Enlightened by Faith | Lucci Abella

Life as seen in the light of Faith | a Catholic blog

  • I’ve Been Here The Whole Time! (Part 2)

    **click here for Part 1 (this part 2 is kind of dragging but just stay with it 😅😂) Part II: Girls have no sense of direction. (Little Rascals, 1994) Off I go now to my next destination, Lakewood Plaza, for my morning cardio. Thank God for this place! It’s this new spot I’ve recently discovered…

  • I’ve Been Here The Whole Time! (Part I)

    **Woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning but I thank God for the grace to go as planned today–in other words, to show up! If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have written this blog post as the events of today would have not transpired in the first place! For some reason quite…

  • Let Go & Just Trust

    Last month, on the 19th of January–The Feast of Santo Niño (a.k.a. the Infant Child Jesus)–I received an acknowledgment email from the Marians of the Immaculate Conception or MIC thanking me for having signed up to their newsletter. “Wait…did I?…” I don’t recall ever signing up to them as I honestly don’t like receiving newsletters.…

  • Finding God in the Ordinary

    Music has always been a huge thing in my life. It’s one of my main stress-busters/mood-boosters most especially when my mind needs a break (going for a drive, taking a walk, and saying a little prayer are the other things I do). My addiction to music started when I was really, really young. When I…

  • Who is the Anti-Christ?

    Very recently, a friend of mine from Bible class forwarded me a video about a certain “thought leader” whom she thinks could be The Anti-Christ in today’s world. Here’s the video: While it’s understandable that a devout Catholic would think this man to be The Anti-Christ because of the anti-Christian ideologies that he promotes (e.g.…

  • Reflection on Today’s Gospel: Solemnity of Christ The King

    The King who wears an eternal crown of glory, went so low as to wear a crown of thorns! And in today’s Gospel (Mt 25:31-46) on the Feast of Christ the King, Jesus not only invites us to do the same, He DEMANDS that we do the same so that we can be rewarded with…

  • What “Carrying Your Cross” Actually Means

    He summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it. What profit…

  • Finding Happiness in the Mundane

    “How do I find joy in the mundane life I live? My life does not feel like a wedding banquet, it feels like oatmeal everyday.” This question was raised by one of the viewers of the the show I’m currently binge-watching on Youtube, the Chris Stefanick Show, on the episode entitled, “What is JOY Anyway?”…

  • Dec 8: Solemnity of The Immaculate Conception

    A blessed Feast to all brothers and sisters in Christ! 💞 ***** Prayer intentions for today: 1. For long-awaiting married couples to finally be able to conceive. 2. Protection of the unborn, most especially those in unwanted pregnancies. 3. For mothers, most especially single mothers.  Last but not the least, since today we celebrate the…

  • The Holy Family

    As a child, I never fully grasped the importance of feast days and traditions in the Catholic Church. I have nothing against them, but I just never really cared to take a deeper look. But as I got older, I realized that they make total sense. They make sense when you want to get closer…