San Andres Apostol Parish

22/08/2026

| | 8:00 AM | August 23, 2026 | Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

MASS PRESIDER:
Rev. Fr. Kirby G. Bagaslao, MDJ








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22/08/2026

𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘

𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟐

“Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.”
— Luke 1:38

Before Mama Mary ever wore a crown, she first bowed her head and said YES.

And perhaps that is the most beautiful thing about the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The world often imagines a queen seated upon a throne, surrounded by power, wealth, and honor. But the Queen we celebrate today began in a quiet little town called Nazareth. No palace. No royal court. No earthly crown.

Only a young woman listening to the voice of God.

When the Angel Gabriel came to her, Mama Mary did not understand everything immediately. Scripture even tells us that she was troubled and wondered what the angel’s greeting meant.

She listened.
She pondered.
She asked.

And then she trusted.

“May it be done to me according to your word.”

What a YES that was.

Mama Mary did not know every road that her YES would take her. She did not yet see Bethlehem, the flight into Egypt, the years of raising Jesus, Cana, Calvary, or the Cross where she would watch her beloved Son suffer and die.

God did not give her the entire map.

He simply asked her to trust Him.

And she did.

Maybe this is something Mama Mary wants to teach us today: we cannot hear God’s voice if our hearts are always filled with our own noise.

Sometimes we pray, “Lord, tell me what to do.” But when His answer is different from what we want, we struggle to listen. We want certainty before obedience. We want explanations before surrender. We want to know where God is taking us before saying yes.

Mama Mary shows us another way.

Listen first. Trust. Then say yes.

Her greatness was never about drawing attention to herself. Her whole life pointed beyond herself and toward Jesus.

At the Annunciation, she said YES so that Christ could enter the world.

At Cana, when the wine ran out, she turned to the servants and gave us words that still speak to every Christian heart:

“Do whatever He tells you.”

Even Mama Mary’s words point us back to Jesus.

And at Calvary, when almost everyone had fled, she remained beneath the Cross. There, Jesus entrusted His mother to the beloved disciple: “Behold, your mother.”

Mama Mary became a mother not only to one disciple, but a spiritual mother to all who belong to Christ.

This is why her Queenship is so beautiful.

Mama Mary is Queen because Jesus is King.

Her crown does not compete with the glory of her Son. It reflects it. Her mission is not to keep us for herself, but to take our hands and lead us closer to Jesus.

When we are lost, she points to Him.

When we are afraid, she reminds us, “Do whatever He tells you.”

When God’s plans seem impossible, her life whispers, “Nothing will be impossible for God.”

And when saying YES becomes difficult, she reminds us that one faithful YES can become the doorway through which God does extraordinary things.

Today, as we honor Mama Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth, perhaps the question is not simply, “Do I love Mama Mary?”

Perhaps we should also ask:

Do I listen to God as she listened?
Do I trust when I cannot see the whole road?
Can I still say YES when God’s will is different from mine?

Because the best way to honor Mama Mary is not simply to place flowers before her image or a crown upon her head.

It is to allow her to teach us how to belong completely to God.

Mama Mary, our Mother and Queen, take us by the hand. Quiet the noise within our hearts so that we may recognize God’s voice. Teach us to ponder before we react, to trust when we do not understand, and to say YES even when the road ahead is uncertain.

And whenever we wander, bring us back to your Son.

May our lives, like yours, become one continuous prayer:

“Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.”

𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬.

𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥, 𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢.
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬.
𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮.

21/08/2026

𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐗, 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐄
𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 | 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟏

𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄

Giuseppe Sarto, the boy who would become 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐗, was born into a poor family in a small Italian village. He knew simplicity. He knew ordinary people. And when the Church eventually placed upon his shoulders the responsibility of the papacy, he carried with him the heart of a parish priest.

He became a parish priest, bishop, cardinal, and eventually Pope, but at heart, he remained a shepherd whose deepest desire was simple: 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.

When he became Pope, his desire was beautifully expressed in the motto of his pontificate:

𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.

For Pope Pius X, these were not merely beautiful words. They became a conviction by which he lived. He believed that the renewal of the human heart and even of society itself begins when humanity returns to Christ.

