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10/19/2026

Monday October 19, 2026. 29th Week in the Ordinary Time of the year 2

Green: ⛪📖🙏🏼🌱🌴🍈☘️🌳🍐🌿

📖1st Reading: Eph. 2:1-10

Responsorial Psalm: 100 🎷🎷🎶 🎼 (R.v. 3) Response: He made us, we belong to him.

Alleluia! Alleluia!!
Mt. 5:3

How happy are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Alleluia!!!

📖Gospel Reading: Lk. 12:13-21

Theme: *Make heavenly connection through earthly impact!*

🎤Reflection:

➕From the crowd, a man requested Jesus to tell His brother to give him his share of his inheritance. Jesus asked him who made him an arbiter of his claims. He told the people to be on guard against avarice of any kind, for a man's life would never be made secured by what he had. He told them a parable of a rich fool who made a bountiful harvest. He hadn't have enough barn to store it. He asked his servants to pull down the old & build a bigger one. He then told his soul to relax & eat for it had enough to eat & drink. But that same night, God called him a fool & requested an account of all he had. His hoards whose would it be? And so it would be when a man stores treasure on earth instead of making himself rich before God, Jesus concluded.

➕In a transient world like ours where nothing is permanent, we labour so much for what we earn, but non of it follows us after. Our only saving grace will be the celestial contact we made through the terrestrial impact we created. Jesus directed His disciples thus!

➕Fellow Nomads, there is nothing wrong in working hard, & nothing wrong in having our labors so blessed. Where the problem lies is in having everything to ourselves without making any celestial connection through terrestrial impact. Material wealth or success is best used in service of God & others.

➕Unfortunately, some of us are only thinking of ourselves & have not started making this heavenly connection by supporting the poor, less privilege, destitute, indigent, & the Church. Generosity is a remedy for greed & helps us to rightly order our lives. We must really commit ourselves to establish this connection unlike the rich fool. Are we storing away more than we can ever need? How can we use that extra to help others, directly or indirectly? The world resources are enough for everybody's needs, but not enough for anybody's greed. If we are overtly focused on building up wealth for its own sake, we might lose sight of what really matters. We must seek first the kingdom of God & all its righteousness & every other thing will be added unto us
(cf. Mt. 6:33).

🙏🏼Let us pray: Landlord of the vineyard, teach us the need to use our earthly goods to make a place for ourselves in heaven. May we impact on the life of our fellows & in the things pertaining to you. Amen!

🙏🏼We pray for all those who work only to satisfy themselves, may they eschew avarice & stinginess while upholding a life of generosity. Amen!

😁Our Bountiful God!

🙌🏻May we be enriched in our self-giving!

10/18/2026

Sunday October 18, 2026. 29th Week in the Ordinary Time Year A

🎷World Mission Sunday!

Green: ⛪📖🙏🌿🍃🌵🍀🌲

📖1st Reading: Is. 45:1, 4-6

Responsorial Psalm: 86 🎷🎷🎶 🎼 (R.v. 7) Response: Give the Lord glory & power.

📖2nd Reading: 1Thes. 1:1-5

Alleluia! Alleluia!!
Phil. 2:15-16

You will shine in the world like bright stars because you are offering it the word of life. Alleluia!!!

📖Gospel Reading: Mt. 22:15-21

Theme: *Even Caesar also belongs to God!*

🎤Reflection:

➕God spoke to Cyrus the pagan king whom he had used to subdue nations & to liberate the Israelites from Babylonian captivity. God reminded him that though he didn't know him, yet he had armed him so that all men might know that nothing was without Him.

➕Having worked out a plan to trap Jesus, the Pharisees sent their disciples & Herodians to Him to know what answer He would give to their question. They began by massaging His ego on justice & bravado. Then they asked Him if it is permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not. Knowing their malice, Jesus requested for a denarius, & asked them whose image & name it bore. They answered Caesar's, & He urged them to give back to Caesar what belonged to him & to God what is His.

