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Save the family!
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - December 26, 2004 - 12:00am
At the very center of God’s creation is the Family – the incarnation of God’s love and design for the world. Thus, every person is meant to be born into a family, and that family is called to join...
Now or never!
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - December 12, 2004 - 12:00am
The current, critical fiscal crisis and the recent landslides and flashfloods that cost a thousand lives and untold damages are not a curse or a punishment from God. They are man-made-disasters — the unconscionable...
Spiritual stubbornness
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - November 14, 2004 - 12:00am
"By your perseverance, you will secure your lives." (Lk. 21:19). These words of Jesus from today’s Gospel reading says it all. You and I know that every one of us was born to love and be loved —...
Spiritual stubbornness
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - November 14, 2004 - 12:00am
"By your perseverance, you will secure your lives." (Lk. 21:19). These words of Jesus from today’s Gospel reading says it all. You and I know that every one of us was born to love and be loved —...
Hubris
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - October 24, 2004 - 12:00am
That arrogant, self-righteous Pharisee in today’s Gospel parable (Lk. 18: 9-14) is a wake-up call to many of us Christians. In the practice of our religion, let us be constantly aware that the spirit of the...
Salamat, Panginoon, salamat
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - October 10, 2004 - 12:00am
Inspired once again by today’s Gospel incident about that grateful, Samaritan leper (Lk. 17: 11-19) to the point of being autobiographical, allow me to publicly share with you, dear readers, my never-ending...
S S S
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - September 26, 2004 - 12:00am
Stewardship, Simplicity, and Sharing. The only lifestyle that leads to God. Today’s parable about the rich man Dives and the poor man Lazarus says it all (Lk. 16: 19-31). Had Dives learned to live the lifestyle...
Narrow gate
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - August 22, 2004 - 12:00am
"Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough." (From today’s Gospel reading, Lk. 13:22-30). Jesus Christ! That’s quite...
Population crisis
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - August 8, 2004 - 12:00am
In today’s Gospel teaching, Jesus sends us, his disciples, to be faithful and prudent stewards of His people (Lk. 12: 32-48). Steward means caretaker, tagapag-alaga. What a timely message to our Church leaders...
To be bread for others
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - June 13, 2004 - 12:00am
"This is my body to be given to you." (1 Cor. 11:24). To be shared and spent for you. To sacrifice and die for you. Not just this piece of bread, but Me. My person. My Life. This bread is merely a symbol...
Election means love
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - May 9, 2004 - 12:00am
"I give you a new commandment: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for another another." (From...
Last call?
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - April 25, 2004 - 12:00am
The triple denial of Peter was later redeemed by his triple profession of love for Christ, and climaxed by Christ’s triple mission for Peter to reach out to others, especially the poor and the oppressed. "Feed...
God is mercy enduring forever
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - April 18, 2004 - 12:00am
Of all the attributes of God, love has a supreme place, for self-giving love comes nearest to expressing the mystery of divine mercy. Mercy is an essential part of the "love Christ has revealed", made possible...
Easter vs McWorld
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - April 8, 2004 - 12:00am
The phenomenal success of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is in itself a phenomenon within a Western pop culture that has been dubbed as McWorld. In the midst and at the height of American consumerism...
Fruitful or fruitless?
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - March 14, 2004 - 12:00am
Today’s Parable of the Fig Tree (Lk. 13:6-9) is so meaningful for each one of us individually, and for all of us as a nation. As the owner of the orchard, God the Father planted each one of us there, so that...
Baptism 2004
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - January 11, 2004 - 12:00am
The baptism of John at the Jordan was a baptism of water. It simply prepared the way for the baptism of Christ, which was the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire (Today’s Gospel event, Lk. 3. 15-16, 21-22)....
Family story untold
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - December 28, 2003 - 12:00am
Except for a few passages in the New Testament, the family story of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph is mostly untold, like most of our own. Untold because it was so ordinary. And yet, hidden within the ordinary is the ...
‘What should we do?’
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - December 14, 2003 - 12:00am
Three times in today’s Gospel passage, this question was asked by various groups who came to John the Baptist for a baptism of repentance in preparation for the coming of the Messiah: "What should we do?"...
Root of all evil
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - November 9, 2003 - 12:00am
As the saying goes: Money is the root of all evil. Who in his right mind would doubt that this is what lies behind the ruthless persecution against Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr.! In Christian terms, there are...
Letting go . . .
by GOD'S WORD TODAY By Ruben M. Tanseco, S.J. - October 12, 2003 - 12:00am
God is the only absolute. Everything else is relative. "Everything is precious because it is from God, and yet everything is relative – precisely because everything is precious only in relation to God."...
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