LITTLE , INSIGNIFICANT
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CHRISTMAS IN LITTLE OR INSIGNIFICANT THINGS: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 4HT SUNDAY OF ADVENT, CYCLE C, 2021

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The joy and celebration of Christmas are in the little or insignificant things of our daily human and Christian lives. Where God comes to meet us. It means we all need the grace to be conscious of the little joys, gestures, words, actions and contacts we make with God and others during this holy season. Christmas challenges us to see great things happening in human history and around us in the most insignificant ways. 

Joy,
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MARY: THE HERALD OF JOY AND PEACE: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT AND THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, CYCLE C, 2021

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The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe invites us to see Mary as the herald of joy and peace to the human race. The coincidence of celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the 3rd Sunday of Advent is one of Joy. A Sunday is traditionally known as Gaudete Sunday. The word Gaudete means rejoice. 

JOY , REJOICE
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BE JOYOUS AND LET YOUR JOY BE COMMUNICATIVE: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT CYCLE C, AND (DECEMBER 12TH, SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE IN MÉXICO) 2021

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Our Christian life is a call to us to be joyous and to let our joy be communicative to our brothers and sisters around us. This third Sunday of Advent is the celebration of joy. In the Holy Mass of today, the first four words of the Entrance Antiphon begins with Gaudete in Domino Semper, which means, Rejoice in the Lord always (Philippians 4:4). 

Peace, reconciliation
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NO CHRISTMAS WITHOUT SPIRITUAL PREPARATION, RECONCILIATION AND PEACE: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT, CYCLE C, 2021

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The most fundamental spiritual reality of Advent is that there is no Christmas without spiritual preparation of our hearts and reconciliation or peace with God or our brothers and sisters. Hence, Advent is a season of grace that God gives us through His Church to prepare us spiritually for the birth of Jesus Christ. This birth is not in the celebrations, traditions, decorations or symbols of Christmas but our hearts. The befitting dwelling place of God in our lives.

Hope
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HOPE AMID UNCERTAINTIES: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT, CYCLE C, 2021

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The Advent season of hope begins the new liturgical year of the Church. It offers us hope amid uncertainties of life and the time we are living. With the pandemic still lingering, it seems our hope of a better future is depicted. 

King, kingship, kingdom
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CHRIST MUST BE KING OF OUR HEARTS: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 34TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST THE UNIVERSAL KING, CYCLE B, 2021

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The Solemnity of Christ Our Universal King is a celebration that implies Christ must be King of our hearts. This means his kingdom of peace, justice, love, grace, and mercy should reign in us and around us. In other words, the celebration of Christ as King, Lord, and Saviour of the world is a feast the challenge us to enthrone Christ in our hearts and lives.
Christ must also reign in our families, marriages, businesses, schools, workplaces, societies and churches. It is not enough to acclaim Him, King by words, songs, banners, symbols or rites. We must enthrone over our existence and affairs. 

SALVATION, END TIME
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WITH THE LORD, THERE IS FULLNESS OF SALVATION: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 33RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE B, 2021

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The end of time is a moment of celebrating with the Lord the fullness of salvation. It is not a reckoning time of death, judgment and punishment. Our Christian reality is one that whether we are dead or alive, we are in the Lord. As such, the Second Coming is not something for us to be afraid of rumours of many frightening things happening in heaven and earth 

Generosity, poverty
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GENEROSITY IN POVERTY IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE B, 2021

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The beauty of life is that we can practice generosity in poverty. Giving and sharing out of the little we have in life. We cannot wait until we have in abundance before we can share with others. There is one thing that is certain about sharing generously with others out of our limited sources. The God of providence never let us lack anything. He replenished all our giving with abundant blessings, favours and graces. 

To love
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BEING A CHRISTIAN MEANS TO LOVE: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 31ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE B, 2021

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God is love (1John 4:8). This statement has a fundamental implication for all who adherents followers or devotees to God in the Christian religion. The fact is clear here being a Christian implies being a lovable person. This is what it means to love is to be a Christian. 

encouragement
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BE A SON OR DAUGHTER OF ENCOURAGEMENT: CATHOLIC SUNDAY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS: 30TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, CYCLE B, 2021

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The mission of God (Missio Dei) is the encouragement of God to us to be good on earth as followers of his Son Jesus Christ. The Christian life calls to be an encouragement to one another at all times. This is the mission entrusted to us by Christ himself.