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Liturgical Reflection for 7th Sunday of Easter (Year B)

As Eastertide draws to a close, we are called to continue living our lives with God in this chaotic world. We are often surrounded with the concerns that are of this Earth and encounter many temptations that cause us to sin and drift away from God. Jesus was sent by God to illuminate the path leading us to heaven - [...]

By |2022-01-24T07:15:07+08:00May 13th, 2021|Liturgical Reflection|Comments Off on Liturgical Reflection for 7th Sunday of Easter (Year B)

The Annoying Flies of Sin

The summers of Australia are well-documented for their bush fires as the heat of the sun meets the dry, arid natural kindling of the bushland. Summer in Australia is also the time when all sorts of creepy-crawlies crawl out of the woodwork. The most annoying of all being the fly, otherwise known as the Musca vetustissima, or the bush fly [...]

By |2021-05-18T05:20:50+08:00May 13th, 2021|Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on The Annoying Flies of Sin

Liturgical Reflection for 6th Sunday of Easter (Year B)

As we approach Pentecost, we are reminded of what happened to a gentile who was not part of the community of believers. We should take note that Cornelius was a Roman Centurion who probably like other Romans worshipped several gods. However, we told that he was a good and upright man who not only thought well of others but offered [...]

By |2022-01-24T07:15:00+08:00May 6th, 2021|Liturgical Reflection|Comments Off on Liturgical Reflection for 6th Sunday of Easter (Year B)

Christian Participation in Society

Romans 12:9-10, 16, 18, 21 gives us an insight into how Christians are supposed to carry themselves and to live their lives: Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honour... Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate [...]

By |2021-05-06T21:20:25+08:00May 6th, 2021|Faith Formation|Comments Off on Christian Participation in Society

Liturgical Reflection for 5th Sunday of Easter

Theme: Obedience, Trust in God’s Love - A test of our faith through our daily trials Many times, our obedience and trust in God is put to the test when we are faced with challenges at home, in school, at our workplace, and even in church while doing our ministerial work. Our faith is challenged while we manoeuvre through the [...]

By |2022-01-24T07:14:53+08:00April 28th, 2021|Liturgical Reflection|Comments Off on Liturgical Reflection for 5th Sunday of Easter

Would You Let God Dream For You?

When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we thought we were dreaming. Then our mouths were filled with laughter; our tongues sang for joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD had done great things for them.” - Psalm 126: 1-2 According to Hebrew cultural traditions, the time of exile, the galut is often referred to as a time [...]

By |2021-05-18T06:01:54+08:00April 28th, 2021|Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on Would You Let God Dream For You?

Liturgical Reflection for 4th Sunday of Easter (Year B)

The parable of the Good Shepherd as we have it in John’s Gospel: 10:1-18, is made up of several parts. We will examine two parts of this segment. The first part explains the ‘gate’ and its’ significance, and the second part is concerned with the relationship between the ‘shepherd’ and the ‘sheep’ and therefore focuses on the ‘shepherd’.   There [...]

By |2022-01-24T07:14:44+08:00April 22nd, 2021|Liturgical Reflection|Comments Off on Liturgical Reflection for 4th Sunday of Easter (Year B)

The Hidden Life of Christ

The Gospel accounts record in written History, and recount most elegantly, the countless things  which were said by Jesus and what He did in His years of public Ministry. Nonetheless, we hear very little about the life of Christ on earth between His infant years to the age of thirty when He began His public Ministry. Of the words of [...]

By |2021-04-22T22:28:20+08:00April 22nd, 2021|Faith Formation|Comments Off on The Hidden Life of Christ

Liturgical Reflection for 3rd Sunday of Easter

This week we are called to remember that we are witnesses to Christ’s resurrection and to recall how our encounter with Christ has brought us joy.   In the first reading, we are called to repentance and to turn to God so that our sins may be forgiven. God forgives all as long as we turn to him. We should [...]

By |2022-01-24T07:14:36+08:00April 14th, 2021|Liturgical Reflection|Comments Off on Liturgical Reflection for 3rd Sunday of Easter

Easter Calls and Responses

1 John 4: 15 to 19 states: Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God. We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him. In this is love brought to [...]

By |2021-05-18T06:02:34+08:00April 14th, 2021|Faith Formation, Featured story|Comments Off on Easter Calls and Responses