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Jun 2016
“The Greatest Miracle of Christ is the Forgiveness of our Sins” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 12, 2016 Readings: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:10, 13-15; Psalm 32 Galatians 2:11-21 Luke 7:36-50 We are challenged by God’s great love for us. We either forget or don’t really care about giving God the right expression of thanksgiving for all that He has done for us. We are challenged by today’s Gospel. How do we respond to the miracle of life that God has given us? Life is the fullness of God’s......
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Jun 2016
“Sharing the Resurrected Life” Bishop Octavio Salvador Tarraya Third Sunday in Ordinary Time June 5, 2016 Readings: 1Kings 17:17-24, Psalm 30 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17 We are on the third Sunday in Ordinary Time. This Sunday, we are reminded that God’s divine power has given us everything pertaining to life and godliness in Christ (2 Peter 1:3).This means we lack in no good thing. The lack that we perceive is purely in our heads because we have not learned to believe that God has, indeed, given us everything that we need to......
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May 2016
“We are the Body of Christ” Bishop Octavio Salvador Tarraya Feast of Corpus Christi May 29, 2016 Readings: 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30, 41-43; Psalm 96:1-9 Galatians 1:1-10 Luke 7:1-10 Today is the feast of Corpus Christi. Corpus in Latin means “body”. Today is the feast of the Body of Christ. Today is the feast of the Church. The Church is our only refuge. After a week of battling various problems – illness in the family, financial lack, discord in the family or with friends and many others – come Sunday, we set......
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May 2016
“The Holy Spirit Brings Unity in the Church” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Feast of the Pentecost May 15, 2016 Readings: Acts 2:1-11, Psalm 104:24-30 1Corinthians 12:4-13 John 14:8-17 God shows us today that we aren’t desperate people because He loves us and provides us with everything we need. In spite of this, we continue to walk in poverty of these gifts, either because we don’t understand God’s gifts to us, we’re fearful of the manifestations of these gifts and the responsibility that goes with them, or we just don’t care. Pentecost comes......
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May 2016
“God Has Given Us Glory” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Seventh Sunday of Easter May 8, 2016 Readings: Acts 16:16-34, Psalm 68:1-20 Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20 John 17:20-26 The lesson God gives to us, especially from the Gospel, on this seventh Sunday of Easter is the height of Christ’s work for us, showing us God’s commitment to us and all of creation. Scriptures aren’t just stories to be read; they are to be lived. Christ paid a high price for our deliverance. He came to destroy the works of the devil. On the......
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01
May 2016
“To Love the Lord is to Keep His Word” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Sixth Sunday of Easter May 1, 2016 Readings: Acts 14:8-18, Psalm 67 Revelation 21:22-22:5 John 14:23-29 This is a day of “testing” and experimenting. In the gym (in Mandaluyong), we could do anything and nobody would notice (because it was a big place). Here (in our new home) movements and sounds are magnified that even a whisper from the back can be heard. I thank God for what He’s doing. It’s not us who are causing things to happen;......
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Apr 2016
“Our Participation in the Plan of God” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Fifth Sunday of Easter April 24, 2016 Readings: Acts 13:44-52, Psalm 145:1-9 Revelation 19:1, 4-9 John 13:31-35 This is the fifth Sunday of Easter. Just one more Sunday then we re-live Christ’s sending to us the Holy Spirit to seal the power in our lives with all that He has given us in Easter. In Revelation 19, we are given a picture of heaven (we don’t read Scriptures only as a story but use them as guideposts for our lives). In......
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Apr 2016
“He Leads Us to Green Pastures” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Fourth Sunday of Easter April 17, 2016 Readings: Acts 13:15-15, 26-33; Psalm 100 Revelation: 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 This fourth Sunday of Easter reminds us of all that belongs to us in Christ so that we will be filled with thanksgiving for the greatness of God’s love. We just sang “Heal Our Land”. This should be the goal of Christianity – the healing of everything that has gone wrong in the world. One man can’t do it; certainly not a politician who promises......
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Apr 2016
“Christ Restored All That Was Lost” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Third Sunday of Easter April 10, 2016 Readings: Acts 9:1-19, Psalm 33:1-11 Revelation 5:6-14 John 21:1-14 Easter is not a day or a season; it is LIFE. That is what Christ gave us at Easter – new life. Many think that Easter is just about Christ dying for our sins, but it’s more than that. He also took our grief, sickness, pain and death. He conquered death, hell and the grave. In the beginning, in the Garden, life was perfect. There was......
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Apr 2016
“We Have Been Given New Life” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Second Sunday of Easter April 3, 2016 Readings: Acts 5:12a, 17-22, 25-29 Psalm 111 Revelation 1:9-19 John 20:19-31 This is the second Sunday of Easter but our readings take place on Easter because there’s so much about Easter that we must understand. Psalm 111 says, “Great are the works of the Lord; they are studied by all who delight in them.” God doesn’t do “little” things, and Easter is the greatest of His works. We should study and meditate on His works,......
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