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Repentance: Stop, look and listen (to God)

Homily for 3rd Sunday of Lent year C 2013 Brothers and sisters, in this third Sunday of Lent we are all urged to repentance and to bear fruit. But we may ask, how might we do this? What might be the best way to take to a true repentance? If you went around the Philippines […]

Transfiguration: A moment of listening to Jesus

Homily for 2nd Sunday of Lent year C 2013 Our Gospel today tells us of the transfiguration of Jesus in the presence of three of his closest disciples: Peter, James and John. It was an experience not only for Jesus himself but also for his disciples, especially Peter. We can note that earlier in this […]

Prayer, Fasting and Obedience to the Word of God: Jesus’ way to beat the tempter

Homily for 1st Sunday of Lent year C 2013 In my homily last Wednesday (Ash Wednesday), I said to some of the children at our parish primary school  that one way to observe lent is to give up something that  we love doing such as eating lollies or chocolates, or watching TV, or playing video […]

The beauty of being found by God

Homily for 5th Sunday in Ordinary time year C 2013 Before I got accepted into the seminary, I worked at a hardware shop in the city. Technically, my work was a ‘checker’ which included checking the incoming and outgoing deliveries, making inventories of the stock, and even cleaning the gutter located beside the shop during […]