𝗕𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 | HOMILY 16 February 2025 with Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD on the 6th Sunday

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This Holy Mass (https://youtube.com/live/n6BWuoUQyDk) is celebrated via online and presided by the Rev. Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD (Missionary to SVD-PH Central Province/ SVD Mission ) at the Diocesan Shrine of Jesus the Divine Word at Christ the King Mission Seminary, Quezon City.

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I have a good friend named Benny, who is doubly blessed. He is “mapalad,” blessed with material possessions, but also, he is “malapad,” blessed with a big body, and a big heart that shares so much to so many. May we all become doubly blessed. May we, who receive blessings from the Lord, be also generous to others.
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In today’s Gospel (Luke 6:17, 20-26), the Lord teaches us the Beatitudes, the “be-attitudes” that will guide us in our journey on earth and help us navigate our way through this valley of tears and fears, and give us hope and courage to find our way back home to God’s heart. The way of the Beatitudes is our way from selfishness to generosity.
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The Beatitudes remind us that there is dignity, there is merit and there is hope for those who suffer now. Sufferings, persecution, and deprivations are temporary. Heaven awaits those who follow the Lord on the way of the cross. Eternal suffering awaits those who lived selfish, proud, and uncaring lives on this earth.
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Mama and Papa taught us “merito,” a very simple spirituality about offering whatever sufferings, deprivation, pain, and even persecutions, that will help us merit eternal life. They taught us to be patient, to be humble. They taught us that it is all right to be the last, the least, the quiet, the unnoticed. They taught us to just