JESUS IS THE GATE

Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter Year C John 10:1-10 The gospel reminds us that there are two kinds of shepherds: the true and the fake. What’s the difference between the two? True shepherd enters the right gate. The true shepherd is the good shepherd because he knows, he cares and willing to die for his sheeps. The false shepherd on the otherhand are like the strangers. They climb over the door of greed , ambition and manipulations to steal. Fake shepherds are motivated by money. He don’t care about the sheep. He is only after of himself. He destroys and scatters the flock. Today as you exercise your civil right to vote, be mindful of your choice. Make it sure you are not choosing a fake one! Friends if your shepherds know you; that shepherd will care for you and willing to die for you. It means he is a good one. You are blessed to gifted with that shepherd. But if your shepherds are the cause of division and motivated by income and money, they’re fake. Beware of them. Fake shepherd’s plan is only to destroy and to steal but the true shepherds mission is give life and abundance. Today, vote wisely and prayerfully. Today, Jesus is reminding us that He is the gate. “I am the gate.” My dear friends let us choose Jesus. Be watchful because wrong gate leads to a wrong destinations. Let us chose Jesus because He is the access towards prosperity and abundance. Choose Jesus because He is the password towards unlimited blessings. Listen to Jesus and run away from strangers. Jesus is the GATE He is the GUIDE He is GENTLE Are we among the flock? Blessings Fr. Jhack

WHAT MAKES A SHEPHERD GOOD?

Fourth Sunday of Easter Good Shepherd Sunday John 10:27-30 There are 3 good qualities that makes a shepherd good. 3L’s. First, a good shepherd is a person of LOVE. A good shepherd must have a heart. Love means being able to sacrifice yourself for others. Love is giving your life. When you say you love others it means you are not afraid to loss your life. To say an “I love you” means, I will fight for you. I will protect you, Nobody can harm you. I will be the first line of defense for you. Friends, are you a person of love? Second, a good shepherd is a good LEADER. Leadership is not about titles or deaignations but it is all about vision, inspiration, influence and responsibility. A good leader is the one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. Leadership is action not position. A good leader is a good guide, a person of courage. There is no sign of fear in a good shepherd. He will fight until the end. If you are a good leader you will protect and not neglect your people. Fight don’t flight! Finally a good shepherd is a person who LISTEN. Friends, a shepherd who don’t listen will eventually be sorrounded by people who uave nothing to say. Listen so that you will know your people. Tomorrow is our National Election day. Choose a candidate who exemplified the life of the Good Shepherd. It is not enough to be good, one must be a shepherd as well. In short, choose a candidate who has the heart (LOVE). Pick a candidate who has the brain (LEADER) and vote a candidate who has the ear. The one who has ability to LISTEN. By the way today is Mothers’s day. Mothers are the modern good shepherds of our time. Mothers are like good shepherds because they had the same smell like our smell. Let us pray to the Good Shepherd to send more mothers who are willing to give their children to be laborers in the vineyard of the Lord. Blessings Fr. Jhack

TO WHOM SHALL WE GO?

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter Year C John 6:60-69 “From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.” Sometimes we too are like the disciples of the Lord. We abandon Him when convenience is absent. We murmur when we don’t understand. When comfort is gone, we deserted Him. When there is no more enjoyment and benefit of satisfaction, we turn our back to him. Will you also go away? We question the Lord when struggle is real. We doubted him when uneasiness of life is overwhelming us. Many times we failed to grasp His message because we cannot understand His will. The distortions of life prevents us to appreciate the truth about our God. Yet Jesus continue to reminds us: “My words are spirit and life. Anything else is of the flesh and profits nothing.” Are you leaving Him too? Prayer: Lord, sometimes I don’t understand you. Most of the time I turn my back to you. I questioned your will, I doubted your love and failed to follow you, but to whom shall I go, You have the words of eternal life. Lord, I will stay with You! Blessings Fr. Jhack

BE TRANSFORMED

Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter Year C John 6:52-59 “Whoever eats me will live.” The message of today’s gospel is reminding us that Jesus is our life. He gives us His total self. The Eucharist is the real presence of God. Today my dear friends never deprive your soul with this bread from heaven. CCC 1391-97 tells us that “the Eucharist give us an intimate union with Christ. It preserves, increased and renewa the life of grace received at baptism. It separate us from aun and restrict us from future sins. It strenthens unity among members of the church and it strengthens our charity towards the poor.” Friends, the Jesus that Paul encounter on his way to Damascus is the same Jesus we encounter in the Eucharist. When we encounter Him, he will transform our life. Encounter with Jesus will change us. Like Paul when we encounter Jesus he will transform us from beast to best. From a persecutor to becoming a protector. Saul from a severe persecutor was transformed into most zealous and courageous apostle Paul. Friends, like St. Paul we are on our journey from darkness to light. We may be too sinful now but never be discouraged because we have our guide to the ranks of sainthood and that is the Eucharist. Jesus in the Eucharist will change you little by little everyday. Blessings Fr. Jhack

