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REV. FR. JOSE CARLOS RAPADAS, SVD
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How we lost heartwarming Christmases
Finally had the time to sit back, slow down and collect my thoughts about the Christmas that was. Today on the feast of Mary Mother of...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jan 2, 20244 min read
Correction without love is defamation -Fr. Jose Carlos Rapadas, SVD
One of the things we hate hearing is the truth. The truth hurts us and so sometimes we prefer to pretend. Sometime we prefer the...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Sep 10, 20233 min read
Why do we need to offer?
The Bolivians have a very peculiar practice. Every time there are gatherings that involve drinking alcohol, one has to make an “offering.”...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jan 15, 20233 min read
THE MUTE MISSIONARY
One day my ability to communicate was gone. I tried to approach people and express my needs but they simply cannot hear me. They can’t...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Dec 20, 20224 min read
El Abismo Que Dios No Puede Cruzar
En nuestro Evangelio de este Domingo, hay una frase que aparece despropósito. Hacemos las preguntas correctas alrededor del esta lectura,...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Sep 24, 20222 min read
The Abyss Which God Cannot Cross
One day, a man went to fetch water from the well so he could store water before winter. On his way home, he saw his neighbor lying in...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Sep 24, 20223 min read
Before it is too late
There are characters that are worth reflecting upon in our Gospel for today. The character of the Woman caught in adultery and the...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Apr 2, 20223 min read
Your Sacred Spaces
People today find it hard to say “I am sorry.” In a culture that gives emphasis on strength and machismo, apologizing is oftentimes seen...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Mar 19, 20222 min read
Satan might be winning in your heart
What are your temptations? What are the persons, materials, events, fantasies that bring enticing sensations to your fragile facticity?...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Mar 5, 20223 min read
Why 9 Days?
Many people especially non-Catholics question the significance of 9 days of Simbang Gabi. Here are some of my reflections and opinion...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Dec 15, 20214 min read
Depression and Gaudete Sunday
THE STATISTICS In 2019, there are 2,810 reported cases of suicide in the Philippines. It dramatically doubled in 2020 at 4,420 cases. At...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Dec 11, 20215 min read
Be FRESH in the Eyes of God
What defiles a person? What makes a person unholy? The answer is simple…pride. Once pride enters into our hearts it will commence the...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Aug 28, 20212 min read
“The Flesh is Useless” (John 6:63b)
We like to present ourselves to the world in a way the conforms to its standards of beauty. The ungodly world has disoriented the notion...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Aug 17, 20215 min read
Embrace your discomforts
We like building our comfort zones. Whenever there is something new in our horizon, the human instinct in us will hatch a plan to create...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jul 10, 20217 min read
Patience is a virtue indeed
We all have been in a situation where the path prepared for by God for us is not clear or that we encounter confusions along the way. We...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jun 23, 20215 min read
We don’t exist for ourselves alone
The Gospel today presents three major images. Salt. Light. City on top of a hill. Salt. It abounds in Israel. In fact in 2019, the...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jun 8, 20215 min read
My Doubts and the Eucharist
Before becoming a priest, there was a strong feeling of unworthiness inside me. This feeling hunted me to the core of my being and led me...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jun 5, 20216 min read
The Widow who gave it all
The Gospels for this week presented Jesus at odds with the mindset of the Pharisees and Sadducees about arrays of religious, moral,...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jun 4, 20215 min read
The Zealot Program
Judas belonged to a revolutionary movement in Israel which primary objective is to topple down the colonization of Israel by the Roman...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Mar 28, 20215 min read
Service is a decision to love, not a status symbol
We seldom mistaken the animal rode by Jesus as a horse or A colt. Should we wish to dramatize the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, the...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Mar 28, 20212 min read
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