Homilies and Reflections

How to embrace the Word of God?

Homily  for 15th Sunday in Ordinary time year A 2014 With the invitation of the late Bishop Joe Grech, the then Bishop of Sandhurst, I came to Australia in 2007 with two other seminarians-now priests in the other part of the diocese of Sandhurst. The reason of Bishop Joe (may he rest in peace), to […]

Coming to Jesus in 3 important steps

Homily for 14th Sunday Year A Ordinary time When I was in the Philippines, I was talking to a nun-in-charge of the Home for the Aged Priests in the Archdiocese of Cebu. The nature of her work allowed her to meet many different priests from different places. She shared with me a wonderful story of […]

God- the greatest of all risk-takers

Homily for Passion Sunday 2014 Yesterday, I watched the movie ‘The Railway Man’ to support a fund-raising effort for the Philippines. Many of you might have seen it already but for me, that was the first time, and I would say it’s worth watching not only because its aim was to help some people in […]

Friendship with Jesus: A Way to Life

Homily for fifth Sunday of Lent 2014 Few months ago, my youngest brother (who had just graduated from High School last week) told me that he wanted to become a priest like me. Hearing that, I was so excited about him, so I asked him to take the entrance exam for the seminary. He did, […]