The Bible does not say anything about anyone being condemned to hell. But we have one instance that a person was given the assurance of being given entry to heaven. (Christ the King)

After the scare of 2000 (when it was thought that Nostradamus predicted the end of the world), there comes the scare of the Mayan calendar which says that the end will come in 2012. But some scientists claim that there was a mistake in transposing the Mayan calendar to the modern Gregorian calendar. So the end will not come in 2012. What does Jesus say about the end of time? (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – C)

The Sadducees do not believe in the resurrection, not even in an after-life. They contest the resurrection with an argument that shows it to be ridiculous! (32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – C)

We call a braggart “mahangin”. They turn us off. Nobody for that matter likes a “mayabang”. Should we wonder that God also is turned “off” by a braggart. (30th Sunday in Ordinary Time C)

When you pray for something, what is the time limit you give to God to grant you your request? (29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – C)

Have you ever felt hurt because of ingratitude? Jesus experienced the same thing. (28th Sunday in Ordinary Time C)

Have you ever seen a mustard seed? Do you have any idea how small it is? You’ll find a picture here. (27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – C)

In the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, why is it that the poor man is named while the rich man was not given any name at all? (26th Sunday in Ordinary Time – C)

I officiated the weddding of one of our batchmates. In attendance was the former secretary of finance, who was also of our batch. At the time he was already working in Singapore for a transnational firm. We were all gathered literally in one corner of the reception hall. But he didn’t mind being there. His behavior came to my mind as I read this Sunday’s gospel (22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time C)

Getting into heaven is serious business. But it’s not something to be given to you in a silver platter. Jesus said you have to agonize over it. (21st Sunday in Ordinary Time – C)

It is not that the things of this world do not matter. But it is that the things of heaven are left forgotten. (18th Sunday in Ordinary Time C)

When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, he did not only give them a model of prayer but the content as well. (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time C)

Did Jesus want Martha to stop preparing dinner and sit down with Mary at his feet? (16th Sunday in Ordinary Time – C)

To the scribe the question he posed–and who is my neighbor–was problematic. In his day, the obvious answer was “my fellow Jew!” But the Parable of the Good Samaritan not only gave a different answer. It also told the scribe that his question was all wrong. (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)]

We take it for granted that the work of the Kingdom is the work of priests and religious. The gospel of today corrects this belief. The work of spreading the Kingdom is the work of all disciples, that is, even ordinary Christians. (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Gospel today is divided into two parts. The first part teaches tolerance. The second part has three illustrations about the demands of discipleship. It’s not easy to be a disciple if we take it seriously. And Jesus does not hide the fact. (13th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Who do you say that I am? Jesus does not ask us who he is according to the books we’ve read or the sermons we’ve listene to. No. He asks us who we have discovered him to be in our experience. (12th Sunday in Ordinary Time – C)

If Mary Magdalene were alive today, she might have gone to court to sue us for defamation, for spreading the rumor that she was a prostitude. But was she a prostitute? (11 Sunday in Ordinary Time)

There are some Catholics who feel attracted to participate in the so-called Tridentine Mass. The Pope has given the permission to do so. But from the point of view of intelligent and active participation of the community, the Vatican II aggiornamento (bringing the Liturgy up-to-date) seems to be the better alternative. (Corpus Christi)

In my first years as a priest I was requested by a group belonging to the charismatic renewal to talk to them about the Gospel of the coming Sunday. I willingly obliged. I witnessed how they would pray in tongues. It rattled me in the beginning. And it reminded me of my first exposure to this way of praying many years before…and it also rattled me then. If we read the Pentecost story of the Acts of the Apostles, it all finds its origin in the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Church. (Pentecost)