Road to Emmaus

Third Sunday of Easter

19 April 2026

 

First Reading: Acts 2:14, 22-33

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11

Second Reading: 1 Peter 1:17-21

Gospel: Luke 24:13-25

 

Reflection

By: Benj Santiago

 

Many of us today walk the “road to Emmaus” discouraged by inflation, job insecurity, disaster risks, and an uncertain future due to conflicts and war. 

Like the disciples, we often feel confused and defeated. Yet Jesus walks with them quietly, explaining meaning in their pain. 

This Gospel teaches us that God is present even when we don’t recognize Him. For our country, this is a reminder that national healing requires reflection, dialogue, and faith. 

True change begins when hearts are opened, truth is spoken, and people choose compassion. Hope is restored when we recognize Christ in service, unity, and shared sacrifice.

Prayer

Lord Jesus, as we walk our own road of uncertainty and fear, stay beside us. Open our eyes to Your presence in our struggles with inflation, insecurity, and disaster. 

Teach our nation to seek truth, choose compassion, and embrace unity. Restore our hope, and guide us toward healing and shared sacrifice. Amen.

In Hopeful Patience

Third Sunday of Easter

26 April 2020

First reading                                                                        Acts 2:14, 32-33
Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say: This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both see and hear.”

Second reading                                                        1 Peter 1:17-21

If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.

Gospel                                                                     Luke 24:13-35

Two of the disciples were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking together, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?”

He asked them, “What things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place. Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early that morning, and when they did not find his body there, they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but they did not see him.”

Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?” Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.

As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.

They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!” Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Reflection

By Pietro S. Albano

When was the last Mass you have physically attended? Mine was 19th March, the feast of St Joseph. When news broke out that public Masses will suspended, it felt really different. It felt, as some news commentators would say, like World War 2. I suddenly remembered the story of how my late grandparents would still go to church for daily Mass during those times. My Lola told me that there were moments when only she, my Lolo, and the priest were present in the liturgy. Fast forward, you would see and be inspired with priests and their collaborators offering the Mass on live stream.

The suspension of public Masses (and the mandatory quarantine), for me, brings us back to those two disciples in today's Gospel. They were sad because they have lost their Master and friend. Their sadness overwhelmed them a lot that they became "foolish...[and] slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared". Their sadness prevented them from recognizing Jesus who walked with them to Emmaus.

Covid-19 has brought the world to its knees. It has caused a lot of anxiety on people and, if we are not careful, it may lead us to selfishness, complacency, hopelessness, depression, illness, and death. At times, we can be tempted to be like those two disciples to the point of failing to see and hear Jesus.

Thanks to God for creating technology, we are able to still participate in the Holy Mass and other spiritual exercises such as the Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, novenas to the saints, recollections, etc. Let's take these opportunities to stay connected with the Lord. In hopeful patience, let's allow Him to keep "our hearts burning within us ... while he [opens] the scriptures to us" and breaks bread with us. My Lola used to echo the teaching that the family, the home is the domestic church. Indeed, this has been made more obvious when the lock down was enforced. Relating to the Gospel, our homes have become the new Emmaus!

And as we keep ourselves sustained by the Lord's Word and Sacrament online as it may be, let's look forward to the day when we could once again be back to our other Emmauses - our churches and chapels - eager to hear His Word and receive His Body and Blood. Lest we forget, our story doesn't end in Emmaus. Like the disciples, we're called to eagerly return to the Jerusalems of our lives - our peers, neighborhoods, workplaces, parishes, organizations, etc - and share the good news: "The Lord has risen indeed!".

Prayer

Lord Jesus, in these uncertain times, like the two disciples, we beg You: stay with us. Keep our hearts burning and yearning for Your Word and Body. Keep our hearts burning and yearning to proclaim Your Word and share Your Body. Keep our hearts from anything that would prevent us from knowing, loving, and serving You. Amen.

Meal and Movement

Third

 Sunday of Easter

30 April 2017

First reading	Acts 2:14,22-33

On the day of Pentecost Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed the crowd in a loud voice: ‘Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God by the miracles and portents and signs that God worked through him when he was among you, as you all know. This man, who was put into your power by the deliberate intention and foreknowledge of God, you took and had crucified by men outside the Law. You killed him, but God raised him to life, freeing him from the pangs of Hades; for it was impossible for him to be held in its power since, as David says of him:
I saw the Lord before me always,
for with him at my right hand nothing can shake me.
So my heart was glad
and my tongue cried out with joy;
my body, too, will rest in the hope
that you will not abandon my soul to Hades
nor allow your holy one to experience corruption.
You have made known the way of life to me,
you will fill me with gladness through your presence.
‘Brothers, no one can deny that the patriarch David himself is dead and buried: his tomb is still with us. But since he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn him an oath to make one of his descendants succeed him on the throne, what he foresaw and spoke about was the resurrection of the Christ: he is the one who was not abandoned to Hades, and whose body did not experience corruption. God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to that. Now raised to the heights by God’s right hand, he has received from the Father the Holy Spirit, who was promised, and what you see and hear is the outpouring of that Spirit.’

