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The Feast of St. Lawrence

Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of a deacon of the Roman Church, St. Lawrence who was martyred in 258 A.D. As a deacon, he served the poor and the needy generously. Legend had it that when the Roman P…
Feast of James the Greater

Today, the Church celebrates the feast day of James, the brother of John. He was the first apostle to suffer martyrdom, killed by Herod in 44 A.D. (Acts 12:2). Herod did it to please the Jews. This was a grim reality for…
14th Ordinary Sunday (Year B)

Today, Fr. John Baptist Kwan celebrated the 11 a.m. mass with us. He informed us that Fr. Lejeune had returned to his home town in France and would return in mid-September. We wished him bon voyage. Fr. Kwan also thanked…
You had better not be a teacher

Many people envy teachers in Hong Kong because they have many holidays, especially the long summer holiday beginning in mid-July. In effect, they receive salaries of twelve months while working for roughly only nine mont…
How do you encourage people to be generous?

I did not study Communication, Mass Media etc. in my university time. But I am always fascinated to see how people working in the advertising industry can come up with brilliant ideas to persuade people to buy the produc…
On Social Justice

We live in a world with limited resources. Whenever we need to handle the problem of the allocation of resources, we cannot run away from the question of fairness. What is the fairest way to allocate the limited resource…
Can a Christian marry an unbeliever?

Paul urged the Corinthian believers to be ambassadors for reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:20). As Christians, we have an obligation to reconcile the world to God. We are followers of Christ, in whom God reconciles the wo…
Feast of St. Anthony of Padua

There are several St. Anthony's in the Catholic Church. One of them is famous for the recovery of lost objects. I usually mix him up with another Anthony who was a hermit, probably the founder of Western monasticism. The…
The veil over Moses' face

Contemplating on the veil Moses put on his own face, Paul came up with an unexpected conclusion. When Moses brought the Old Covenant down from Mount Sinai, his face was shining in brightness as a result of conversing wit…
Paul's relation with the Corinthians

The Acts is a rather reliable historical account. But there are limitations. Sheep hide was limited in supply. Luke could not include all the details. He had to select and condense. For example, the Synoptic evangelists …