Luke 14:7-14, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time For today, just a few stories of humility. I remember today the late Jesuit Bishop whose name was Cisco Claver. He was one of the most respected Filipino Bishops of our time for many reasons. To name a few, he didn’t fear to speak up for victims of…
Category: Evangelist: Luke
Not by Pride – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Luke 14:7-14, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time I’m one of 10 Jesuit formators assigned to San Jose Seminary. Every year, San Jose holds an alumni homecoming, and it’s always well attended by graduates who are now priests and bishops and cardinals. Even alumni who have since left religious life still attend. So it’s a three-day…
On What do you Base your Worth? – Francis Alvarez, SJ
Luke 14:7-14, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time “When you are invited [to a banquet], go and take the lowest place so that when the host comes to you, he may say, ‘My friend, move up to a higher position’” (Luke 14:10). Is Jesus in our Gospel today just telling us a clever way to get…
Hail Mary – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Luke 1:39-56, Solemnity of the Assumption The feast of the Immaculate Conception and the feast of the Assumption are like book-end celebrations of our Blessed Mother’s life. Mary was born without original sin, the first bookend, and she remained sinless until death, so she was assumed straightaway into heaven, the second bookend, which is today’s feast….
Called to Speak God’s Word – Errol Fernandes, SJ
Luke 12:49-53b, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time To stand up for the truth and justice necessarily entails that one must be willing to undergo every kind of trial and tribulation. This is made amply evident in the first reading and gospel text of today. In the first reading of today, Jeremiah who even if in…
Baptism by Fire – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Luke 12:49-53b, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time We have a bunch of superstitious beliefs our elders have passed on to us regarding baptism, don’t we? “Kumare, pabinyag n’yo agad ang bata para hindi pasukan ng masamang espiritu. Sige ka, magkakasakit ‘yan parati.” “Kumare, pabinyag n’yo agad ang bata. Sige kayo, pag namatay ‘yang walang binyag,…
Margin of Error – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Luke 12:35-40, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time When Michael Siaron’s remains were being entombed in a poor man’s cemetery last week, his mother screamed and sobbed. Over 2 weeks ago, we saw on the newspaper a picture reminiscent of the Pietà. In the middle of the street, an awfully young woman cradled a dead 29-yr-old…
Vigilant – Jett Villarin, SJ
Luke 12:35-40, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time I have a theory that Filipino drivers are one of the most alert drivers in the world (with the Italians coming at a close second maybe). That’s because they never know what’s coming at them. The unpredictability sharpens their senses. When I was learning to drive, my father…
The Gifts of Ignatius – Jojo Magadia, SJ
This was Fr Jojo’s homily from last year so the readings are different (Dt. 30:15-20; Phil. 3:8-14; Lk. 9:18-26). But his reflections and the lessons are timeless. The readings for the Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola speak of discipleship. Even more importantly, they tell us about the radical way in which Ignatius lived this…
AM+DG – Jonjee Sumpaico, SJ
Luke 12:13-21, Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola I first saw these four letters during my grade school days at the Ateneo. Most of the students would write the letters, together with a cross, on top of their answer sheets, essays, or even some homework activities. It was an unsaid tradition that was passed on…
Ignacio de Loyola, Builder of Bridges – Johnny Go, SJ
Luke 12:13-21 (Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola) What will you build in your life? That’s the question that our simple but profound parable in today’s Gospel asks us. It’s also the perfect question on the day we honor the saint who spent his life wrestling with that question. In a sense, everything in our…
Snakes and Scorpions – Johnny Go, SJ
Luke 11:1-13, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time This Sunday’s Gospel has much to teach us about prayer, but it’s our Lord’s explanation of his parable of the desperate friend that struck me: “Knock and the door will be opened to you… What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for…
One Lost Sheep 