Matthew 6:1-6; 16-18, Ash Wednesday 2016 For most of her life, my mom used to run a small botica in a marketplace. It was our bread and butter for many years. One morning, I woke up to the scariest sound I ever heard in my life: the sound of mom wailing. Our botica had burned…
Category: Evangelist: Matthew
Rend Your Hearts – Bros Flores, SJ
Matthew 6:1-6; 16-18 (Ash Wednesday) I hated Ash Wednesday while I was growing up. As soon as I was marked with the ash on my forehead, I felt bound to give up a lot of conveniences. I felt compelled to fulfill the Lenten practices: abstinence from meat on Fridays, giving up my favorite stuff during…
Are We There Yet? – Norlan Julia, SJ
Matthew 2:1-12 (Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord) “Do you know where you’re going to? Do you like the things that life is showing you? Where are you going to? … Do you get what you’re hoping for? When you look behind you there’s no open door; What are you hoping for? Do you…
Three in One – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Matthew 28:16-20, Trinity Sunday When I came back from graduate studies in 2011, I begged my dean to give me any subject at Loyola School of Theology…just not Trinity. Trinity is as tough to teach as it is to learn. It is a very “heady” subject, abstruse, highly speculative, and hair-splitting. When I was a…
One Lost Sheep 