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Homily for Trinity Sunday 2011
Today’s solemnity is one of those many elements of the mystery of our Christian faith that is very hard to explain. Yet it is the core of our being baptised Christian, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. It is quite hard and a big challenge to try […]
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 […]
Flores de Mayo in the Philippines
The whole month of May is dedicated to Mary in the Philippines. This is the time when kids, who are in their school holidays are taught Catechism in their own parishes, while some of them are preparing for their first confession and communion. This is also the month when the Santacruzan is held, when ladies […]
Which voice will the young people of the twenty-first century choose to follow? B. JP II
“Which voice will the young people of the twenty-first century choose to follow? To put your faith in Jesusmeans choosing to believe what HE says no matter how strange it may seem, and choosing to reject the claims of evil no matter how sensible or attractive they may seem.” ( BL. JPII- Globe and Mail– 25 […]