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Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 15(16):1-2,5,7-11

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Second reading	1 Peter 1:17-21

If you are acknowledging as your Father one who has no favourites and judges everyone according to what he has done, you must be scrupulously careful as long as you are living away from your home. Remember, the ransom that was paid to free you from the useless way of life your ancestors handed down was not paid in anything corruptible, neither in silver nor gold, but in the precious blood of a lamb without spot or stain, namely Christ; who, though known since before the world was made, has been revealed only in our time, the end of the ages, for your sake. Through him you now have faith in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory for that very reason – so that you would have faith and hope in God.

Gospel Acclamation	cf.Lk24:32

Alleluia, alleluia!
Lord Jesus, explain the Scriptures to us.
Make our hearts burn within us as you talk to us.
Alleluia!

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Gospel	Luke 24:13-35

Two of the disciples of Jesus were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking together about all that had happened. Now as they talked this over, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side; but something prevented them from recognising him. He said to them, ‘What matters are you discussing as you walk along?’ They stopped short, their faces downcast.
  Then one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, ‘You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have been happening there these last few days.’ ‘What things?’ he asked. ‘All about Jesus of Nazareth’ they answered ‘who proved he was a great prophet by the things he said and did in the sight of God and of the whole people; and how our chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified. Our own hope had been that he would be the one to set Israel free. And this is not all: two whole days have gone by since it all happened; and some women from our group have astounded us: they went to the tomb in the early morning, and when they did not find the body, they came back to tell us they had seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive. Some of our friends went to the tomb and found everything exactly as the women had reported, but of him they saw nothing.’
  Then he said to them, ‘You foolish men! So slow to believe the full message of the prophets! Was it not ordained that the Christ should suffer and so enter into his glory?’ Then, starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, he explained to them the passages throughout the scriptures that were about himself.
  When they drew near to the village to which they were going, he made as if to go on; but they pressed him to stay with them. ‘It is nearly evening’ they said ‘and the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them. Now while he was with them at table, he took the bread and said the blessing; then he broke it and handed it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognised him; but he had vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, ‘Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?’
  They set out that instant and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven assembled together with their companions, who said to them, ‘Yes, it is true. The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.’ Then they told their story of what had happened on the road and how they had recognised him at the breaking of bread.

Reflection

by Carlo Alexis Malaluan

Friends, we are in the third Sunday of Easter.

Easter is a movement. The resurrection of Jesus moves from the bitter passion of Christ towards the glory of everlasting life. As Jesus moves on, his followers move on. But this Easter gets us out of our comfort zones and calls us to the open road of life – towards our mission.

It is a good practice to walk every morning and have a good breakfast. It is not only good for the body but also for the soul – a walk and a meal. In the gospel, Jesus encountered his two disciples in a walk and in a meal. Two confused disciples were walking down the road to Emmaus. Their world has been turned upside down by the twists and turns of events of the past days. When suddenly, they were joined by a third man – stranger he may seem but he knows them very well.

Geographically speaking, they have to walk seven miles from Jerusalem to Emmaus. Engulfed in grief and sorrow, it is a long road to take. Their pain and hurt turned into joy and relief when they have entered into a strange encounter with their unexpected sojourner, who unfolds the story of resurrection and salvation. Their eyes may be blinded and prevented from seeing Our Lord, they have reached out for him and invited him into a supper. Their walk and meal leads to theophany, the encounter with the Resurrected Lord who made himself known in the breaking of the bread.

Movement and meal lead to revelation. The Lord through this encounter renewed their spirits, filled their hearts with warmth and rekindled their mission which lead them not only to seven miles away but to the four corners of the world to bring the good news.

In the closing stages of the gospel, Jesus vanishes before their very eyes. They have seen the Lord but he still needs to move on as well. God is not static. God is moving. God is not imprisoned by yesterday’s revelations, by the bitter events of the past, by our human weakness. God is alive and is on the move, doing great things and making things anew. God is always meeting us in our pilgrims, in our journey.

Let us find our own road of Emmaus. Emmaus is everywhere.

