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St. John Paul II and Lessons for Community Building

The year 2020 marks the centenary (100th anniversary) of the birth of St. John Paul II. He was born Karol Józef Wojtyła on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland, and as a youth growing up in Nazi-occupied Poland, studied for the priesthood in secret, and was ordained a priest in 1946. He was no stranger to suffering and persecution. After [...]

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Liturgical Reflection for 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A (25 Oct 2020)

In today’s Gospel one of the Pharisees, “an expert of the law” ventured to test Jesus as to which was the most important law. The Jews were governed by the Mosaic Law which comprised the Ten Commandments and more than 600 auxiliary and additional rules for living. It was more in the Pharisees' interest to defeat Jesus rather than to [...]

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A Psalm for Our Community inspired by Psalms 80: 1-4-19

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leaded Joseph likes a flock. My God, lead Maria to make her mind , keep the job and changes, to a new department. Help her Lord as she had harder her heart. Many year she had not been to church, thou that dwells between  the cherubim, shine forth. Before Ephraim and Benjamin [...]

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Inspiration from Psalm 46, God is with us.

God is both refuge and strength for us, a help always ready in trouble; So we shall not fear though deadlines are too many, KPIs are impossible to meet, God’s love for us is a surety when we are obedient, thankful and have a contrite heart, Bad bosses come and go, a job lost opens the door to a better [...]

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In Our Community – 25 October 2020

Eucharistic Celebration every Sunday at 11am, Making the Psalms Your Prayer Book, Share Your Story, Talk About Mental Wellness, Prayer Binds the Community Together, Share Your Story, Staying Connected with One Another, Seniors Club, - Check out what is happening this week at CSM and more, around the Archdiocese!

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In Our Community – 18 October 2020

Eucharistic Celebration every Sunday at 11am, Making the Psalms Your Prayer Book, Share Your Story, Talk About Mental Wellness, Prayer Binds the Community Together, Share Your Story, Staying Connected with One Another, Seniors Club, - Check out what is happening this week at CSM and more, around the Archdiocese!

By |2020-10-16T03:46:37+08:00October 16th, 2020|In Our Community|Comments Off on In Our Community – 18 October 2020

A Community of Support

I remember that a few years back, when I was still an undergraduate, I received the news that a teacher who had taught me at Junior College had passed on. I had briefly bumped into her at the university's library just a couple of months shortly prior and in our brief conversation, I understood that she was in the midst [...]

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A Psalm from Our Community

I lift  up my eyes to the mountains from where shall come my help As I embark on new journey with Lord Thoughts of fear and insecurities are squashed As my help comes from the Lord, maker of heaven and earth Slipping into old habits and old life of sin, no way! Will he let my foot slip the one [...]

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Liturgical Reflection for 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) 18 October 2020

We learn from the first reading that the Persian king, Cyrus was called by name and anointed by the Lord to subdue nations before him with a mission to free the Jewish exiles from captivity in Babylon.  Similarly, by virtue of our baptism, we are called by name and anointed as priest, prophet and king and thus commissioned with a [...]

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Reaching Out to Each Other

How do we gift others the abundance we have received from God? There are many ways, and one of the simplest are to look for opportunities to reach out with hospitality and gift the love we have received from God, to one another.   "It is not about how much you do, but how much love you put into it [...]

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