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18/12/2025

✝️ WHY DON’T CATHOLICS CALL CHAPTER AND VERSES WHILE READING THE BIBLE AT MASS?😳🤔
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A young man once asked me:
👉 “Why is it that Catholics don’t mention the chapters and verses when reading the Bible at Mass?

My pastor told us it’s because Catholics don’t want people to know the Bible or the truth.”

I smiled at him and replied:
“If you already believe your pastor’s answer, why ask me?”

He paused, then said: “Because I’m not convinced.”

So I gave him the real answer.

1️⃣ READING VS. PROCLAIMING

Catholics don’t just read the Bible at Mass.
We proclaim it.

📖 To “read” is to look at text and understand.
✝️ To “proclaim” is to announce a message with authority.

At Mass, the Word of God is not private study, it is a public proclamation of God’s voice to His people.

That’s why the lector ends with:
👉 “The Word of the Lord.”
And the deacon or priest ends with:
👉 “The Gospel of the Lord.”

It is not our word. It is God speaking now.

2️⃣ THE LITURGY IS NOT A BIBLE STUDY

Many don’t realize: Catholics already know the readings before Mass.

Every Catholic who owns a Missal or Liturgical Calendar knows:
👉 The readings of today.
👉 The readings of tomorrow.
👉 Even the readings of March 17, 2026, years ahead!

Why? Because the Church has a 3-year cycle of Scripture readings, carefully designed so that across Sundays, weekdays, and feasts, the entire story of salvation unfolds.

So Mass is not the first time Catholics hear the readings. They are meant to be read at home before Mass, so that during Mass we don’t “study” them, but hear God speak through them.

3️⃣ WHY WE DON’T ANNOUNCE CHAPTER AND VERSE

If the lector says: “First Reading: Isaiah chapter 55, verses 1–3,” what happens?

📌 People grab their Bibles, flip pages, and start “reading along.”
But in that moment, the Mass shifts from proclamation to study.

And the Church is clear: Mass is not a classroom. It is worship.

At Mass, we don’t “search the text.”
We listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking through the proclamation.

That’s why chapter and verse are intentionally omitted, not to hide the Bible, but to lift the Bible above private reading into communal proclamation.

4️⃣ THE CHURCH’S WISDOM

Think about it: In the early Church there were no chapter and verse numbers.

Those were added in the 13th and 16th centuries—for study and reference.

The Mass preserves the ancient way of hearing Scripture:
👉 Not distracted by numbers.
👉 Not reduced to proof-texts.
👉 But heard as a living word addressed to the people of God.

That’s why after the reading, the people respond:
🙌 “Thanks be to God.”
Because they have heard God Himself speaking.

5️⃣ SO,

The next time someone says:
👉 “Catholics don’t announce chapter and verse because they don’t want people to know the Bible…”

You can answer with confidence:
- Catholics don’t just read, we proclaim.
- The readings are already known in advance.
- Mass is not a classroom, it is worship.
- Scripture is not hidden, it is made living and present.

At Mass, God’s Word is not a dead text, it is a voice from heaven, proclaimed in the assembly, received in faith, and sealed in the Eucharist.

🙏 So when you hear “The Word of the Lord”… don’t rush to check numbers.
Bow your heart and answer: “Thanks be to God.”

God bless you 🙏

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16/11/2024

Ang Sabbath, Sabado O Domingo?

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24/09/2024

𝙀𝙭𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙨 20:12 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

𝙀𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 6:1-3 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. “𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”𝘣 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦, “𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩.”

14/09/2024

Why Did Jesus Pray to God, if he is God?

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09/04/2024

𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙎𝘼𝙑𝙀𝘿?

This is a typical protestants' question, frequently asked to Catholics. They believe that their SALVATION comes first from the so called unbiblical, unhistorical, and unworkable FAITH ALONE doctrine, and that we only need to accept Christ as Personal Lord and Saviour in order to be saved. This teaching, however, is very ERRONEOUS, UNBIB

If someone asks you by that question, what should be our response? A Catholic should answer that ambigous question biblically as follows:

AS THE BIBLE SAYS:

1) I AM ALREADY SAVED (Rom 8:24, Eph 2:58)

2) BUT I AM ALSO BEING SAVED (1 Cor 1:18, 2 Cor 2:15, Phil 2:12).

3) AND I HAVE THE HOPE THAT I WILL BE SAVED (Rom 5:9-10, 1 Cor 3:12-15).

4) LIKE ST. PAUL, I AM WORKING OUT MY SALVATION IN FEAR AND TREMBLING (Phil 2:12)

5) WITH THE HOPEFUL CONFIDENCE IN THE PROMISES OF CHRIST (Rom 5:2, 2 Tim 2:1113)."

SALVATION is a continuous process and this is logical since our freedom is not absolutely fixed in a good for always. Rather, we need to struggle to say NO to evil and YES to God and to the good we have before us.
The Bible clearly shows other things that we must also do in order to be saved:

1) You must endure to the end (in a state of grace)(Matt 10:22, 24:13; Mark 13:13).

