Tag Archive | Holy Spirit
Reflection on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ [Corpus Christi Sunday] One of the few Australian TV programs that I follow is “Man Vs Wild”. This program is hosted by an ex military man Bear Ghryllis. He would go for an adventure into different parts of the world, climbing up mountains and cliffs, swimming across […]
Reflection on the Mystery of the Holy Trinity
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Do we understand this everytime we say this as we make the sign of the cross?It is quite hard to understand this mystery of our faith, especially when we just say this in a mechanical way. But wait, our confession […]
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 […]
Reflection for PENTECOST SUNDAY 2011
Today is popularly known as the Birthday of the Church, but this is actually a very weak analogy. The more proper term to encapsulate today’s solemnity is the ‘epiphany of the Church’ as Pope Pius XII hinted in his encyclical Mystici Corporis Christi. This is so because, our tradition tells us that the Church was born with […]