BELIEVE IN THE BREAD OF LIFE

Thursday of the Third Week of Easter Year C John 6:44-51 In most birthday party I attended, invited visitors would often wish and pray for a longer life to the birthday celebrator. In today’s gospel what caught my attention is the words uttered by Jesus saying: “…he who believes has eternal life.” Yes, believing in Jesus will give us not only longevity but eternity. If we like to have quality and fantastic life believing in Jesus is the password. Friends, believe in the Eucharist, even though we don’t understand how His Body can become our life-giving food. The Eucharist is the gift of God for us to experience not only longevity but quality life. Let us spent well our earthly journey by receiving Jesus as food to nourish our soul. Today if we desire to live in eternity, I have three fraternal suggestions: first, believe in Jesus. Second, believe in Jesus. Third, believe in Jesus. “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my Flesh for the life of the world.” Friends, we live only once. If we live right, once is enough. The rewards of eternal life requires an effort. Have faith, believe that beyond what is corporeal, beyond time and beyond measure there is called an eternity promised by Jesus to those who believe in Him- the bread of life. Faith is what makes our life last for eternity. Let us be conscious of eternal life. May God bless us with eternal life. Amen Blessings Fr. Jhack

JESUS IS ENOUGH

Wednesday within the Third week of Easter Year C John 6:35-40 “Whoever comes to me will never be hungry and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” In our own life we crave for more. We have a burning desire for more. Our lives hunger and thirst for satisfaction. Today’s gospel is the answer to fill the void within us. Jesus is our satisfaction. If we receive Him our hunger and thirst will be gone. He will indulge the deepest desire of our soul. We are invited today to receive Jesus in the Eucharist. Believe and you will live. Friends, go beyond the earthly existence by accepting the offer of Jesus. He offers himself as spiritual food which sustains and brings out the the very life of God within us. He is the bread of life. No other bread can fill the vacuum in us. No other bread can void our feelings of emptiness. No other bread that can satisfy us, only Jesus. Christ is enough. Jesus is the bread that never perishes. He is that food that never spoils or runs out. When we put our faith in Him we will be raised on the last day. Friends, taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Blessings Fr. Jhack

JESUS IS THE HUMAN FACE OF GOD

Feast day of Sts. Philip and James Tuesday of the Third week of Easter Year C Jhn 14:6-14 Today is the feast day of the two great apostles St. Philip and James. The gospel for today assured these two brothers the sure path and the way that leads to certainty. Like these disciples we are also reminded who Jesus is. He is “the way, the truth and the life” and the indispensable way to the Father. Friends, if we follow Jesus and abide in Him we will never go astray. We will never be lost. We will always reach the source of wisdom and set foot on heaven. And most of all we will never die because He assured us of life eternal. Jesus is the perfect face of God. He is the revealation of the Father “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” Jesus is the way but we follow the path of sin. Sin is our problem. It alienates us from the joy of paradise. We are totally ruined by sin, condemned and completely depraved of heaven. Sin is a wrong GPS. Jesus is the truth but we are confused by the realities of this world. He is the gospel truth but most of the times we enterain some fake news that baffle and mislead us. Friends, if you believe in Jesus throw all your amulets and different form of prosperity charms displayed at your homes. Replace it with the cross of Christ. Dispose all the symbols of lucky charms and emblems exhibits at your home and cars that you thought can give protection against evil. Only Jesus can do it. Jesus is the life but we turn to some wrong sources and entity. We sustain our soul with food that spoils. We reinforce our spirits with vices and addictions. Friends, feed yourself with the Eucharist. Jesus is the Bread of Life. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. Blessings Fr. Jhack

WORK FOR FOOD THAT DO ES NOT SPOIL

Monday of the Third Week of Easter John 6:22-29 “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.” In todays gospel reading, the crowds keep following Jesus, not because they understood the significance of the multiplication of bread and fishes, but because they are hungry again. They are chasing Jesus for a wrong reason. It’s sad to say but the reason behind why they keep on following Him is not Jesus himself but their desire for the food. Their looking for food not Jesus. Today, the gospel is reminding us one reality of life. (This might not be true and applicable to some) Some people forget about you, until they want something from you. There will be instances in our life that people will only remember you, when they need you. You only exist when they need something. There will be friends of yours who will come to you when they need you but throw you aside when they’re fine. In short, they will ignore you until they need you. Some of our friends are like shadows. They follow you in the sun but leave you in the dark. Folks, if this will happen to you don’t feel bad; instead be privilege to be like a candle that comes to their mind when there is darkness. Let us be grateful as the source of blessings and abundance during their moments of scarcity. Let us strive for higher realities and desire more for things that truly counts. Work for what is essential and eternal. Don’t chase Jesus for wrong reasons. Folks, do not work for food that will spoil. Faith in Jesus is beyond food and enjoyments. Let us chase Jesus not because we can avail free meals but because we believe that He is the one who can give full sustenance to our spirit. He is our ultimate satisfaction. Follow Jesus not because of earthly satisfaction but because of salvation. Blessings Fr. Jhack

