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25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

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Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Mk 9:30-37

Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee,
but he did not wish anyone to know about it.
He was teaching his disciples and telling them,
“The Son of Man is to be handed over to men
and they will kill him,
and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise.”
But they did not understand the saying,
and they were afraid to question him.

They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house,
he began to ask them,
“What were you arguing about on the way?”
But they remained silent.
They had been discussing among themselves on the way
who was the greatest.
Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them,
“If anyone wishes to be first,
he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”
Taking a child, he placed it in the their midst,
and putting his arms around it, he said to them,
“Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me;
and whoever receives me,
receives not me but the One who sent me.”

Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year B)

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Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year B)
Jn 15:9-17

Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father”s commandments
and remain in his love.”

“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you
and your joy might be complete.
This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command you.
I no longer call you slaves,
because a slave does not know what his master is doing.
I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another.”

Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year B)

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Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year B)
Jn 15:1-8

Jesus said to his disciples:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,
and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
Remain in me, as I remain in you.
Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own
unless it remains on the vine,
so neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine, you are the branches.
Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,
because without me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me
will be thrown out like a branch and wither;
people will gather them and throw them into a fire
and they will be burned.
If you remain in me and my words remain in you,
ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you.
By this is my Father glorified,
that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.”

Do a Loving Act Each Day of Lent

Lent

Today is Ash Wednesday and today is the start of the forty-day Season of Lent. As I have said in my previous post, Lent is about radical conversion – leaving behind our old ways of being and doing in order to become like Christ. Here are forty practical suggestions on how to make a radical conversion this Season – by doing a loving act each day of Lent.

1. Forgive someone who has hurt you deeply.
2. Say thanks to a tricycle/jeepney/bus driver.
3. Read the Bible.
4. Write a love letter to your spouse.
5. Plant trees.
6. Make someone smile.
7. Help your parents do the household chores.
8. Play your favorite game with your siblings.
9. Help an old person cross the street.
10. Cook for your parents.
11. Pray the rosary with your family.
12. Sincerely pay attention to your parents.
13. Make someone laugh.
14. Support a human rights advocacy.
15. Help someone without being asked.
16. Plant vegetables.
17. Give your extra shirt to a beggar.
18. Offer your seat to a lady or an old person.
19. Hug your children.
20. Learn to recycle everything.
21. Visit a sick friend.
22. Attend Mass with your family.
23. Do the Stations of the Cross with your family.
24. Be patient with your teachers.
25. Be the reason for someone in despair to find hope.
26. Send biblical text messages.
27. Say grace before eating.
28. Give thanks after eating.
29. Visit a friend you haven’t seen for years.
30. Pray for your enemies.
31. Hug your father.
32. Spread peace wherever you go.
33. Volunteer to teach out-of-school children.
34. Give alms to street children.
35. Be patient with slow learners.
36. Give clean water to homeless families.
37. Help someone build a house.
38. Visit an orphanage.
39. Give books to poor children.
40. Spend some time alone in prayer.

Videosharing To Proclaim

Videos have a universal appeal. Like music, they can be understood without specialist knowledge. They are fun. They are popular. So popular that Youtube, the most-visited videosharing site on the planet, now streams an average of over one billion videos a day. Videos shared in Youtube and other videosharing sites usually last less than 10 minutes and they are called video clips or simply clips.

Video clips are available in many categories classified according to their content. The most popular categories include comedy, education, entertainment, gaming, howto, music, people, technology, sports and travel.

The widespread popularity of video clips has led to the rise a new culture – the clip culture – one that is immersed in the production and consumption of shared video clips.

The presentation below is about how online evangelizers or cybermissionaries can take full advantage of the popularity of videosharing and this emerging new culture in order to spread God’s Word and help others grow in their faith.

I will give the above presentation tomorrow afternoon (12 Dec 2009) during the “Writing the Word on the Net” Workshop organized by the Couples for Christ (CFC). The aim of the daylong workshop is “to orient and equip full-time workers, community leaders and members interested in writing about their Christian faith on the web.”

Other speakers in the workshop are Jun Asis of Mabutingbalita.net, Tina Matanguihan of Refineme.org and James Michael “Ganns” Deen of Gannsdeen.com. The workshop was held at the CFC Center in Ortigas Avenue, Madaluyong City.

Experiencing God Everywhere

Other6 is a website that asks two simple questions: Where have you found God today? Where do you need to find God today?

The website (www.other6.net) invites its visitors to share their experiences of finding God in everyday situations. Some people experience God through liturgical celebrations, the sacraments and the bible. But finding God is not just about making contact with him through prayer, but also about experiencing Him in the most ordinary situation, good or bad. You do not have to wait for Sunday to be close to God, He is just as intimate the other6 days of the week.

And this is exactly what people are writing about and posting in Other6. Some people find God while gardening or watching a sunset or being with their co-workers. Here are a few examples of what visitors have posted: Continue reading