𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗗𝗔𝗬 | Homily 15 Dec 2024 with Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD | 3rd Sunday of ADVENT

𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗔𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗗𝗔𝗬 HOMILY | Third Sunday of Advent December 15, 2024 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 - 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 (𝘓𝘶𝘬𝘦 3:10 -18) 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥: “𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦” (𝘓𝘶𝘬𝘦 3:11). 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵. “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴—𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵.” (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴, 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯) 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/o765_joVTwU?... * Question: What did Adam say to Eve on the day before Christmas? Answer: “It’s Christmas Eve.” —————- It’s 10 days before Christmas. Today is Gaudete Sunday. As we light the third candle of the Advent wreath, we are all reminded to rejoice and to be joyful. “Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the Great and Holy One of Israel!” (Isaiah 12) —————- True joy also comes from being true and honest in our serving others. To those who collect taxes, John the Baptist’s teaching is very clear: “Stop collecting more than what is required.” (Luke 3:13) —————- To those in the police or in the military, John the Baptist has this to say: “Do not practice extortion, do not falsely accuse anyone, and be satisfied with your wages.” (Luke 3: 14) —————- “What should we do?” Let us go back to our hearts, and make a personal checklist on what to do to truly prepare for Christmas. —————- “Handa ka na ba? (Are you prepared?)” Many of us are focused on our external preparations for the Christmas season like decorations, gifts, parties, noche buena meal, etc. Let us be mindful that there are so many people around us who have little to prepare externally, or have nothing at all, because of poverty and deprivation. —————- “Ganda ka na ba? (Are you beautiful?)” Christmas is not going to happen in the malls, or in the parties, and revelries. It has to happen in the heart. To have a beautiful heart, you take the road of reconciliation and forgiveness. A good confession, a good talk or reaching out to others, and a sharing of your time, talent, and treasures to the sick and the poor—these are things that really gladden and cleanse our hearts. —————- “Tanda mo na ba? (Do you remember?)” Try to find the time to remember that Christmas is all about a God who loved us so much that He gave His Only Begotten Son … (John 3:16). Remember, too, that we are to respect and love each other, and that we have a mission in this world. Don’t forget that our final destination is Heaven, and that we carry nothing with us when we leave this world, except the love and goodness that we have shared. —————- We honor St. John the Baptist who never stopped saying “One mightier than I is coming” (Luke 3:16; Mark 1:7-11). This was a man who knew how to fade away, and not steal the light from his Master. If only we all learned to be humble, obedient, and grateful to Someone greater than ourselves! Life is more peaceful and meaningful if we apply BTS—Believe, Trust, Surrender everything and everyone to our loving Father. Trust the Lord more, worry less. Focus on the Lord, not on the load. —————- “Poor persons will never disappear from the earth. That’s why I’m giving you this command: you must open your hand generously to your fellow Israelites, to the needy among you, and to the poor who live with you in your land.” (Deuteronomy 15:11) Time to let go of our accumulated stuff that are just gathering dust, and to share our extra cash which can make so many people so very happy this Christmas. No? Perhaps next Christmas? For sure, next Christmas will come but, we are not sure if we will still be around. So, now na. Do not postpone your conversion, and do not postpone your loving and sharing. —————- A moment with the Lord: Lord, help us to prepare truly for your birthday. Amen. Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer * Like and follow us on Facebook:   / frjerryorbos   Subscribe to our channel on YouTube:    / frjerryorbossvd   God bless you, and Mama Mary loves you! #frjerryorboshomilytoday #frjerryorbosmasstoday #Sundayhomily