𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 | Homily 27 Oct 2024 with Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD | 30th Sunday

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This Holy Mass is celebrated via online and presided by the Rev. Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD (Missionary to SVD-PH Central Province/ SVD Mission – Superior Delegatus and Vocation Promoter) at the Diocesan Shrine of Jesus the Divine Word at Christ the King Mission Seminary, Quezon City.

For full replay of the Holy Mass, click here https://youtube.com/live/kmv3iDYt-BU?feature=share

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The story is told about a wife who approached the priest after the Mass and apologized for her husband who walked out while the priest was preaching. “That was OK,” the priest said, but, as if adding insult to injury, she went on to say: “You see Father, my husband is a somnambulist—he often walks while he is asleep!”
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In today’s Gospel (Mark 10, 46-52), we hear the story of Bartimaeus, a blind man who did not sleep while Jesus was passing by. On the contrary, he was persistent in calling out to Jesus, and full of faith cried out: “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!” How persistent are we in our faith? How humble are we in the presence of God? How desperate are we in our relationship to our