➕Instruments of God, the world & all it contains belongs to God. As the Creator, while entrusting the care of His people in the hands of a selected few, He uses them as instruments to achieve His purposes notwithstanding their diverse faith inclinations. While God used a pagan king, Cyrus, to fulfill His promise of restoring the people of Israel in their own soil in the 1st Reading, Jesus through His wise counsel in the Gospel dumbfounded His traducers by subtly demonstrating that even Caesar in his worldly power, majesty, & glory also belongs to God!

➕Having created everything, God in His transcendence remains the Supreme Head governing the world through instruments He has chosen. He uses any of His creatures to achieve His good designs & plans even among some who fail to recognize His Omnipotence & Kingship. In fact, we all are simply put, pencil in His hands whether we are believers or non-believers. Using Cyrus for instance, God not only resettled the Israelites in their homeland, but also in the rebuilding of Jerusalem temple. Therefore, for the numerous tasks that are placed on their shoulders, the fulfilment of civic responsibilities, such as payment of taxes, makes for the smooth-running of the kingdom, state, or country.

➕In this light, one can understand the predicament Jesus found Himself when the Pharisees tried to trap Him with this difficult question about paying tax to Caesar. If He says yes, He risks being seen as supporting Roman oppression & if He says no, He could be accused of rebellion against the Roman authorities. His answer of "give to Caesar what belongs to Ceasar & to God what belongs to God" has been nuanced to mean so many things to so many people. However, Jesus’ answer is simply making a distinction between our civic responsibilities & our religious obligations. We have duties to society, like obeying just laws, paying taxes, respecting legitimate authority, & contributing to the common good. But our responsibility to God goes much deeper, because God is not simply one part of our lives; He is the source of our very existence.

➕In actual sense, nothing really belongs to Caesar. Just as the coin that bears Caesar's image belong to Caesar, we all who are created in God's image (cf. Gen. 1:27) belong to God. Being human, Caesar therefore belongs to God with all his power & majesty. In other words, our time, talents, conscience, relationships, & gifts are all entrusted to us by God. Caesar only represents earthly authority, political power, & human government. Although governments have legitimate responsibilities, they are not absolute. Leaders like every other human being are accountable to God. No earthly authority can claim what belongs ultimately to God, nor can it demand we act against our conscience & God's law.

➕As Apostle Paul assures us of the right choice God made of us through the Good News, the Mother Church calls us to be both responsible citizens & faithful disciples. We should contribute to the welfare of society, promote justice, defend human dignity, & pray for those who govern us. At the same time, we must remember that our highest allegiance belongs to God, especially when human demands conflict with the Gospel. Therefore, She reminds us that: 1️⃣Every power & authority belongs to God. 2️⃣Civil authorities simply hold brief for God, their faith inclinations notwithstanding. 3️⃣Human authority should be respected & civilly supported. 4️⃣Leaders must be life enhancers & never destroyers. & 5️⃣As creatures, whatever belongs to us belongs to God.

➕The question we need to ask ourselves today is not merely, "What do I owe Caesar?" but also, "What do I owe God?" Do we give God our time in prayer, our hearts in worship, our hands in service, & our lives in love? Or do we give Him only what remains after everything else has been satisfied? Friends in Christ, Caesar may have his coin, but God desires our hearts. Since even Caesar himself belongs to God, all earthly power must be exercised with humility, justice, & respect for human dignity. May we fulfil our duties to society without forgetting our eternal responsibility to God. May everything we do be it in our families, workplaces, communities, & public life reflect the image & glory of God in us. And as we celebrate Mission Sunday today, we pray that all missionaries be blessed with the strength & perseverance needed to share the Gospel message in difficult fields, for the harvest is rich but laborers are few (Mt. 9:37-38).

🙏🏼Let us pray: King of heaven & earth, prepare us to be fitting for our heavenly citizenship through full participation in building our earthly kingdom. May we realize always that we all belong to you. Amen!

