The past week, the world witnessed one of the most highly—and perhaps anxiously—anticipated inaugural addresses of an incoming US President. Inaugural addresses define the major priorities and directions, the vision and goals of the entire administration and country under the watch or term of its leader.
Today we begin the Sunday readings for ordinary time in our new liturgical year. Thus, we also have the story of the beginning of Christ’s public ministry from the Gospel of St. Mark.
“By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”
THIS is the homily I prepared for the Mass at the blessing of The Pilgrim’s Shrine at Anima Center, Sta. Elena City, Santa Rosa, Laguna.
There, in the presumption that, having lived longer and seen more, one knows better, lies the great burden of age. I may have been lugging that burden around perforce, but I’m not as eager to dispense from it as I used to, as an editorialist. Retired now from that weighty job, I’ve determined precisely to lighten my load and brighten my days.
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