Posted on August 31st, 2009 by Joyoz
Like the wise virgins we have to always keep our lamps lit and filled with oil. To be ready for the Lord doesn’t mean simply waiting. It means ‘buying some of yourselves’, i.e., engaging in daily good work and not depending on others. We grow in our daily struggle, in every effort we make to [...]
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Posted on August 24th, 2009 by Joyoz
Honestly, I don’t like talking about life insurance. The term life insurance is like expecting someone to go away forever. But if we face reality, this is mostly what people are thinking. To have life insurance and be secured that there will be something to claim or left for the love ones if the time [...]
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Posted on August 23rd, 2009 by Joyoz
‘For someone so prominent in the Gospels, to whom Jesus gives so much responsibility, whom the church honors so highly, St. Peter sure gets a lot of things wrong. But in Sunday’s Gospel Peter couldn’t have got it more right. When everyone else grumbles at the “hard sayings” of Jesus (about eating his flesh and [...]
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Posted on August 22nd, 2009 by Joyoz
A friend of mine has been struggling with his weight for quite some time. Off course, as his friends we were quite concerned with his health. He’s been depriving himself of all the food he loves to eat and do all the possible things that can help him. Unfortunately, none of the things that he’s [...]
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Posted on August 21st, 2009 by Joyoz
‘The young man went away sad for he was a man of great wealth.’ (Mt 19:22). He had been good. He had kept the commandments. But this young man realized he was still attached to values and possessions that stood between him and God. Sometimes we are attached to some things that we hardly recognize [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2009 by Joyoz
Are you one those lucky but not so lucky people? You’ve got cash coming your way in the form of insurance claim settlement, but you won’t get your cash in time to help with a few things around the house. Oh, a few things like unpaid bills, mortgage payments, some nice things to buy, or [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2009 by Joyoz
With all the humps and bumps, the unexpected twists& turns we encounter each day, we travelers on life’s road can grow weak& weary. But we can turn around& see. ‘What a cloud of innumerable witnesses surround us! ‘(Heb 12:1) Think of your spiritual guides, those who’ve filled you w/much hope& life lately.
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Posted on August 19th, 2009 by Joyoz
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Actually, I hate vacuum because the noise is killing me. Well, I’m used to it since I started to used it at home. But gosh! I don’t really like the [...]
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Posted on August 17th, 2009 by Joyoz
I’ve read in the news recently about a family of 5 died in a fire recently. The sad thing about the news was that there were 4 kids involved. The fire happened in their home while they were sleeping. Authorities are still investigating what caused the fire, and if the family had a fire alarm [...]
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Posted on August 16th, 2009 by Joyoz
‘In today’s gospel reading Jesus concludes his teaching on the mystery of the Eucharist. We hear again the announcing of the Eucharist as the ultimate expression of the Incarnation: “The bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world”. The listeners find this hard to accept, giving expression to the [...]
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