Wherever we are on the road and at every mealtime, Jesus comes to us, filled with new hope and glory and the joy of resurrection.

We can have a new life. Let us open our eyes to the Lord, so as to our hearts may see Him. Let us keep moving, like the two disciples towards Emmaus, because Jesus walks beside us on the road.

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, remove from our life what hinders us from recognizing You.  Ignited with Your Word and nourished by Your Body and Blood, may we become signs of Your living presence to all. Amen.

Doubts Conquered

“ When you begin to study, look up to Him and think: 'O Lord, how worthless this knowledge would be, if it were not for the enlightening of my mind for Your service, or for making me more useful to my fellow men.'”

- St Elizabeth Ann Seton

First Reading:  Acts 2:14, 22-33

          But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words."Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know --this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

          But God raised him up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says concerning him, `I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will dwell in hope. For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades, nor let thy Holy One see corruption.

          Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt make me full of gladness with thy presence.' "Brethren, I may say to you confidently of the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne, he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

          This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear.

Psalm: Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11

Second Reading: 1 Peter 1:17-21

          And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake. Through him you have confidence in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Gospel: Luke 24:13-35

          That very day two of them were going to a village named Emma'us, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, named Cle'opas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?"

          And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

          Some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see." And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them.

          When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures? And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who said, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Reflection:

Doubts Conquered

By Benj Santiago

“He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you, who through him believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.” 

Today marks the second Sunday after the Resurrection or Easter Sunday. For us who live in the now, in this timeframe where we have been freely celebrating Easter Sunday all over the world; it is a totally different situation. We believe for we are free to believe and we have heard and read many testimonies about the Risen Christ in the Bible. While it was already foretold by the prophets of old before it actually came to reality on that fateful first Easter Sunday, many still failed to believe for many reasons. Some of the Jews did not believe out of fear and deception of the authorities which even include the priests of Jesus time. Even Thomas doubted and Peter the impulsive and brave leader of the disciples were locking themselves up for fear of the Jewish authorities. They know the scriptures and they have been able to live and talk and eat with Jesus yet they doubted. 

The two disciples mentioned in today’s Gospel also did not recognize Jesus. They did not believe in what was already foretold by Jesus that He will rise up on the third day!The Emmaus experience of the two disciples open their hearts and minds that indeed Jesus have risen from the dead. What opened their eyes was the breaking of the bread: “And it happened that, while he was with them at the table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished in their sight.”

For me, every Holy Mass is a repeat of the Emmaus experience of the disciples of Jesus. The Mass lets me open my eyes, my mind and my heart to what was foretold before Jesus time, and what continually happens in the present.  The celebration of the Holy Eucharist transports me back to the “Last Supper” of Jesus, and transforms me to bring this love to the people I meet that they may encounter in me the Risen Christ. The mass restores and strengthens my faith and hope that we too shall rise from our own “trials and deaths” for we have Jesus Who has conquered death!Open our hearts to the Risen Lord! Let His peace and love keep burning within our hearts. Let our faith, hope be to Him who have risen! Receive Him in the Holy Mass.

Prayer

Our loving and merciful Father, we thank You for giving us Your Son Jesus Christ our risen Lord and Savior. May our hearts continue to burn within us that it may set on fire the hearts of people we meet. May the risen Lord we receive in the Holy Eucharist continue to strengthen our faith and hope in Him. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

Planting Little Kisses

Third Sunday of Easter
08 May 2011


The Lord has truly risen, alleluia.


First reading Acts 2:14,22-33 3
On the day of Pentecost Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed the crowd in a loud voice: ‘Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God by the miracles and portents and signs that God worked through him when he was among you, as you all know. This man, who was put into your power by the deliberate intention and foreknowledge of God, you took and had crucified by men outside the Law. You killed him, but God raised him to life, freeing him from the pangs of Hades; for it was impossible for him to be held in its power since, as David says of him:
I saw the Lord before me always,
for with him at my right hand nothing can shake me.
So my heart was glad
and my tongue cried out with joy;
my body, too, will rest in the hope
that you will not abandon my soul to Hades
nor allow your holy one to experience corruption.
You have made known the way of life to me,
you will fill me with gladness through your presence.
‘Brothers, no one can deny that the patriarch David himself is dead and buried: his tomb is still with us. But since he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn him an oath to make one of his descendants succeed him on the throne, what he foresaw and spoke about was the resurrection of the Christ: he is the one who was not abandoned to Hades, and whose body did not experience corruption. God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to that. Now raised to the heights by God’s right hand, he has received from the Father the Holy Spirit, who was promised, and what you see and hear is the outpouring of that Spirit.