TRY AGAIN

Third Sunday of Easter John 21:1-19 When Jesus died some of his disciples went back to their old ways of living that is fishing again. However, after a long break they caught nothing. Despite having tried their best, they caught nothing that night. Perhaps they tried everything that whole night but still not even one single fish were strayed in their net. Failure! It was a frustrated night. I think we can sympathize with these disciples because there are moments in our life that we tried so hard but we too failed. There are times in our life that we do our best to fix family issues but we too failed. Perhaps some of us were discouraged and because of all these failures were tempted to stop. We tried to change our bad habits but we ended up doing the same addictions. Hey, my friends the gospel for today is telling us this message: TRY AGAIN. TRY ONE MORE TIME: “Cast the net over to the right side of the boat and you will find something.” Friends, let me tell you this: your dreams does not have expiration date. You have to push beyond every limitation to achieve your dreams. TRY AGAIN. Give yourself another chance. If we ask the Lord and we found no reply, ASK AGAIN. If we seek and we don’t find it, SEARCH AGAIN. If we knock the door and nobody is opening it, KNOCK AGAIN. Don’t give up because great and amazing things take time. When something in our life does not work well maybe its a relationship, a business, career or spiritual journey, NEVER SURRENDER. TRY ONE MORE TIME! When life puts you in a tough situations, do not say why me but say try me. Never be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try. Try and fail but never fail to try. Failure does not mean the game is over. It means try again with another experience. Life does not require that we be the best. It only ask us to try our best. Friends, always listen to Jesus and you will be filled with abundance. Blessings Fr. Jhack

JESUS CAN CALM YOUR STORMS

Saturday of the Second Week of Easter Year C Jn 6:16-21 Sea in the Bible is known as the dwelling abode of evil spirits. Jesus walking over the sea signifies His dominion and power over the evil spirits. These demonic forces will only frighten us but can’t defeat us because evil were loosers since the beginning of creation. Christ is always victorious over evil. At the heart of every storm is victory waiting to be claimed. We know how all this ends: GOD WINS. We are created to be victorious. With God we will win the victory and God will trample down our enemies. Sometimes we are plunged into waves of despair, storms of fear, big splash of anxiety and struggles in different forms but stand still because Jesus is coming towards our boat. Just go with the waves and when we feel like drowning in life, dont worry because our lifeguard is walking on the water. Today, whatever difficulties you are in, please remember that God is coming to rescue you. Do you wanted to walk in the water too like Jesus? Get out of the boat. Step on the evil spirits that rocks your boat. Walk above the worries that shakens you and crushed whatever frightens you because Jesus said “do not be afraid.” We need to make as our mantra the promise of Jesus: “It is I; do not be afraid.” Friends, even in a stormy situation of our life, the Lord will always come on time to save us. Today, never forget that God’s love for us is deeper than the ocean. Blessings Fr. Jhack

GATHER THE FRAGMENTS

Friday of the Second Week of Easter Year C John 6:1-15 Today’s gospel reading reveals to us the heart of God who cares about our needs. Jesus is our bread in the wilderness. Even in our moment of nothingness God can perform abundance. When we offer to Jesus the little of what we have, He can multiply it. Our Gospel is reminding us that our greatness is not in what we have but in what we give. Share even if you only have a little. We never know where our little and insignificant efforts to help and support others may produce fruits. Our simple act of kindness had always tremendous impact on others. Little things make a big difference is the message our gospel wanted to convey to us. Friends, we do not have to be rich to be generous.. Whatever small and seems insignificant we have, if we learn how to share, miracle is always possible. God can make much of what little we offer. We can feed the needy. My dear brothers and sisters, generosity is the best investment. Find the miracles in all the little things in our life. Pay attention to the little things in our life because little by little, little things becomes a lot. Little things might be your smile, greetings, obeying yield signs, and some gesture of kindness will paved a way to daily miracles. Never think that what we have to offer is insignificant. God can make much of what we offer. Small acts multiplied together can transform the world. The boy in the gospel has no name because its you! Today allow yourselves to be a significant piece of change. We are never without anything to offer. 1. God is gracious. He is our satisfaction. 2. Learn to be generous but practice giving in secret 3. Giving is doing GLORY to God. Blessings Fr. Jhack