🙏🏼We pray for all those who do not see any connection between earthly & heavenly lives, may they realize that admission into the later would be determined by how well the former was lived. May they live their lives as instruments of God. Amen!

😄Enjoy a Sunday of bliss!

🙌🏻We all are God's!

10/17/2026

Saturday October 17, 2026. 28th Week in the Ordinary Time Year 2

🌹Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop & Martyr

Red: ⛪📖🙏⛓️⚔️🗡️🔪🪓🛠️📤👑

📖1st Reading: Eph. 1:15-23

Responsorial Psalm: 8 🎷🎷🎶 🎼 (R.v. 8) Response: You gave your Son power over the works of your hand.

Alleluia! Alleluia!!
1Sam. 3:9, Jn. 6:68

Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia!!!

📖Gospel Reading: Lk. 12:8-12

Theme: *The Holy Spirit: Power that passes power!*

🎤Reflection:

➕Jesus told His disciples that open declaration for Him before men would be the same for the person before His Father in heaven & denial of Him before men would meet the same fate. A word against the Son of Man would be forgiven & none of such against the Holy Spirit would be forgiven. When they are brought before synagogues, magistrate, & authorities, they should not bother about what to say, because the Holy Spirit would teach them what to say at the consummation of time.

➕The Nicean Creed teaches affirmatively that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father & the Son, & with the Father & the Son, He is adorned & glorified. He is the breathe & power of God accomplishing the mission of Christ on earth. He is the life-wire & propeller of the Church. For this, Jesus declared a severe judgment for any calumny against Him!

➕Revered children of God, the Holy Spirit was the power that passed power at Pentecost & reinvigorated the Apostles to openly declare for Christ even in the midst of mortal threats to their life. Interestingly, He taught Paul what to say while facing the Pharisees & the Sadducees (cf. Acts 23:6-11). In fact, He is the power behind the growth & spread of the Church.

➕Let us openly through His inspiration declare for God. May we never do anything to 1⃣Trivialize His power, 2⃣Over rationalize about His power, or 3⃣Grudge Him living in His chosen instruments.

➕1⃣When we carelessly use His name or falsely stage-manage powers we do not have, we are trivializing Him. 2⃣When we deny the existence of His power because it is beyond proofs, we are over rationalizing it. 3⃣When we label Him evil spirit where & when He is at work as the scribes & pharisees did, we are grudging Him. May God help us to acknowledge the workings of the Spirit & to recognize the Spirit that professes that Jesus took human flesh. (cf. 1Jn. 4:2).

🙏🏼Let us pray: Ever Forgiving God, abide in us so as to recognize your Spirit whenever He is at work. Forgive us for the ways we have sinned against Him. Amen!

🙏🏼We pray for all those who have for any reason sinned against the Holy Spirit, may they realize their faults, repent of their sins & go back to God who is all forgiving. Amen!

🙇🏻St. Ignatius of Antioch, pray for us!

🙌🏻Be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit!

10/16/2026

Friday October 16, 2026. 28th Week in the ordinary time of the year 2

Green:⛪📖🙏🌳🌱🌴🌵🍀

📖1st Reading: Eph. 1:11-14

Responsorial Psalm: 33 🎷🎷🎶 🎼 (R.v. 12) Response: They are happy, the people whom God has chosen as his own.

Alleluia! Alleluia!!
Ps. 33:22

May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place our trust in you. Alleluia!!!

📖Gospel Reading: Lk. 12:1-7

Theme: *Sensitivity to issues of eternal life!*

🎤Reflection:

➕With the people gathered in their thousands treading on themselves, Jesus spoke to His disciples first to be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy. Everything hidden would be uncovered & what was whispered would be proclaimed on housetops. To His friends Jesus cautioned not to fear he who could only kill the body leaving out the soul, but to fear he who could kill & cast everything into hell. Five sparrows could be bought with two pennies, but non is forgotten in God's eye. They should not be afraid for they worth more than hundreds of sparrows.