Among his greatest legacies was bringing the faithful closer to Jesus in the 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐄𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.

At a time when many Catholics received Holy Communion only rarely, Pius X encouraged frequent, even daily, Communion for those properly disposed. He also opened the way for children to receive Jesus Christ in the Eucharist at a younger age once they had reached the age of reason.

Why?

Because he wanted Christ not to remain distant from His people, but to be received, loved, and allowed to transform their lives.

Because we cannot receive Jesus and remain indifferent to the people Jesus loves.

Because the Eucharist is not a prize reserved for the perfect.

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

Perhaps this is why the life of St. Pius X speaks so powerfully to us today.

Because Jesus Himself gave us the heart of the Christian life:

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝.

And:

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

These are the 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. And before His Passion, Jesus gave us the New Commandment:

𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

But what does loving our neighbor look like when we step outside the church doors?
This morning, Fr. Rock left us with a question worth carrying into our prayer:

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲?

In our beloved Philippines, when corruption becomes so familiar that we begin to shrug and say, 𝑯𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈; when dishonesty becomes normal, when injustice no longer disturbs us because it does not directly affect us, we must ask ourselves:

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧?

Are we allowing them to grow up believing that corruption is simply part of life? That dishonesty is acceptable as long as one gets away with it? That what happens to our neighbor is none of our concern?

Then perhaps the question becomes even more personal:

𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐰𝐚?

This is where St. Pius X continues to challenge us. To 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 is not simply to speak about Christ. It is to allow Christ to transform the way we live, the choices we make, the values we pass on, and the way we treat one another.

𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧.

The Jesus we receive in the Eucharist sends us back into the world with 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞.

We do not all hold public office. We cannot solve every problem in the Philippines. But neither are we called merely to become spectators.
We can refuse to normalize corruption.
We can choose integrity when dishonesty is easier.
We can vote with conscience and discernment.
We can speak for truth without losing charity.
We can help someone forgotten.
We can teach our children that goodness still matters.

Because Scripture reminds us:

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡.

St. Pius X wanted to restore all things in Christ. Perhaps our own little part in that mission begins here:

𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬.
𝐓𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬.
𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.

At the end of everything, titles, possessions, recognition, and power will pass away. What remains is the love of God and the embrace of our Creator.

So today we pray:

𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍, 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒔.

𝑩𝒊𝒈𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐 𝒑𝒐 𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒊 𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒎, 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒐𝒏. 𝑯𝒖𝒘𝒂𝒈 𝑴𝒐 𝒑𝒐 𝒌𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒊. 𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈.

May the Holy Eucharist we receive never leave us unchanged.

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐰𝐚.

𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐗, 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬.
𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥, 𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢.
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬.
𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮.

𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐄:
Pope St. Pius X, E Supremi (1903), The Holy See (Vatican)

20/08/2026

𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐔𝐗
𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 | 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎

We can know so much about God, speak beautifully about God, and even spend our lives serving God. But perhaps the more important question is: Do we truly love Him?

Born in France in 1090, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux had almost everything a young man could desire. He came from a well-to-do family, was intelligent, educated, eloquent, and could have pursued a comfortable life.

But something inside Bernard wanted more.

At around twenty years old, he chose instead the silence and austerity of the Cistercian monastery of Cîteaux. And he did not go alone. His conviction was so powerful that relatives and companions followed him into religious life. Eventually, Bernard was sent with twelve monks to establish a new monastery in a remote valley that would become Clairvaux, the “Valley of Light.”

Bernard wanted to give everything to God.

And when we say everything, Bernard took it seriously.
Perhaps, at first, too seriously.

As a young abbot, he demanded an extremely austere life from himself and his monks. Their food could be painfully simple, their discipline rigorous, their life demanding. Bernard pushed his own body so severely that his health deteriorated. Then something happened.

The man who wanted to become holy had to learn that holiness was not simply about being hard on himself.

Illness humbled him.

Bernard began to understand human weakness differently. He became more considerate of the needs of his monks.

And maybe that is one of the “untold” lessons of his life.

