𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘, 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗔𝗥𝗘, 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗢𝗗 03 Aug 2025 HOMILY with Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD | 18th Sunday

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘, 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗔𝗥𝗘, 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗢𝗗 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time August 3, 2025 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 “𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴” 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱? 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦: “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨?” 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳? 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮? * This Holy Mass 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. ————— In today’s gospel (Lk.12, 13-21), Jesus speaks about some other kind of nuts—those who are nuts for money, fools who think they are secure because of their material possessions. The greatest tragedy is when we come to life’s end and we realize that all we have worked for add up to nothing, and the material we have been preparing will not even come out in the final exams. ————— Someone once said that money is like a snake. It is harmless if you know how to take hold of it, but if not, it will entwine your arm and bite you. How many people have been suffocated and bitten by money? How many people are already dead in their character and soul because of their greed and love for money, even before they physically die? ————— I once gave the Anointing of the Sick to a very rich man. He had three nurses attending to him in his hospital suite. As I was praying over him, he was pleading: “Father Orbos, please heal me. Anything you want I will give you. Please heal me!” To this very day, I can never forget the desperate look in his eyes. What is sad is that till the very end, he was still relying on the power of his money instead of relying on the mercy of God. ————— Minus your money, who are you, what are you? I remember the story about an ugly person who ridiculed a guy who was drunk. The drunk said: “You know what? Tomorrow morning when I wake up, I am no longer drunk. But you, tomorrow morning when you wake up, you are still ugly!” ————— What is the bottom line? Tomorrow morning when you wake up, and all your money is gone, what are you? Your worth is not what you have, but who you are and what you have done for others. Indeed, it’s not what we carry in our hands but what we carry in our hearts that really matters in the end. ————— For those who are so focused and passionate on money, ask yourself these questions: What for? For whom? Why the hurry, and why the worry? Is it worth it all? Please reflect on this: Life is so tragic for the person who has plenty to live on, but nothing to live for. ————— A text message I received, says: “Funny how people these days spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t need, to impress people they don’t like.” It’s not funny. It is sad actually that what matters most now for many people is money, and money-matters. People think and talk most about the easy and the successful life, and hardly about the meaningful and significant life. ————— Use your money for your salvation, not for your condemnation. We will be judged not by whether we are rich or poor, but by how we acquired and by how we spent our money. The money you have, is it “dirty” money, i.e., was somebody cheated, or hurt in the process of your acquiring it? The money you have, is it “fat” money, i.e., is it just sleeping and gaining weight and not put to good use for others and for God? ————— You may be telling me now: “Father Orbos, you have no business asking me about my money, and what I do with my money, because I earned it, and it is my money!” OK. If you say so. But, is it really? Really just YOUR money? ————— Very little is needed in life to be happy. However, very much is needed, in fact, there’s no limit, when we talk about our desires in life. Some have already more than enough, in fact already too much, but continue to amass more and more, and their greed never ends. Try drinking sea water: the more you drink it, the more you become thirsty. ————— Talking about exit, do you have any exit plan? Death is sure for us all, but the where, when or how is uncertain. May we have little regrets that we loved too little too late when we exit from this world. ————— A moment with the Lord: Lord, deliver us from dirty and unshared money. 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