➕In a world where people are more sensitive to what they shouldn't be & less sensitive to what they should be, there is always a need to go back to the drawing board. On account of this, Jesus called the people's attention to issues of death & eternal damnation!

➕Dearest brothers & sisters, the Catechism of Christian Doctrine teaches us that God created us to know, love & worship Him here on earth & to live with Him hereafter. How have we been preparing for this? What normally reminds us of this reality? Is it when calamitous events like death, sickness or accident stare us in the face? Then, we become afraid & start shaping up our lives or do we willingly conform our lives to the truth of the Gospel?

➕More often than not, we are accustomed to prepare for our birthdays, Anniversary days, Valentine's day, Fathers' day, Mothers' day etc., but no preparations for our Death day & Judgement day. It is these two days that will determine our fate for eternal damnation or eternal life. Let us fear these days by conforming ourselves to the dictates of the Eternal Judge who can cast everything into hell fire. It is appointed man once to die & judgement comes afterwards (Heb. 9:27).

🙏🏼Let us pray: Eternal Judge, prompt us always to be more sensitive to issues that lead to eternal life. May we never fall into the hands of the one who can kill & cast into hell fire. Amen!

🙏🏼We pray for all those who think less of life hereafter, may they realize that life is not ended but changed for either eternal life or eternal damnation. Amen!

😁Have a splendid weekend!

🙌🏻We shall have eternal life!

10/15/2026

Thursday October 15, 2026. 28th Week in the ordinary time of the year 2

🌻Memorial of St. Teresa of Ávila, Virgin & Doctor

Green: ⛪📖🙏🍈🌲🌵🍀🌿🌱

📖1st Reading: Eph. 1:1-10

Responsorial Psalm: 98 🎷🎷🎶 🎼 (R.v. 2) Response: The Lord has made known His salvation.

Alleluia! Alleluia!!
Jn. 14:6

I am the Way, the Truth & the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me. Alleluia!!!

📖Gospel Reading: Lk. 11:47-54

Theme: *Abhor evil & do good!*

🎤Reflection:

➕Jesus brought a 2 count charge against the lawyers; Alas for them for they built the tomb of the prophets which their ancestors killed. They approved of the killing by their action. Those who killed prophets & Apostles sent to them would account for their blood from Abel to Zachariah. Alas for them for they took the key of knowledge away; never entering or allowing others to enter. When He left the house, the Pharisees & scribes began a furious attack on Him, & forcing answers from Him on innumerable questions setting traps to catch Him on what He might say.

➕Evil flourishes when it is either covertly or overtly supported by either our action or inaction. Even when these are not present, our body languages may tacitly be consenting to their continuity. Based on these, Jesus condemned the lawyers of His days!

➕Cherished brethren, what is our position in the face of evil? Do our actions or inactions definitively show that we are for or against it? What efforts have we made either to stop or uphold it? Our answers to these & other questions will either rope us in or exonerate us from the lawyers' condemnation.

➕For sure, evil carries within itself the seed of its destruction. We must fight to define our stand by taking positive steps towards the termination of evil wherever it exits. We may make ourselves accomplices by our silence, tacit consent or action. After all, Saul did not cast any stone on Stephen, but by taking custody of the clothes of those who did, he approved of the killing (cf. Acts. 8:1).

🙏🏼Let us pray: The Summum Bonum, teach us to be good; to fight evil to a stop & never to cooperate in its flourishing. Amen!

🙏🏼We pray for all the master-minders & plotters of evil, that they may repent of their evil deeds & look up to Christ who is the Way, the Truth & the Life. Amen!

🙇🏻‍♂️St. Teresa, pray for us!

🙌🏻Our Lord is good!

10/14/2026

Wednesday October 14, 2026. 28th Week in the Ordinary Time of the year 2

Green: ⛪📖🙏🍀🌿🌱🌲☘️🌵🌳

📖1st Reading: Gal. 5:18-25

Responsorial Psalm: 1 🎷🎷🎶 🎼 (R.v. Jn.8:12) Response: Anyone who follows you, O Lord, will have the light of life.

