Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Selfishly or unselfishly selfless! I don’t know if you like selfish people. I do not. You know why? Because they do not care about me! Actually, we are not that selfish. We do care about… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 10 (Thursday in the First Week of Lent)
The article was first reported by The Catholic Free Press. March 1, 2022 By Tanya Connor | The Catholic Free Press Alicia Wilk, a widow in Poland, is happy just to learn that her only child is still alive. Her daughter, Sister Beata Wilk, 54, of the Sisters of the… Read More »Polish Parish Sends Support for Sister in Ukraine
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Paradoxical invitation In our daily lives, we can see many things that are paradoxical. Someone can say to you: be spontaneous! With this invitation, there are two possibilities. I can be spontaneous only if I… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 9 (Wednesday in the First Week of Lent)
Winter is coming to a soggy end, reports Fr. Barry Bercier, A.A. The almond trees cover themselves with sweet white blossoms, even before they put out their leaves. The Jordan valley, usually brown and dry, is streaked with green. Father went up to Galilee to visit an old friend at… Read More »News from Jerusalem
I am Elmer Lagman Vergara. I was born on June 26, 1981 in Mabalacat, Pampanga, and I was raised in Bamban, Tarlac. I am the youngest in the family with 2 brothers and 2 sisters. I come from a family of farmers. I am a Chemical technician by profession. I… Read More »Bro. Elmer, A.A. Moves into The Assumptionist Center
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Backward step to the Father! A spiritual advisor of the Eastern Church made an amazing suggestion: “[B]egin the Our Father with the last verse, so that one might become worthy to finish the prayer with… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 8 (Tuesday in the First Week of Lent)
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. The king is poor! On the way to the royal palace for an important discussion with the King about his succession, a nobleman met a beggar. The beggar was covered with rags, starving and pitiful.… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 7 (Monday in the First Week of Lent)
Desert seems a hard place to live; yet it is a wonderful place to renewal. One returns to deserted place to know the true self better and his/her own Creator. The Gospel reading today invites us to enter our own deserted place to know ourselves and God better. We hope… Read More »Meditation on the First Sunday of Lent 2022
New humanity Luke’s account of the temptation is very close to that of Matthew. With a personal touch and in a more precise way than Mark, Luke presents Jesus as a new Adam. Different from Matthew who begins Jesus’ genealogy with Abraham to highlight Jesus’ bonds with the people of… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 6 (First Sunday of Lent)
Where is there excess in your life? Traditionally, Lent is a time for simplicity. It is a time to take an inventory of your life. Where is there excess in your life? Is this excess taking you away from the one thing that matters the most, to be a son/daughter… Read More »Assess the Excess