sunday, 28th June 2015 by Rev. Fr. Allen Baclor Abadines  *  READINGS: First Reading: Wisdom 1:13-15;2;23-24 Responsorial Psalm: "I will extol you, Lord, for you have raised me up. Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 8:7,9:13-15 * GOSPEL: Mark 5:21-43 When Jesus had crossed in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the synagogue leaders named Jairus came and, when he saw Jesus, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live." So Jesus went with him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. She had heard about Jesu...