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GOSPEL REFLECTION: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) Matthew 21:33-43 5th October 2014 by Rev.Fr. Allen Baclor Abadines  * GOSPEL: Matthew 21:33-43 Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. "When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way. "Finally, he sent his son to them saying, "They will respect my son." But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, "This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance." So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. "Now when the owner ...

Diocesan Catechetical Day is a yearly celebration in fostering and strengthening of the evangelical ministry of proclaiming the Good News of man's salvation. It is also the only time that all catechists of the diocese meet, listen to the Word of God, pray and commune together as a unit. This year's team tie up with the national celebration of the year of the laity's Choose to be Brave, Called to be Saints, Sent as Heroes slogan, the catechetical day all over the Philippines have the Theme, Katekista, Banal at Bayani, Ikaw na! To be holy requires heroism. Holiness is not an easy task. It is not only a struggle with people that might hinder us to undergo our deeper spiritual journey but also a struggle within to deprived yourselves of some conveniences for the sake of the Kingdom of God.  It be a simple denial of an hour of your telenovela for a time for mass or prayer and it is clearly that how simple it might be requires a certain extend of heroism for one to de...