๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐. ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐. | Homily 01 Dec 2024 with Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD | 1st Sunday of ADVENT
Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐. ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐.
HOMILY | First Sunday of Advent
December 1, 2024
๐๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?
๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ.
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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 โ 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 youtube.com/live/WsMDL_37Nho
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The story is told about a soldier who was on night watch duty who fell asleep. Suddenly he heard his commander shout: โSoldier, what are you doing?โ The wise soldier slowly opened his eyes, looked up to the sky, folded his hands together as if in prayer, and softly uttered โAmen!โ
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Today is the First Sunday of Advent, the time for preparation for Christmas. In todayโs Gospel (Luke 21:25-28, 34-36), Jesus tells us all to be vigilant and watchful in prayer. And instead of being frightened by what is happening around us, let us be filled with hope and gratitude because our redemption is at hand.
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Focus on the Lord, not on the load. Let us not focus so much on our personal and family problems, on our disappointments with what is happening in our country and in the world, to the point that we lose hope. Let us hold on to Godโs promise that He has a plan, and He is with us always and in all ways, through it all.
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The anxieties of daily life can trap us and weigh us down. But if we live in the presence of God, we are able to rise above to see the โbig picture.โ Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we experience that peace which this world cannot give nor take away. Come Holy Spirit!
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I had an early โChristmas momentโ when I was visited by the family of Haydee and Paul Cang who came all the way from Cebu with their children and grandchildren in the early morning of Nov. 24, just to be blessed as a family. I felt their closeness and joy as a family and their simple but deep faith in God. So inspiring to feel the sincere respect and love for each other, and their message of hope for the future. I couldnโt help but tell them as they were leaving: โAre you sure, you are not angels, pretending to be visitors just dropping by?โ That evening, they flew back to Cebu, leaving behind a hopeful message that goodness still abounds.
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As we light up our Christmas lights, and today, as we light the candle of hope, the first candle of Advent, let us also help light up the life of people around us. Let us be generous with praise, affirmation, gratitude, and encouragement. It takes very little to make the people around you to light up and lighten up. All it takes is a smile, a kind word, a good deed, a pat at the back, or a thumbs-up.
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BTS! Believe, Trust, Surrender! The Lord reminds us especially as we prepare to welcome Him at Christmas, to hold and to hope, and to give hope to the many people around us who are burdened with sufferings, anxieties, and oppressive conditions. May we all become bearers and agents of hope.
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Itโs time to go beyond โselfieโ mode. Let us go from โIโ to โwe,โ from โtheyโ to โus.โ Please remember: True loving and caring happens when you go beyond your โcomfort zone,โ and go the โextra mile,โ and give the extra smile.
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Instead of constantly worrying, why donโt you go to hope mode? Sharing with you this thought I read somewhere: โWorry never climbed a hill; worry never paid a bill; worry never dried a tear; worry never calmed a song to sing; worry never did a worthwhile thing; where worry ends, faith begins; donโt worry about anything; pray to God about everything!โ
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To those who worry so much about their health, we say: Trust God more; worry less, for the more you worry, the more you hurry to the cemetery.
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Please beware of scammers. There have been reported incidents in social media where I am featured as an endorser of health products or medical supplements. Take note, I donโt endorse any. Also, I donโt solicit funds using the social media. So, unless you hear it from me personally, please donโt be fooled by scammers. Let us be vigilant and watchful.
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A moment with the Lord:
Lord, help me to be vigilant and watchful, and be hopeful through it all. Amen.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
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