Psalm or canticle: Psalm 15:1-2,5,7-11

Second reading 1 Peter 1:17-21
If you are acknowledging as your Father one who has no favourites and judges everyone according to what he has done, you must be scrupulously careful as long as you are living away from your home. Remember, the ransom that was paid to free you from the useless way of life your ancestors handed down was not paid in anything corruptible, neither in silver nor gold, but in the precious blood of a lamb without spot or stain, namely Christ; who, though known since before the world was made, has been revealed only in our time, the end of the ages, for your sake. Through him you now have faith in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory for that very reason – so that you would have faith and hope in God.

Gospel Luke 24:13-35
Two of the disciples of Jesus were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking together about all that had happened. Now as they talked this over, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side; but something prevented them from recognising him. He said to them, ‘What matters are you discussing as you walk along?’ They stopped short, their faces downcast.
Then one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, ‘You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have been happening there these last few days.’ ‘What things?’ he asked. ‘All about Jesus of Nazareth’ they answered ‘who proved he was a great prophet by the things he said and did in the sight of God and of the whole people; and how our chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified. Our own hope had been that he would be the one to set Israel free. And this is not all: two whole days have gone by since it all happened; and some women from our group have astounded us: they went to the tomb in the early morning, and when they did not find the body, they came back to tell us they had seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive. Some of our friends went to the tomb and found everything exactly as the women had reported, but of him they saw nothing.’
Then he said to them, ‘You foolish men! So slow to believe the full message of the prophets! Was it not ordained that the Christ should suffer and so enter into his glory?’ Then, starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, he explained to them the passages throughout the scriptures that were about himself.
When they drew near to the village to which they were going, he made as if to go on; but they pressed him to stay with them. ‘It is nearly evening’ they said ‘and the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them. Now while he was with them at table, he took the bread and said the blessing; then he broke it and handed it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognised him; but he had vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, ‘Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?’
They set out that instant and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven assembled together with their companions, who said to them, ‘Yes, it is true. The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.’ Then they told their story of what had happened on the road and how they had recognised him at the breaking of bread.

Reflection
By Herminia Jamandri-Flores

I am back to my daily routine… a morning jeepney ride. It was one of the ordinary morning rushes when everybody wanted a ride even in a sardine packed vehicle. Like scanning the front pages of the newspaper, I studied the varied expressions of the people inside hoping to find something interesting. At the end of the line opposite mine, tucked between two big men, was a young mother in her early twenties and her baby. I was familiar with baby carriers but hers was different. It was cloth wrapped around her body and the baby, and under the baby were her things which double up as cushion for the baby.

I remember how mothers from indigenous tribes in the Philippines carry their babies. This is also the way dessert peasants from the Middle East carry their babies. Joseph brought Mary and the Baby Jesus to Egypt to escape the slaughter of babies. Mama Mary must have carried the Baby Jesus the same way, keeping Baby Jesus very close to her body.

The baby made a small sound, perhaps due to discomfort. The mother slowly changed the baby’s position, putting the baby’s head on her breasts. The mother planted little kisses on the baby’s head while he went back to sleep comfortably. I was moved by the scene as I remember how I planted little kisses on all my children while they sleep when they were babies and I still do until now with my eldest who is already a college graduate and my youngest, a second year high school student. They never knew that. Mothers never tell. I know Mama Mary also did that to the Baby Jesus.

The road to Emmaus is Jesus’ manifestation as a risen Lord. Even as a stranger walking with them, Jesus’ presence makes every heart burn with love. Jesus' love is also manifested in the little kisses mothers plant on every child. It is the part of Jesus living in us. It is our salvation.

This Sunday also coincided with Mothers’ Day, the day we mothers are remembered in special ways. The risen Lord manifests Himself to the world through a mother’s love… always alive, ever present, always sacrificing for the beloved, and is always happy preparing meals for the people she loves. It is our celebration of the breaking of the bread, our oneness with a community where Christ is center, our own family.

To all the mothers today… happy planting!


Almighty and Ever Living God, You called people to be disciples of your Beloved Son, Jesus. You entrusted Him to St. Joseph, a model of discipleship. In obedience to Your divine plan, he took care of Jesus and Mary with sincerity of heart and faith in Your Word. He walked every step of the way with Jesus in a lifelong discipleship practiced in everyday life. Through his intercession, help us to live our daily Christian lives in loving service and obedience to Jesus’ teachings, to mature in faith through community life and to look forward to the breaking of the bread as spiritual nourishment. Make us see Jesus in the people we meet everyday so that we may be able to offer our work for Your greater glory through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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