Homilies
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, […]
Looking through the eyes of God
Homily for 4th Sunday of Lent 2014 A week before World Youth Day in Sydney in 2008, a group of German pilgrims from Paderborn were staying in Bendigo as part of their experience in Australia. One morning, part of the pilgrim’s activity was to work with the pilgrims from Bendigo and do some volunteering works […]
“‘That’s okay…God still believes in you.”
Homily for 3rd Sunday of Lent year A 2014 One of my favourite preachers is a Catholic lay person from the Philippines. He’s popularly known as Brother Bo Sanchez or just ‘Bo’. I just liked his practical and simple ways of spreading the gospel or his ways of evangelizing and touching people’s hearts and souls. […]
Transfiguration: Moment of Grace
Homily for 2nd Sunday of Lent 2014 (year A) Prior to my ordination to the priesthood, I had to write a 25- thousand word ‘synthesis’ of the Catholic faith or a 25,000- word summary of the faith. Then when I finished writing that very long summary I should say, I had to sit down in […]