Theme: Discipleship The first reading reveals the solemn calling of Isaiah by God to be a prophet. However, due to the death of king Uzziah, Isaiah was filled with sorrow. He was then unable to recognise that it was the Lord sitting upon the throne and not that it was empty. Similar to Isaiah, many of us with all our [...]
In the first reading we see that God did not call us by accident - the call was a deliberate action from God who knows us personally. We are tasked to proclaim the good news to all nations. Just like how Jeremiah the prophet had to preach to corrupt kings and religious leaders of ancient Judah who opposed him fiercely, [...]
In the Japanese culture, there is an artform known as Kintsugi. It is the process of restoring and mending broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum dust. In Kintsugi, there is no attempt to hide the damage, but to celebrate, accept, and even highlight the parts that which have been broken. The broken areas, and the repair [...]
As we approach the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, we thought we could look back at what happened in December for the source of our hope in every liturgical season: The Nativity of Jesus came alive for us in late December 2021 - all of us from the parish and those of our neighbourhood who had come across the [...]
In the first reading, Ezra, the priest, proclaimed the Law of God before the assembly, on the first day of the seventh month. This day, also known as Rosh Hashanah, is one of the most holy days in the Jewish calendar and is also the first day of the Jewish new year. Nehemiah, leader of the people, said “Go eat [...]
To ring in the new year together, and to give thanks to our Lord together as a parish community, 100 seats were opened for the parishioners to sign-up for a night of Praise and Worship, and all were very quickly filled up. Many more wanted to participate in this Thanksgiving event and expressed disappointment in not being present due to [...]
The first reading of this Sunday assures us of God’s determination to continually love us and reminds us that He will not abandon us. The words of the passage tell us how God’s love transforms us, changes us from ‘Forsaken’ to ‘My Delight’ and our land from ‘Abandoned’ to ‘The Wedded’. Marriage is used here as a metaphor to describe [...]
This week as we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord, let us reflect on our own baptism when God stood with us and lifted us from the muddy waters of sin. God then incorporated us into the body of Christ empowering us to lead the life of Christ. We have read in the scriptures about the Baptism of our Lord [...]
My wife, Helen and I started out as a married couple as "moving Catholics"- we moved from Church to Church - wherever it was most convenient for us we went. We were Pew Catholics who went to church on Sundays and did not really know much of our faith. As a young couple, we were trying very hard to have [...]