Homilies

Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: A foretaste of Heaven

The celebration of the Holy Eucharist today in our Diocesan Seminary here in Melbourne Australia is one of those events that enabled me to have a foretaste of heaven. Truly, every Celebration of the Eucharist is a sharing of the eternal sacrifice in heaven, but today’s Mass confirms it even more. There were nine priests, with a Vietnamese […]

Reflection for 6th Sunday of Easter 2011

Every time I heard a story of a person who was  put to prison for a crime, but then, have been proven to be  innocent, I feel sad. I wonder why does it take 20 or 30 years for the truth of the crime to come out. I wonder why does this happen, when a […]

Love ONE another, not love another ONE

This is how Jesus wishes his disciples to do. This is the gist of the gospel today. He not only says this, but he really lives this out in loving his friends, his disciples, those who heard his voice, followed him, stayed with him, and welcomed him to be their Lord and Master. Unfortunately, this […]

How to follow the 10 Commandments today?

“Before  I die I mean to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land,” a nineteenth century industrial baron once said to Mark Twain.  “I will climb to the top of Mount Sinai and read the ten commandments aloud.”  “Why don’t you stay home and keep them?” replied Twain. God gave us ten commandments so we […]