Hello friends! Are you all refreshed and ready to face the new year? 2012 has been a crazy roller coaster ride for MCC Quezon City and for the rest of the MCCs in the Philippines. That is why we are so excited that we have been blessed with a new beginning and an exciting development […]
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Blessed by God’s Fireworks: A New Year’s Eve Reflection
Whenever my birth date in October comes approaching or when I wake up to December’s Christmas and New Year’s celebration, I always find myself a little jaded and in a reflective mood. It’s as if I am suddenly snapped out of my fast paced, seemingly ordinary and everyday routines. I am reminded of that inevitable […]
#9 Christmas 2012 Reflection: Re-imagining Christmas
Gospel Reading: Luke 2: 1-14 Reading today’s Gospel, I can’t help but re-imagine the first Christmas as if it were a cinematic experience. And because of this, I got to see a few details quite different from what I grew up to believe in and which led to questions that I can’t answer as I […]
#8 Christmas 2012 Reflection: To be Great is to be Less
Gospel Reading John 3:22-30 In our Gospel today, John the Baptist denies that he is the Christ and proclaims that his joy has been competed upon the arrival of the bridegroom, who is Jesus the Christ. In John 1:27, John the Baptist goes as far as to testify that the Christ “…is the one who […]
#7 Christmas 2012 Reflection: Walk the Talk, Talk the Walk
Gospel Reading: Luke 1:46-56 The famous Magnificat is the gospel reading today. It is Mary’s proclamation of God’s justice, mercy and goodness. In here she also prophesies that her name shall be called blessed for all ages to come. This specific bible text had several song versions and renditions in so many languages; a very […]