Tag Archive | Eucharist
Spiritual preparation for Christ’s coming
Homily for 1st Sunday of Advent 2013 (Year A) The other day, one of my best friends, whom I haven’t seen for almost a year now, called in to Bendigo from South Australia. He didn’t tell me beforehand that he’s coming because he wanted to pay me a surprise visit. It would have been a […]
The Resurrection: The light at the end of the tunnel
Homily for 32nd Sunday in Ordinary time year C 2013 Last month some parts of the Philippines had been hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. It caused damages in homes,centuries-old churches and other infrastructures. And just the other day, these same people more or less had to face another blow. The strongest typhoon in the […]
Zacchaeus- the tax-collector teaches us a lesson
Homily for 31st Sunday in Ordinary time year C 2013 ‘No one who meets Jesus ever stays the same’, says Philip Yancey, an American Christian writer in his Book ‘The Jesus I Never Knew.’ Yancey continues: ‘Jesus has rocked my own preconceptions and has made me ask hard questions about why those of us who […]
Experiencing the presence of the Risen Lord
Homily for 3rd Sunday of Easter year C 2013 Wow! Time is really moving fast. It seems like Easter Sunday was only last Sunday, but we are now on the third Sunday of Easter. I hope that we are still in the Easter mood. I mean I hope we are taking each Sunday or each […]