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In this Gospel, we learn the value of faith. So what is faith? Faith is complete trust or confidence in someone or something. But putting your complete faith is a risk. So what is risk? Risk is like shooting a ball at its last second. Risk is like telling your feelings to someone you love or adore. All of us take a risk every day. With faith, we learn to believe and trust. Having faith is like writing a reflection about the todays Gospel, because of faith, I am able write this reflection which you are reading right now. Look what faith can do to our lives. It gives us confidence, strength and pushes us to persevere. But despite all the risks, it deepens our faith in God. In that scenario, we take a leap of faith even if we don’t know what the future holds or even what God has planned for us. If you have complete trust, you will not mind the risks even if it’s just a little or too big of a risk. There will be always a time when you can’t put your complete trust to God. Why? It is becaus...

The Gospel today reminds me to keep my faith in Jesus. Jesus tested the disciples by sleeping in the midst of the storm. Jesus' sleeping presence on the storm symbolizes the sleeping faith of the disciples. They were terrified even though they knew that their master was on the same boat. Sometimes, we all have to agree that we are like the disciples. At the very beginning of this Gospel, the disciples took Jesus with them in their journey to cross the sea. Like them, we accept Jesus whole-heartedly in our lives without hesitation. But as our lives meet the storms such as the storms of adversity, sorrow and temptation, we begin to be frightened and soon we forget that our Lord is here with us. There are instances in my life that I showed my fear and my lack of faith. Recently, my new cell phone could not be opened. I got so mad because even if I handled my phone with so much care, it still broke. I was afraid that it wont be fixed anymore. In my  happens to me frustration, I started...

It is always beautiful to see Jesus, he gave us a life and guided us in our everyday doings, he sacrifices a lot of things for us. In this Gospel, Jesus narrates the two brief stories which take place every day in the life of all us: the story of the seed itself and the story of the small mustard seed which grows into the biggest shrub”  The story of the seed which grows alone: A farmer who plants and knows the procedures: seed, the green sprout, leaf, spike, grain. The farmer knows how to wait, he does not cut down the grain before it is time. But he does not know how the soil, the rain, the sun and the seed have this force or strength to make the plant grow from nothing until it bears a fruit. This is how the Kingdom of God is. It is a process, there are stages and moments of growth. It takes place and time. It produces fruit at the just moment, but nobody knows how to explain its mysterious force.  The story of the small mustard seed which grows and becomes big. The mustard...

In this Gospel the disciples asked Jesus "Where do you want us to go and prepare to eat the passover?" Jesus sent his two disciples and said "Go into the city and a man will meet you carrying a jar of water. Follow him. Wherever he enters, say to the master of the house "The teacher says "Where is my guest room where I may eat the passover with my diciples?" Then he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Make the preparations for us there." The disciples then went off, entered the city and found it just as he had told him and they prepared the passover.  The summary of the story is about faith in Jesus. Jesus is telling us that we shouldn't doubt him, we shouldn't hesitate to follow his words. Jesus is telling us to have faith in Him and nothing will go wrong. Personally when I have problems I just lift them up to Jesus and say "Ikaw na bahala Lord." Then I realized gradually that everything is turning out fine, that m...