THE LITURGY TODAY

IS CALLING US TO
BE JOYFUL
BECAUSE JESUS
HAS RISEN FROM
THE DEAD.
 THE
RESURRECTION OF
JESUS IS THE
FOUNDATION OF
TRUE JOY.
HOW COULD WE BE
JOYFUL IF WE ARE
LIVING IN FEAR
BROUGHT BY
COVID 19 THAT
TOOK MILLIONS OF
LIVES?
 HOW COULD WE BE
JOYFUL WHEN MANY
ARE JOBLESS,
HOMELESS AND
STILL MANY OTHERS
ARE SICK?
WHAT IS THERE
TO REJOICE
ABOUT?
 WE MUST REMIND
OURSELVES THAT
BEING JOYFUL DOES
NOT MEAN HAVING
NO PAIN AND
SUFFERING.
 EVEN IN TIMES OF
TRIALS AND
DIFFICULTIES, WE
STILL HAVE REASONS
TO REJOICE IN THE
LORD.
 BEING JOYFUL IS AN
INNER DISPOSITION
THAT CONVINCES US
THAT WE HAVE LESS
CONTROL OVER THE
MANY EVENTS IN LIFE,
BUT WE HAVE TO
TRUST IN GOD.
 IT IS EASY TO GET
DISCOURAGED WHEN
THINGS ARE GOING BAD.
BUT WE SHOULD NEVER
FORGET THAT GOD IS
ALWAYS AT WORK IN OUR
LIVES EVEN IN THE MIDST
OF GREAT PAIN AND
SUFFERING.
-ESUS
 JESUS
IS THE SOURCE
OF OUR
TRUE JOY.
 JUST AS “J” IS THE
FIRST LETTER OF
JOY, SO JESUS
SHOULD ALWAYS BE
‘FIRST’ IN OUR
LIVES.
THE SECRET OF A
HAPPY LIFE IS
GIVING GOD THE
FIRST PLACE IN
YOUR HEART.
ST. JOHN PAUL II SAID,
“THE GREATEST
MISFORTUNE OF THIS
AGE IS THAT PEOPLE
CONSIDER MONEY AS
THE HIGHEST GOOD.”
ANG TINUOD NGA
KALIPAY WALA SA
MGA BAHANDI NGA
ATONG NAHUPTAN
KONDILI ANAA SA
DIOS LAMANG.
HAPPINESS IS IN
THE LORD,
NOT IN THE
WORLD.
O-THERS
JUST AS “O” IS THE
SECOND LETTER OF
JOY, WE SHOULD
ALWAYS THINK OF
OTHERS ‘SECOND’
IN OUR LIVES.
 TO LIVE IN
HAPPINESS,
ALWAYS DO
SOMETHING THAT
WILL BRING JOY TO
OTHERS.
LIFE IS BETTER
WHEN OTHERS
ARE HAPPY
BECAUSE OF
YOU.
UNSA MAN ANG
MAKAGUBA SA
ATONG KALIPAY
NGADTO SA
UBAN?
 KUNG MAGSUGOD
NA KITA UG KASINA
UG KOMPARA SA
UBAN DILI GAYOD
KITA
MAGMALIPAYON.
 ANG TAWO NGA
MASINAHON DILI
GAYOD
MAGMALIPAYON.
 LET US PRACTICE
BEING HAPPY FOR
OTHERS INSTEAD OF
BEING BITTER AND
JEALOUS.
 HAPPINESS IS
FOUND WHEN YOU
STOP COMPARING
YOURSELF TO
OTHER PEOPLE.
Y-OURSELF
JUST AS “Y” IS THE
THIRD LETTER OF
JOY, WE SHOULD
ALWAYS THINK OF
OURSELVES ‘LAST’.
 BEING LAST IN THE
PRIORITY DOES NOT
MEAN WE STOP CARING
ABOUT OURSELVES. NO,
IT SIMPLY MEANS WE
STOP BEING
SELF-CENTERED.
J -ESUS

O -THERS
Y -OURSELF
 PRAYER:
HEAVENLY FATHER, HELP
US FOCUS ON YOU
DURING THIS EASTER
SEASON. MAY WE STAY
AWARE OF THE JOY YOU
BRING INTO OUR LIVES.
AMEN.