Sometimes we think becoming holy means becoming stronger and stronger.
But sometimes God makes us holy by allowing us to discover that we are weak.
Sometimes we ask God to change the people around us, change our circumstances, remove our difficulties.

But what if God is saying:

“Anak, ikaw muna ang babaguhin Ko.”

Bernard allowed himself to be changed.

And perhaps that is why God could entrust him with so much.

The monk who wanted silence eventually found himself advising popes and kings, defending the faith, reconciling conflicts, preaching throughout Europe, and becoming one of the greatest spiritual teachers of his age.

Yet behind all that influence was a physically fragile man.

For much of his adult life, Bernard suffered serious health problems. Eating could be difficult. Walking exhausted him. At times he was so weak that ordinary monastic work was beyond his strength.

Still, he served.
Still, he wrote.
Still, he prayed.
Still, he allowed God to use what remained of his strength.

Ay, kaya pala saint siya.

Not because he was never weak.
But because even his weakness became something he offered to God.
And Bernard's holiness was not confined inside monastery walls.

During the Crusading period, violence was being stirred against Jewish communities in parts of Europe. Bernard strongly opposed such persecution and intervened to stop it.
Because what would be the point of defending the name of Christ while refusing to see the dignity of the person in front of you?

That question remains painfully relevant today.

We can defend our faith.
We can serve in church.
We can know Scripture.
We can pray the Rosary.
We can receive Jesus in the Eucharist.

But if all these do not make us more compassionate, forgiving, patient, and loving, ano ang nabago sa atin?

Bernard understood that Christianity cannot remain only in the mind.
His great works, including On Loving God and his Sermons on the Song of Songs, continually return us to one thing:

LOVE.

To love God not merely because He blesses us.
Not merely because He answers our prayers.
Not only when following Him is convenient.
But simply because God is worthy of being loved.

To love Him with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength.

And from that love comes the command Jesus gives us:

“Love one another as I have loved you.”

Bernard also possessed an extraordinarily tender devotion to Mama Mary.
But for Bernard, Mama Mary was never the destination.
She was the one who pointed him toward Jesus.

Per Mariam ad Iesum.
Through Mary to Jesus.

In moments of danger, doubt, and difficulty, Bernard encouraged Christians to remember Mary and call upon her.

Why?

Because Mama Mary's life teaches us what complete surrender looks like.
She did not understand everything that would happen after her fiat.

She simply trusted.
She stayed.
She loved.
And she continually leads us to her Son.

Maybe this is also why Bernard loved Mama Mary so deeply. His own life taught him that holiness is not having everything figured out. It is allowing God to lead you, correct you, humble you, and sometimes bring you somewhere very different from where you originally wanted to go.

Bernard wanted contemplation.
God gave him mission.
Bernard wanted strength.
God allowed weakness.

Bernard wanted to give everything to God.

And God taught him that giving everything also meant allowing himself to be transformed.

So today, Saint Bernard leaves us with a question:

If I say that I love God, can that love be seen in my life?

it be seen in how I speak about people?In how I forgive?
In how I treat someone difficult?
In how I serve when nobody notices?
In how I respond when God does not give me what I want?
In how I remain faithful when following Him becomes uncomfortable?
Because maybe sainthood does not begin with doing extraordinary things.

Maybe it begins with the ordinary decision to tell Jesus every day:
“Lord, change me.”

Change what is proud in me.
Soften what has become hard.
Purify what is selfish.
Use even my weaknesses.

Teach me to love You not only with my words, but with my life. And when I do not know how, let Mama Mary take me by the hand and lead me again to You.

Saint Bernard reminds us that we do not have to become perfect before God can use us. We simply have to keep allowing Him to form us.

Until our knowledge becomes faith.
Our faith becomes surrender.
Our surrender becomes service.
And our service becomes love.

Because in the end, perhaps the measure of a life well lived is not simply how much we knew about God, but how deeply we learned to love Him and one another.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, pray for us.
Mama Mary, lead us always to Jesus.
Jesus, teach us to love as You have loved us.
Jesus, we trust in You.

19/08/2026

𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐄𝐙𝐄𝐊𝐈𝐄𝐋 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐎

𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 | 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕?

