​“Dear Kuya Jeff, my daughter’s classmate recently took her own life by drowning. Sa diary niya, she wrote about being bullied in school and how much she was struggling with her parents’ separation. She was also diagnosed with a mental disorder and was under treatment for severe depression before it happened. I tried to help the family talk to their parish priest, pero mukhang senior clergy siya, and he refused to offer a Mass after finding out na suicide ang cause of death. Ano po ba talaga ang guidelines ng Church in cases like this?” – Vita Dulcedo

​“Dear Kuya Jeff, thank you po for extending our Bible Study to include the Biblical Walk Through the Mass! Super enlightening. Now I get it—the Jewish people who didn’t recognize Jesus as the Lord of the Sabbath still worship on Saturdays hanggang ngayon. May mga sects din na ganito pa rin, like the Seventh-Day Adventists. Pero since Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday, ascended to heaven on a Sunday, and the Holy Spirit also descended on a Sunday, the early Christians started gathering, reading Scripture, and breaking bread on the first day of the week, which is Sunday (Acts 20:7; Revelation 1:10). In our family, Sunday Mass has always been part of life—though for decades, we’ve been going every Saturday afternoon kasi may anticipated Mass sa parish namin. Okay lang po ba ‘yung ganitong practice? I know that Sunday is the Lord’s Day, pero parang na-curious lang ako, kasi we’ve been doing this for so long. Promise, Catholic pa rin ako—hindi po ako Jew or Adventist!” – Sabado Girl

​“Dear Kuya Jeff, hi po! Alam ko sobrang busy mo, sorry talaga for bothering you. May quick clarification lang po ako. Last time sa Biblical Walkthrough the Mass, you mentioned na the Word of God is meant to be proclaimed and listened to during the Holy Mass. Sabi mo rin po na yung lector, deacon, or priest dapat nagpo-proclaim habang the faithful ay nakikinig hindi nagbabasa kasi the Word isn’t something to be studied at that moment, but a sacramental proclamation na dapat tanggapin through the ears and the heart. Pwede po ba ako makahingi ng mga references for follow-up reading? Alam ko busy ka po, sorry ulit ha! Thank you so much in advance, Kuya!” — Ann M.