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Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica (Year B)

Man is mortal but he longs for immortality. Therefore, people in the Middle Age in Europe built magnificent cathedrals whose Gothic spires showed man's desire to reach upwards to heavens. Among these cathedrals, the St. …
All Saints Day

Fr. Milanese celebrated the 11 a.m. Mass this morning. The introduction of his homily stimulated our thoughts. Today, the Church celebrates all the saints. They have successfully accomplished their mission on earth and a…
Feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Year B)

The Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897) today. It is also the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. St. Thérèse was famous for her simplicity …
Assumption of the BVM

This evening, we sang an extra mass to celebrate the Assumption of Our Lady. Fr. Patrick Sun was the celebrant. His homily was deeply spiritual and yet easily accessible for us laymen. We learn a lesson in Mariology.Firs…
15th Ordinary Sunday (Year B)

The theme of today is evangelization. It is very appropriate for the Year of Vocation. Of course, Fr. Kwan would not confine this vocation to priestly vocation. He would like all of us to understand that through baptism,…
Corpus Christi

The Year of St. Paul will end this June 29. Therefore, I intended to go through the life of St. Paul with the choir members within these remaining weeks. I was amazed that some of the younger members mixed up Peter and P…
Feast of St. Barnabas

The Church celebrates the feast of St. Barnabas today. We are able to find his activities recorded in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline epistles: First Epistle to the Corinthians, Galatians and Colossians. To a ce…
Dating the Second Epistle to the Corinthians

The Acts proves to be quite a reliable history of the early Church. Of course, some details would be missing and it would be unfair to demand Luke to be encyclopaedic. It is well known that the canon of the Bible does no…
Feast of St. Philip Neri

Diversity is a good thing. Look at God's Creation. The universe is ablaze with the handiwork of God in all her majesty diversity. I have been a very serious man, trying to be serious in all the work I do. Life should be…
Paul in Corinth (II)

One of Paul's partners in Corinth was Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue (Acts 18:8). His name is also mentioned in the first epistle to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 1:14). Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believe…