Homilies and Reflections

How real God is in our lives?

Homily for 18th Sunday in Ordinary time year B 2012 Four years ago, a young man made an international headline because of his surprising move to give up his very promising career and entered the seminary to become a Catholic priest. Chase Hilgenbrinck, a very promising soccer-player who made it to the Major League Soccer in […]

Jesus: The true bread for life

Sunday XVIII B 2012 In previous weeks I’ve pointed out that most of the Christians of Ephesus would have come to the faith from pagan backgrounds. Different peoples had different gods and different beliefs. In the Greco-Roman world the gods were sometimes referred to as ‘the Immortals’ but there was no suggestion that every human […]

The Good news in the Gospel

Homily for 17th Sunday in Ordinary time 2012, Year B Our Gospel today is really a Good News for all of us for many reasons.   The first good news is that we are God’s priority. We remember last week’s gospel, Jesus was wanting to have time with his disciples alone after their first missionary experience, […]

Sharing our littleness: A Big thing

Homily for 17th Sunday in Ordinary time  Year B 29 July, 2012 Three years ago, I witnessed a miracle myself and until now I couldn’t stop thanking God for his wonderful manifestation of his compassion to me and to my family. Three years ago, my 14-year old nephew was diagnosed with Leukaemia. His case was already […]