Luke 10:38-42, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Gospel story of Martha and Mary often gets interpreted as a call to balance action and contemplation. That’s a comforting takeaway—but it may not be the full message. After all, Jesus clearly says Mary has chosen “the better part.” So, perhaps the Gospel invites us not to…
Category: Season: Ordinary Time
Go and Do – Nemy Que SJ
Luke 10:25-37, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Our Gospel today offers us a popular parable, one that is very familiar: the Good Samaritan. Many of us have our favorite interpretations of this parable. Mine comes from Paul Ricœur’s essay, “The Socius and the Neighbor.” It’s an essay that used to be required reading for all Ateneo students taking Philosophy…
See What Matters Most – Willy Samson, SJ
Matthew 10:7-15; Thursday in Week 14 of Ordinary Time Good morning. As everyone knows, I am on Sabbatical for a few months after ending my seven-year ministry in the Diocese of Kalookan and preparing for my new ministry as a chaplain in the Philippine General Hospital. One of my plans for my Sabbatical is to…
Binlod – Richard Sumera, SJ
Matthew 6:7-15; Thursday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time Let me start with a personal story. One that brings me back to my childhood. There were times in our family’s life when we had very little. Hindi biro ang kahirapan. And during those times, I remember going to our neighbor’s rice mill,vnot to buy rice,…
𝐈nfluencers Of 𝐀 𝐃ifferent 𝐊ind – Jordy Orbe, SJ
Matthew 5:13-16, Tuesday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells his followers: “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.” It is striking that He doesn’t say try to be light, or work on becoming salt. He simply says: you are. The question is: What…
Remainder – Jett Villarin SJ
Luke 6:27-38, 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time “For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you (Lk 6:38).” Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes. How do you measure, measure a year? … How about love? Well, how about love? How do you measure love? Do we measure it: In daylights,…
Love’s Touch – Pat Nogoy SJ
Sometimes, it is more comfortable to rely on rules to structure our ways of loving. You tell your children a list of commandments, do’s and don’ts, what to get and how to pay, (and the list goes on) with the hope that the household is managed effectively. In religious life, we commit to de more, job descriptions, timetables, and clear goal-setting to determine how we should treat each other and live…
Underdog – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Luke 6:17; 20-26; 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time The word “underdog” came out of dogfights where some people would bet on the dog with the greater chance of losing. They had a gut-feel that the underdog had what it took to win in an upset. An upset, as we know, is when the weaker challenger…
Inaugural – Jett Villarin, SJ
Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time As far as inaugural speeches go, how I wish (wish ko lang, sana all) that every leader would take after Jesus and begin their term of service by making their own the mission of our Lord, the program of action he sets about to do in our…
Like Widow…like Mother…like Son – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Mark 12:38-44; 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time According to research, life expectancy in first-century Israel, in the time of Jesus, was 30-35 years old. Don’t you find that fascinating? Not everybody died by 35, of course. Still, this was the average period most people lived back then. Jesus left home for ministry at around age…
Seen – Jett Villarin, SJ
Mark 10:36-52; 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time “As far as the eye can see” is an expression of long and wide distances. And yet it also suggests limits of our vision. Pondering the future, Karen Dinesen (Baroness Blixen) in her memoir, “Out of Africa”, writes, “Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth…
Ministry or Exploit – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Mark 10:35-45; 29th Sunday in Ordindary Time When our good friends are on their way to the top, we often say, “Huwag mo kaming kalimutan ha?” (“Don’t forget us, ok?”) We do that in jest and affection. “Huwag mo kaming kalimutan” is really our way of saying, “Congratulations! Happy for you! Good luck!” James and…
One Lost Sheep 