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REV. FR. JOSE CARLOS RAPADAS, SVD
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The Star of Faith
There was a time in history when protestant scholars wanted to search for the historical Jesus in the Bible. For them, it was important...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jan 2, 20212 min read
Honoring the elders
FIRST READING | 1 Jn 2:12-17 I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven for his name’s sake. I am writing to...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Dec 30, 20204 min read
Are you WOKE?
"The Holy Spirit will overshadow you." The word לְהַאֲפִּיל sāḵaḵ (comes the word succoth) or overshadowing of the Spirit is used several...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Dec 8, 20204 min read
Complementarity and Divorce
Every time I am given the chance to preach to married people, I always begin with an apology. I apologize that I may not be able to guide...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Aug 13, 20203 min read
To love again
According to some health-related sites, forgiveness has miracle effects to the human body. When we forgive, we prevent the early onset of...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Aug 13, 20205 min read
A Boat without God
Life without God may proceed smoothly. We may even believe that we don’t need God to achieve the prime life we are always longing for. At...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Aug 3, 20205 min read
Nakabubusog po ba ang pananampalataya?
Nakakain po ba yang love of Christ na Yan? Nakabubusog po ba yang pananampalatayang iyan? Nakakain po ba yang simbahan na yan? People...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Aug 1, 20205 min read
Death is a moment which belongs to the person
Who is not afraid of death among us? Death has become so ripe of a topic today as we see death number rise from the Pandemic and that...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Aug 1, 20205 min read
Death and Life
Today, August 1, 2020, at 3:00PM I celebrated the Sacrament of the Anointing of the sick for Sr. Asuncion Marie, SSpSAp at the Pink...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Aug 1, 20203 min read
The Kingdom is the New Normal
Today we speak of the new normal; the new way of human lifestyle and new way of human interaction. However, this new normal has the...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jul 4, 20203 min read
Keep in touch
Sometimes we need not to see Thomas as “doubting” but as someone who is “needing.” While we may clearly see that his ‘belief’ is...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jul 2, 20203 min read
THE CHURCH: Mater Et Magistra
Peter and Paul have the extremely opposite personalities; Peter being impulsive and Paul being Decisive. Peter was an uneducated...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jun 28, 20203 min read
Objectification of Women
THE SITUATIONER On the onslaught of the Coronavirus, we have heard over the news of another slaughter and indeed a virus which targeted...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jun 11, 20205 min read
Belonging to God
Yesterday officially begins the Ordinary time but since it was the feast of Mary, mother of the Church, the color was White. Today, we...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Jun 1, 20204 min read
The Wrong Ordinary Vs. The Right Ordinary
While yesterday, (Sunday) we ended the Easter Season in the liturgical calendar with the feast of the Pentecost, the Ordinary time will...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
May 30, 20204 min read
Faith That Unites
I remember watching Miss Universe Pageant where Miss Philippines Shamcey Supsup was asked “Would you change your religious beliefs to...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
May 27, 20207 min read
THE RATZINGER LECTURE
In Wladimir Solowjew’s History of the Antichrist, the eschatological enemy of the Redeemer recommended himself to believers, among other...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
May 20, 202026 min read
Hindi Tayo Inulila
(Published for Sambuhay Misallette) Nasubukan mo na bang maiwanan? Maiwan ng bus o eroplano? Maiwan ng kadate o minamahal? Maiwan ng...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
May 16, 20204 min read
In Search for the Good Shepherd
Sister and Brothers in Christ, Today is the Good Shepherd Sunday, and we will hear the comparison of Jesus of himself as the Good...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
May 2, 20205 min read
We Never Lose God
Moments of doubt... of problems and conflicts..... of contempt..... of abandonment, betrayal and rejection... and even deliberate denial...
Fr. JC Rapadas, SVD
Apr 27, 20204 min read
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