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All Souls Day (Year B)

Living in this scientific age, it is not easy to hold on to the belief in God and in the spiritual realm. Things which used to be categorized as spiritual are now consigned to being psychological. Perhaps modern people d…
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…
Salvation is for all

It remains a mystery how the people of Nineveh would believe in God at the preaching of Jonah. Like many other books of the Bible, such as Genesis, the book of Jonah simply tells us what has happened but did not explain …
Feast of Guardian Angels (Year B)

One year ago on the Feast of Guardian Angels, I mentioned about listening more to my guardian angel. Looking back, it seems that I have not made much progress. I still made the same mistake of not listening to the "littl…
Feast of St. Matthew, the Evangelist

Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Matthew, one of the Twelve and an Evangelist. It is well known that he was a tax-collector before he became Jesus' disciple. He was despised and hated by his fe…
Some characteristics of the Thessalonian Epistle

Today, we will finish reading the First Epistle to the Thessalonians. This was an early, or even the first epistle written by St. Paul and I would like to look at two characteristics not shared by the other epistles. Fir…
Things a teacher can be proud of

Approaching the end of August, there are only a few more days to go before the new school year commences. Many teachers have already started attending meetings, preparing lessons and planning activities for the upcoming …
Feast of Pius X (Year B)

Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Pope Pius X (1835-1914). He passed through all stages of pastoral life, from being a parish priest, a seminary professor, vicar-general, bishop etc. to becoming the Pope…
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 Ss. Peter & Paul

Peter and Paul were two most unlikely people to whom God would entrust the building of the Church. On their own, Peter and Paul were not charismatic enough to lead even a tiny band of rebels. Yet, God did build the Churc…