Alleluia! Alleluia!!
Jn. 10:27

The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice; I know them & they follow me. Alleluia!!!

📖Gospel Reading: Lk. 11:42-46

📖Gospel Reading: Lk. 11:42-46

Theme: *Called to serve the Lord in spirit!*

🎤Reflection:

➕Proclaiming a curse on the Pharisees, Jesus accused them for giving to the temple a tenth of all they earned while neglecting love & justice of God which they should have practiced instead. He caused them again for taking choice seats at the synagogue & love being greeted in the marketplace. He cursed them once more for being like unseen tombstones of the dead which made passersby unclean when they unknowingly marched on it. At this time, a lawyer called Jesus' attention to the fact that His words insulted them too. He placed curse also on lawyers who placed heavy burdens on the people which they themselves couldn't move a finger to help.

➕To worship a Being who is at the same time immanent & transcendent requires a comportment devoid of unnecessary ostentation, pretence & injustice. He sees the heart & mind of His worshippers. Based on this, Jesus condemned any service not done principally in the Spirit!

➕True worshippers of God, at a time our churches are teeming with population of people of goodwill & the name of God is almost on everyone's lips, Jesus calls us to a very important aspect of witnessing so much neglected in our midst. Amazingly visible expressions in prayers with all sorts of shows not excluding being in trances, speaking in strange tongues, making of offerings of all types etc. are all ways of uniting intimately with our God. However, Jesus wouldn't want us to commit the same errors of the Pharisees.

➕Jesus actually wants us to see our brethren not as objects & means, but rather, as subjects & ends of all our earthly pursuits. He wants us to value human life & uphold human dignity. He wants us to act justly, to love tenderly & to walk humbly before Him. He wants us to see His image in all men. Of course, there's nothing we could give Him that would ever overwhelm Him our offerings, charities, prayers etc., ostensively made inclusive. And no matter how big they are, if they are not products of justice & love, they mean absolutely nothing to Him.

➕Let us bear in mind that He really wants us to come to Him in worship as this is what gladdens His heart. However, it must be done in spirit since He is spirit. Here is where the salutary effects lie. Let us therefore eschew all debilities that could make this invitation unanswered. Let us serve Him in truth & spirit as He told the samaritan woman that true worshippers would worship Him no longer in the temples but in spirit (cf. Jn. 4:24).

🙏🏼Let us pray: Transcendent God, make us realize that we can only be acceptable to you when we worship you with all our beings in the spirit of your Son. Amen!

🙏🏼We pray for all those who still worship God with pretence, may they repent & come out from the old way & find life in the spiritual service of God. Amen!

😄God keeps us in His Spirit!

🙌🏻We must serve Him in spirit & truth!

10/13/2026

Tuesday October 13, 2026. 28th Week in the ordinary time of the year 2

Green: ⛪📖🙏🌲☘️🌵🌱🌳🌿

📖1st Reading: Gal. 5:1-6

Responsorial Psalm: 119 🎷🎷🎶 🎼 (R.v. 41) Response: Lord, let your love come upon us.

Alleluia! Alleluia!!
Heb. 4:12

The word of God is something alive & active; it can judge secret emotions & thoughts. Alleluia!!!

📖Gospel Reading: Lk. 11:37-41

Theme: *Eschew cosmetic & pretentious practice of religion!*

🎤Reflection:

➕Invited by a Pharisee for a meal, Jesus sat at the table. The Pharisee was surprised that He has not first of all washed before the meal. Jesus called him out, & told him that they washed the outside of cup & plate while inside they were filled with extortion & wickedness. The one that made the outside made the inside too. He asked them to give alms from what they have, & every other thing would be clean.

➕The true profession & practice of religion is not the one done before on-lookers, but in the privacy of our rooms. Jesus, for this reason, shunned the cosmetic approach of the Pharisees to religion!