For 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐳𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐨, faithfulness was not lived only in peaceful churches or moments of consolation. It was lived across oceans, among people far from his homeland, amid war and persecution, and finally, in the painful reality of cancer.

Born in Alfaro, Spain, in 1848, Ezekiel entered the Augustinian Recollects while still young. Soon, God led him far from home to the 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.

He arrived in Manila in 1870 and was ordained a priest in 1871. For about fifteen years, the Philippines became his mission field and home. He learned Tagalog, preached the Gospel, administered the Sacraments, taught children, visited the sick and served communities in Mindoro, Palawan, Las Piñas, Batangas, Manila and Cavite.

His missionary life was not comfortable. In Las Piñas, he ministered amid drought, smallpox and a devastating fire. During a cholera epidemic in Cavite, he continued bringing Christ and the Sacraments to the sick.

𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

The Philippines helped form the shepherd he would later become. After returning to Spain, another mission brought him to Colombia, where he became Vicar Apostolic of Casanare and eventually 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨 in 1899.

He shepherded his people amid 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡. Being a shepherd demanded more than leadership. It demanded courage.

Then came a suffering he could not escape.

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫.

The shepherd who had spent years visiting the sick became sick himself. Cancer afflicted his palate and brought tremendous pain. He returned to Spain for treatment, and the missionary who had crossed oceans caring for others now found himself weak and dependent upon the care of others.

Yet even here, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝.

His sickbed became another place where he could love God. In his suffering, his prayer was simple yet profound:

“𝐌𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮.”

He did not merely ask to understand his suffering. He asked for the courage to remain faithful within it.

Saint Ezekiel died in Monteagudo, Spain, on August 19, 1906, at 58. Years later, when his remains were exhumed in 1915 and again in 1975, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭. His remains are venerated in Monteagudo to this day.

Yet it was not the preservation of his body that made him a saint. Long before his tomb was opened, his life had already shown what holiness looked like: 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈.

He was beatified in 1975 and canonized by 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐈𝐈 in 1992.

Today, Saint Ezekiel is especially invoked as the 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. His memorial comes close to home because we know people in our parish and families who are fighting cancer: undergoing treatment, waiting for results, experiencing recurrence, or quietly carrying fear and uncertainty.

Today, we entrust them all to the Lord through his intercession. May they receive healing according to God's will, courage for difficult treatments, peace amid fear, perseverance through the long journey, and the grace to know that they never suffer alone.

Saint Ezekiel's life reminds us that 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. Sometimes holiness means remaining faithful when life hurts and believing that even suffering, when surrendered to God, can become a place of grace.

𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

Serve Him in your mission.
Trust Him in your trials.
Seek Him in your suffering.
And when you can do nothing else, simply remain with Him.

Because sometimes the most powerful witness of faith is not saying, 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚, but learning to pray:

“𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.”

𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐳𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐨, 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬.
San Andres Apostol, ipanalangin mo kami.
Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, pray for us.
𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮.

17/08/2026

𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐒 | 𝟐𝟎𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄

𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒… 𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒?

𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢’𝘵 𝘥𝘪 𝘬𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘭, 𝘥𝘪 𝘮𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵.
𝘒𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵, 𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘪 𝘬𝘰, 𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘬𝘩𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢.

These are lines from the upcoming movie Always Yours, Never Mine, a movie that has not even reached the cinemas yet. In fact, the movie, will only be shown in cinemas on September 30, 2026. Yet somehow, from a few minutes of a preview, our Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Rock C. Berdos, found something that would lead us beyond a story of human love and into something much greater: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬.

For the first time in his 24 years as a priest, Fr. Rock showed a movie clip during his homily. And, in true Fr. Rock fashion, he immediately clarified: “Hindi ko pinakita ang video clip na iyan para i-promote ang pelikula.”

Although after mentioning the title, director, and showing date, Father somehow managed to promote it anyway. And as he jokingly reminded everyone, despite the many movies, teleseryes, and even Christmas Station IDs he has used in his homilies, ABS-CBN and Star Cinema still have not paid him.

But beneath the laughter was something profound, beneath the humor was a question far deeper than the movie itself.