2) You must accept the Cross (suffering). (cf. Matthew 10:38, 16:24-25; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23, 14:27)

3) You must be baptized with water. (Mark 16:16; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 3:20-21)

4) You must be a member in God's true church (Acts 2:47).

5) You must confess your sins (James 5:16; 1 John 1:9).

6) You must keep the Commandments of God (Matt 5:19-20, 7:21).

7) You must heed the words of St. Peter, the first Pope (and his successors) (Acts 11:13-14, 15:7; Heb 13:7, 17).

8) You must eat the flesh and drink the blood of Jesus Christ (John 6:51-58; 1Cor 10:16; 1 Cor 11:23-29).

The CATHOLIC CHURCH is the only Church that meets all the requirements of SALVATION.

THEREFORE, we, CATHOLICS, should know how to answer these Protestants, deceiving our misinformed brethren in joining their CULTS. This should be our reply:

"YES, I AM SAVED, BEING SAVED, HOPING TO BE SAVED AND WORKING OUT MY SALVATION TO BE SAVED, WITH A LIVING, HOPEFUL AND LOVING FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, MANIFESTED IN DEEDS WITH AND THROUGH THE HELP OF GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY!"

THEREFIRE, it would be an erroneous presumption to say with absolute certainty that one is saved just by the mere acceptance of Jesus as Personal Lord and Saviour.

ARE YOU REALLY SAVED THEN?

#(Bonifacio Catao)

12/10/2023

𝘽𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙜𝙖 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙨𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨?
MARAMING NAGSASABI SA ATING MGA KAPATID SA IBANG PANANAMPALATAYA NA ANG PAG SASIGN OF THE CROSS DAW AY DEMONIC?

ATING SASAGUTIN :

HINDI DEMONIC O PARA KAY SATANAS ANG PAG SA-SIGN OF THE CROSS KUNDI SA DIYOS NA MAY TATLONG PERSONA ( TRINITY)

SA KATUNAYAN, KAPAG NAG SA-SIGN OF THE CROSS KAMI AY HINDI NAMIN SINASABI,
“SA NGALAN NI SATANAS AT SA DEMONYO AT ETC. ”❌

MALING MALI PO,

Tuwing nagsa Sign of the Cross ay kasabay na Binabanggit ang

“IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT”✔️ (TRINITY)
SA KATUNAYAN SA EBANGHELYO NI SAN MATEO, ANG TRINITY AY NA IMENTION PO AT SINABI PA MISMO NI CRISTO

📖 Matthew.28:19 NIV
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,”

See…BAPTIZE THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TAPOS DEMONIC?

SA KATUNAYAN , MAY SULAT SI SAN PABLO UKOL SA KRUS(Cross)
📖 Philippians 3:18 --- "For many persons, about whom I have often told you (and now tell you, weeping,) are walking as ENEMIES of the CROSS of CHRIST."

Sa tagalog, Ganito ang Salin
📖 Filipos 3:18
Tulad ng malimit kong sabihin sa inyo, at ngayo'y luhaang inuulit ko, marami ang namumuhay bilang mga KAAWAY ng KRUS NI CRISTO.”

SEE... MARAMING NAMUMUHAY BILANG KAAWAY NG KRUS NI CRISTO, AT HINDI KATAKATAKA, YUNG MGA AYAW TALAGA SA KRUS NI CRISTO.

SAPAGKAT?

📖 1 Corinthians 1:18 --- "For the Word of the CROSS is certainly foolishness to those who are perishing. But to those who have been saved, that is, to us, it is the POWER OF GOD."

Sa Tagalog, Ganito ang Salin
📖 (1 Corinto 1:18)
“Ang mensahe tungkol sa pagkamatay ni CRISTO sa KRUS ay kahangalan para sa mga taong naliligaw ng landas, ngunit ito'y KAPANGYARIHAN ng DIYOS para sa ating mga naliligtas.”

✔️ KAPANGYARIHAN PALA NG DIYOS ANG KRUS, PAANO MAGIGING SATANIC AT DEMONIC ANG PAG SA-SIGN OF THE CROSS?

KAYA MALING MALI PO NA SABIHIN NA DEMONIC ANG SIGN OF THE CROSS,

🔴 BAKIT NAG SA-SIGN OF THE CROSS ANG MGA KATOLIKO ?

SAGOT: NAG SA-SIGN OF THE CROSS TAYO KASI ITO AY TANDA O TATAK NG DIYOS

📖 Pahayag 7:3 Magadang Balita Biblia(MBB)
[3]“Huwag muna ninyong pinsalain ang lupa, ang dagat o ang mga punongkahoy hangga't hindi pa natin nalalagyan ng TATAK SA NOO ANG MGA LINGKOD NG ATING DIYOS”

Ezekiel 9:4-6 Biblia ng Sambahayang Pilipino(BSP)
At sinabi niya rito:"Libutin mo ang Jerusalem at TATAKAN NG KRUS SA NOO
ang mga nagdadalamhati at umiiyak dahil sa kasuklamsuklam na nagaganap doon.
Narinig kong sinabi niya sa iba pa:"Sundan ninyo sya sa palibot ng lungsod. Huwag kayo magpakita ng habag. Patayin ninyong silang lahat: matatanda't kabataang lalaki
, mga dalaga, mga bata at mga babae. NGUNIT HUWAG ninyong lapitan ang sinumang may TATAK NA KRUS SA NOO.

see... Ang Krus ay Tatak na sa Diyos!