➕People of God, this generation seems to have adopted fully cosmetic approach to religious practices. Most christians, clergy & laity alike, now package themselves & their practices in a most appealing way. Hence, the more you look, the less you see! It is really disturbing because religious deceit has taken the order of the day. What matters to God is not eternal observance but the purity of our hearts.

➕Let us watch ourselves to see if we are among those that play a religion of 'hide & seek.' Can we withstand it if what we do in the dark were to be replayed in the public? Many of us would hide our heads in shame! It is ironical to attend morning Mass, pray regularly, & observe other religious traditions while harboring hatred, jealousy, dishonesty, & unforgiveness in our hearts. Unfortunately, even when we hide these from men, we cannot hide anything from God's sight. Let us invite Jesus to cleanse us through repentance, generosity, compassion, & love for others. True holiness begins within us & is made visible in how we treat others; when our hearts are clean, our actions will bear fruits of God's grace. We must realize that everything we do is uncovered & laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account (Heb. 4:13).

🙏🏼Let us pray: The Ubiquitous God, may we realize that you are everywhere & every time of our lives watching us. May we eschew pretences in our practice & profession of your name. Amen!

🙏🏼We pray for all those whose lives are full of deceit both in religious & secular circles, may they realize that even if we succeed in hiding from men, we cannot hide anything from God. Amen!

😁God is with us!

🙌🏻Give us your grace to practice true religion!

10/11/2026

Sunday October 11, 2026. 28th Sunday in the Ordinary Time Year A

Green: ⛪📖🙏🌲🌿🍃🌵🍀

📖1st Reading: Is. 25:6-10

Responsorial Psalm: 23 🎷🎷🎶 🎼 (R.v. 6) Response: In the Lord's own house shall I dwell forever & ever.

📖2nd Reading: Phil. 4:12-14, 19-20

Alleluia! Alleluia!!
Eph. 1:17-18

May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ open the eyes of our minds to see what hope His call holds for us. Alleluia!

📖Gospel Reading: Mt. 22:1-14

Theme: *The Lord's feast: A call to eternity!*

🎤Reflection:

➕Isaiah pictured the delights that would take place on God's holy mountain; rich food & sweet w**e, defeat of death & removal of mourning veil. This would be for all peoples & God would be looked up to as one in whom salvation is found. The people would rejoice & exult for they would be saved by the Lord.

➕Jesus told the parable of a man who extended invitation of his son's wedding to reputable guests. When everything was set, he sent his disciples to go & fetch them. Most of them gave excuses & some even killed the servants. In anger the man sent his army to lay waste the town & the guests. He then instructed his servants to go to the crossroads & fetch anybody at sight; the good & the bad for the banquet hall must be filled. When he came exchanging pleasantries with the guests, he noticed one without a wedding gown. He ordered his servants to throw him out into the dark where there will be weeping & grinding of teeth.

➕Fellow Guests to the Lord's feast, our heavenly home has been overtly depicted as a place where there is a perfect consummation of all our aspirations & yearnings. It is a home-coming whose invitation has been extended to all peoples of goodwill. While the 1st Reading laid out in a most nostalgic terms the beauty & el-doloradoic nature of this homeland figuratively situated on a mountain, Jesus in the Gospel emphasized the utmost importance of not only responding positively to this feast but also being always ready in case of any eventuality!

➕Feasts have connotation of merriment, fun, & good time. Isaiah prophesied that the Lord would prepare a rich banquet for all peoples. It is a feast of abundance, joy, & victory over death. Today's readings invite us to reflect on the logistics we usually put in place whenever we are invited to birthday or wedding celebrations, using them as a checklist for the preparation of the eternal banquet with the King of kings & the Lord of lords. Let's look at a few of them: 1⃣The Date: The 1st thing we often consider is the date of the event whether it suits us. But for this feast, the date is unpredictable. It therefore requires living in the present, living each day faithfully, & never postponing the good we can do today. The Lord can come unexpectedly! 2⃣The Venue: The venue of the event matters a lot. While Isaiah located the venue figuratively on a mountain, Jesus situated it in the banquet hall. This is the Eucharistic table; a foretaste of the eternal banquet. Each time we approach the Lord's table, we are reminded that one day God desires to welcome us into the fullness of His heavenly feast.