The title of the movie is Always Yours, Never Mine. But because of the artistry in the way the words appeared on screen, Fr. Rock noticed that they could also be read differently:

𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄, 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒.

And suddenly, it was no longer merely a movie title. It became an examination of conscience.

Because if there is Someone who can look at each of us and say without hesitation,

𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

He has been ours when we remembered Him and when we forgot Him.

When we prayed fervently and when prayer became an afterthought.

When we obeyed Him and when we deliberately chose what we knew would take us farther away from Him.

When we loved Him.

When we choose Him. And even when we do not choose Him.

𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝.

As Fr. Rock reminded us:

“𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐚 𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐭-𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠.”

God remains faithful even when we are unfaithful. His mercy is offered to all. And if we look at the way God continues to love us despite our ingratitude, our stubbornness, our repeated sins and failures, Fr. Rock humorously connected it again to the movie:

“Parang pumapasok tuloy iyong linya sa pelikula na, ‘Kahit mukha akong tanga.“

Because that is how extravagant God's love can seem. Because God's love can almost look foolish by the standards of the world.

He keeps choosing people who do not always choose Him.

He forgives people who return to the same sins.

He waits for people who repeatedly walk away.

He continues knocking at hearts that have kept their doors closed and refuse to open.

He continues loving people who sometimes love everything else more than Him.

Not because God is foolish.

But because 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄.

We see this in the Canaanite woman in the Gospel. She was an outsider, a Gentile, someone who seemingly did not belong.

Yet she persisted:

𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞.

And mercy crossed every boundary.

As Fr. Rock beautifully said:

“𝐀𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐲, 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐭𝐚𝐬. 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐨𝐝, 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐩. 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭.”

That is 𝐆𝐎𝐃’𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐋-𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄.

But perhaps the uncomfortable part of the homily begins here, the uncomfortable question.

If Jesus tells each of us,

𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒, what does our life tell Him?
Can we honestly say,
𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃, 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒?

Not merely on Sundays.
Not only when we kneel inside the adoration chapel or inside the church.
Not because we serve in a ministry, carry a Rosary, post Bible verses, attend Mass, know the right prayers, or publicly professing our faith.

Fr. Rock gave us perhaps one of the most piercing lines of the homily:

“𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐠, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐲.”

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞.

Because we can love God with our lips while wounding Him through the way we treat people.

We can pray before the Blessed Sacrament and later gossip about someone.

We can serve at the altar yet refuse to forgive.

We can speak about mercy but reserve kindness only for people we like.

We can speak about mercy while being merciless toward someone who has hurt us.

We can profess our love for Christ while choosing whom to welcome, whom to help, and whom we believe deserves our kindness.

We can call ourselves Christians while deciding who is worthy of our compassion.

And so perhaps the question today is not simply:
𝐃𝐨 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝?

But:
𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐈 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌?

Fr. Rock reminded us that when someone is hungry, suffering, devastated by calamity, or simply in need, the Church does not first ask, “Are you Catholic?”
The question is simply: Do you need help?

The need is enough. Because if God's love has no favorites, ours should not either.

𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

Who have you ignored, excluded, resented?
Who have you judged?
Who are you finding difficult to forgive?
Who have you decided is no longer worthy of your kindness?

And then look at God, who has never stopped looking at you with mercy, who knows everything about you, including the parts nobody else sees, and still says:

𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒.

Perhaps today is our turn to answer Him, not merely with our lips, but with our lives:

𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃, 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒.

When loving is difficult and inconvenient, I am Yours.
When forgiveness hurts, I am Yours.
When nobody sees the good I choose to do, I am Yours.
When You ask me to love someone I would rather avoid, I am Yours.
And when I fail, Lord, teach me to return and choose You again.

Until one day, through the way we have loved God and loved one another, may He look at us and say:

“𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞.”

𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥, 𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢.
𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬.
𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮.

Watch the video of the full homily to reflect more deeply on its message and to experience how Fr. Rock himself delivered this beautiful, humorous, yet deeply challenging reminder of God’s all-embracing love.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19BSnKobDj/

15/08/2026

| | 8:00 AM | August 16, 2026 | Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

MASS PRESIDER:
Rev. Fr. Rock C. Berdos
Parish Priest








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