SA NGALAN NG AMA, NG ANAK AT NG ESPIRITU SANTO.

✔️DAHIL YAN ANG TATAK NG DIYOS!

SA NGALAN NG AMA AT ANAK

📖 Pahayag 14:1 Magadang Balita Biblia(MBB)
[1]Tumingin ako, at nakita ko ang Kordero na nakatayo sa Bundok ng Zion, kasama ang 144,000 tao. NAKASULAT sa kanilang NOO ang PANGALAN ng KORDERO at ang PANGALAN ng kanyang AMA.

📖 Pahayag 22:3-4 (MBB)
[3]Wala roong makikitang anumang isinumpa ng Diyos.Makikita sa lunsod ang trono ng Diyos at ng Kordero, at sasambahin siya ng kanyang mga lingkod.
[4]Makikita nila ang kanyang mukha, at MASUSULAT sa kanilang NOO ang kanyang PANGALAN.

TATAK NG ESPIRITU SANTO

📖 Mga Taga-Efeso 1:13 (MBB)
[13]Kayo man ay naging bayan ng Diyos matapos ninyong marinig ang salita ng katotohanan, ang Magandang Balita na nagdudulot ng kaligtasan. Sumampalataya kayo kay Cristo, kaya't ipinagkaloob sa inyo ang ESPIRITU SANTO na ipinangako ng Diyos bilang TATAK ng pagkahirang sa inyo.

Mga Taga-Efeso 4:30 (MBB)

[30]At huwag na ninyong saktan ang kalooban ng ESPIRITU SANTO ng Diyos, sapagkat siya ang TATAK ng Diyos sa inyo, ang katibayan na kayo'y tutubusin pagdating ng takdang araw.
__see...Ang Ama,Anak at Espiritu Santo ay TATAK na binabanggit natin sa pag-kukrus!

📖 2 Timoteo 2:19 Ang Biblia (AB)
19 Gayon ma'y ang matibay na pinagsasaligan ng Dios ay nananatili na may TATAK nito, Nakikilala ng Panginoon ang mga kaniya: at, Lumayo sa kalikuan ang bawa't isa na SUMASAMBITLA ng PANGALAN ng Panginoon.

✔️ SEE KAPAG NAG SA-SIGN OF THE CROSS TAYO, SINASAMBIT NATIN ANG PANGALAN NG PANGINOON DIYOS!

KAYA WALANG PONG PROBLEMA KUNG TAYO AY NAG SA-SIGN OF THE CROSS SA LOOB NG SIMBAHAN AT LABAS, HABANG KUMAKAIN ETC...
DAHIL ITO AY TATAK AT KAPANGYARIHAN NG DIYOS.

The Sign of the Cross is a mark for Christians and a triumph over death. It’s one of the first prayers that Catholic children learn, and it’s a basic but powerful prayer that we say on a regular basis.

SALAMAT PO AND GOD BLESS 🙏

01/10/2023

October 2 | Feast of Our Guardian Angels
Today we remember our guardian Angels, by reciting our prayer to the Guardian Angel.

01/10/2023

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙄𝘽𝙇𝙀 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢?
𝙵𝙰𝙲𝚃𝚂:
“𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝙸𝙱𝙻𝙴 𝙲𝙰𝙼𝙴 𝙵𝚁𝙾𝙼 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙲𝙷𝚄𝚁𝙲𝙷, 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙲𝙷𝚄𝚁𝙲𝙷 𝙲𝙰𝙼𝙴 𝙸𝙽 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙱𝙸𝙱𝙻𝙴”

In fact, no Protestant or any Sect should quote the scriptures at all, for he has no means of knowing which books are Inspired. Unless of course he wants to accept the authorithy of the Catholic Church for that.

There is no “BIBLE” for the first 399 years. In fact, the Apostles don’t have BIBLE.

The Catholic Church selected 27 books (out of 300 manuscript/scrolls). Put the 27 books in the new Testament together. Added the chapters and verses. Cannonized the book and called the inspired “words of God”.

𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐈 = choose the Scriptures which he considered Genuine and ordered.

𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞 = a theologian Priest, translated the Scriptures for more than 30 years in the a cave in Jerusalem. (367-397 A.D.) from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Septuagent to Latin Vulgate. The first ever book printed, the translation – known as today “ The Bible”

𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐮𝐬 = called the book as “BIBLE” – the inspired word of God. In 405 AD

𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 = gave them the term “ New Testament” in 200 A.D.

𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨 = who made the chapters in 13th Century.

𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐬 - who made the verses in the Bible in 1528

𝐌𝐫. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 = the inventor of the first printing press in 1543, He is a Catholic, and the first book ever printed was the “Catholic Bible” – in latin vulgate.

“First of all, you must understand this: No prophecy in scripture is a matter of one’s private interpretation.” (2 Peter 1: 20).

𝙆𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙔𝘼𝙉𝙊𝙎

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