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Thursday, April 25: “Earnestly Seeking the Lord”
Exodus 34: 23, 24: “Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. For I will drive out nations...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 25, 20241 min read
Wednesday, April 24: “Earnestly Seeking Favor”
Psalm 119: 58, 60: “I sought Your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your word. I hastened and did not delay to keep...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 24, 20241 min read
April 23, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment
“Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16) In the same...
Bishop Ariel P. Santos
Apr 23, 20241 min read
Tuesday, April 23: “Earnestly Seeking Saltiness”
Matthew 5: 13a: “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again?” Salt is one of...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 23, 20241 min read
April 22, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to respond to everyone. (Colossians 4:6)...
Bishop Ariel P. Santos
Apr 22, 20241 min read
Monday, April 22: “Earnestly Seeking Righteousness”
Matthew 5: 6: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” You can tell that Jesus shared...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 22, 20241 min read
April 21, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment
April 21, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” (Jn 10:11)...
Bishop Ariel P. Santos
Apr 21, 20241 min read
Sunday, April 21: “Earnestly Seeking God”
Psalm 63: 1: “O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 21, 20241 min read
April 20, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where He is … not the things of earth. (Colossians 3:1-2) Paul...
Bishop Ariel P. Santos
Apr 20, 20241 min read
Saturday, April 20: “Hope Guarantees Change”
Psalm 43: 5: “Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, the help...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 20, 20241 min read
Friday, April 19: “Covenant Requires Change”
Exodus 24: 8, 9, 11b: “So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, ‘Behold the blood of the Covenant, which the...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 19, 20241 min read
April 18, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment
April 17, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment
Bishop Ariel P. Santos
Apr 18, 20241 min read
Thursday, April 18: “Incarnation Empowers Change”
Colossians 1: 27: “God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you,...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 18, 20241 min read



Emee Gabito Abalajen
Apr 17, 20240 min read
April 17, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment
Through Him, God was pleased to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven. (Colossians 1:20) Paul writes here about...
Bishop Ariel P. Santos
Apr 17, 20241 min read
Wednesday, April 17: “Baptism Is Change”
Matthew 3: 15, 16: “But Jesus answering said to [John], Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 17, 20241 min read
Tuesday, April 16: “Baptism Promises Change”
Matthew 3: 7, 8: “But when [John] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, ‘You brood of vipers, who...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 16, 20241 min read
April 16, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment
... the gospel which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing ... (Colossians 1:5-6)...
Bishop Ariel P. Santos
Apr 16, 20241 min read
Monday, April 15: “Suffering Perfects Change”
1 Peter 5: 10: “After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, Who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will...
Fr. Gary Thurman
Apr 15, 20241 min read
April 15, 2024 Daily Dose of Discernment
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has arrived.” (Matthew 3:2) Repentance is not merely an improvement in morality. It’s an essential...
Bishop Ariel P. Santos
Apr 15, 20241 min read
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