➕3⃣The Dress code: We usually make a careful selection of our feast's attire to avoid being the odd person. The man without a wedding garment reminds us that accepting God's invitation requires a response. We cannot simply say that we believe in God; our lives must reflect that faith. The wedding garment represents a life clothed in grace, love, righteousness, forgiveness, & holiness. Our dress code says a lot about who we are. 4⃣Readiness & Willingness: How disposed are we to attend the feast? The Gospel tells us that some invited guests refused to come. They were too occupied with their businesses & possession. Their problem was not that they had other responsibilities, but that they prioritized earthly concerns over God's invitation. They failed to prepare themselves daily by living their faith sincerely, forgiving others, loving the poor, serving those in need, & remaining faithful to Christ.

➕As a simple story with spiritual & moral lessons, the Holy Mother Church reminds all of us of this impending invitation to the celestial feast which must surely take place once in a lifetime. The feast is an invitation from God to share in His own life. It is a reminder that eternity is not an accident, it is the destiny for which God created us. God continually invites us to His table through the Eucharist, His Word, the sacraments, & the opportunities He gives us to love & serve one another. May we not become so absorbed in work, possessions, ambitions, entertainment, & worldly concerns that we forget the greater feast to which God is calling us. Earthly life is important, but it is not the final destination. All of us are invited; whether rich or poor, white or black, educated or illiterate, male or female, mighty or lowly etc. We must get set for it, putting on our clothes of righteousness. For the marriage of the Lamb has come & the bride has made herself ready (Rev. 19:7).

🙏🏼Let us pray: Our Chief Host, may we be ready & willing to attend this feast. May we be among the chosen & the blessed. Amen!

🙏🏼We pray for all those who are not preparing themselves for this feast of the Lamb, may they begin now for it must surely come one day. Amen!

😁Enjoy a spirit-filled Sunday!

🙌🏻We are all Guests of Honour to the feast!

10/10/2026

Saturday October 10, 2026. 27th Week in the ordinary time of the year 2

🌻Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday.

White: ⛪📖🙏🕯🎗🏵📤👑

📖1st Reading: Gal. 3:22-29

Responsorial Psalm: 105 🎷🎷🎶 🎼 (R.v. 8) Response: The Lord remembers his covenant forever.

Alleluia! Alleluia!!
Lk. 11:28

Happy are those who hear the word of God & keep it. Alleluia!!!

📖Gospel Reading: Lk. 11:27-28

Theme: *Doing His will counts more!*

🎤Reflection:

➕Still speaking, a woman raised her voice saying how blessed the womb that bore Jesus & the breasts He sucked were. But for Jesus, happier is he who heard the word of God & kept it.

➕To Many, family ties & affiliation will be the basis of our justification on the last day. But in this, Jesus demonstrated that our responsiveness to God's will is the key, & it counts above all other affiliations!

➕Good people of God, thinking that a person whose father is in heaven cannot experience the torments of hell if he/she backslides without getting up is grossly delusive. It tantamounts to privileged or entitlement mentality whereby someone feels that he/she must get whatever because of his/her position or connection. What counts here is our readiness to do what God wants.

➕Let's harken always to the voice of God & get ourselves to doing His will at all times. We must bear in mind that apart from being a merciful God, He too is a God of justice. Our disposition must always be the same as our Mother Mary's; let it be done to me as you have willed (Lk. 1:38).

🙏🏼Let us pray: Lily of Valleys, support us always in our weakness so as to be able to do your will at all times. Amen!

🙏🏼We pray for all those who find it difficult to do what God wants them to do, may they realize that that is the only way to attain everlasting life. Amen!

🙏🏼Mother of Perpetual help, pray for us!

🙌Teach us to do your will!

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