Dear Parishioners,
Let us now turn to the precepts of the Church;
1. Keep the Sundays and holy days of obligation holy, by hearing Mass and resting from hard work; the questions to be asked here are [Read More]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
1. The world around us is made up of experts, in one field or the other. We have builders, carpenters, mechanics, tailors, typists, fishermen, sailors etc. Imagine one of them advising the [Read More]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ.
1. Today, we join the universal Church to celebrate the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. this feast reveals Jesus to us as Savior and Light to the nations, who comes into the world to dispel[Read More]
Dear Parishioners,
As we ended last week, we went through the first three of the Ten Commandments as one of the ways to examine one’s conscience to make a good confession.
Today we shall begin with[Read More]
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
1. In September 2019, Pope Francis declared that “the third Sunday in OT is to be devoted to the celebration, study, and dissemination of the Word of God… for we urgently need [Read More]
Examination of Conscience
1. Introduction: It is close to seven months since I became the Pastor of St. Agnes and Our Lady of the Snows Parishes. My primary role is to [Read More]
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
When a priest or a bishop is newly ordained, there is for him a solemn Thanksgiving Mass during which he is [Read More]
Dear Parishioners, after the miracle of the loaves (cfr Mk. 8:1ff) he cured a blind man at Bethsaida (v. 22-26) and then embarked first on his own identity test: “Who do people say I am?” (v. 27). Of course, if you do not know who [More]
Dear friends, brothers and sisters in Christ,
1. Today’s feast celebrates the manifestation of Christ the Lord as the Light of revelation to all the world and the fulfillment of every human desire and aspiration. Some of the principal characters of today’s feast of manifestation presented to us in the Gospel text are [Read More]
Dear Parishioners, our world is full of people in crisis. This is manifested especially in the present generation. A simple example is that of the Crisis of corporeality: we have people who neglect their bodies to the extent that they look like beasts. On the other side we have those who [Read More]
I. Listening to the plea of an endangered humanity
1. At the dawn of this New Year given to us by our heavenly Father, a year of Jubilee in the spirit of hope, I offer heartfelt good wishes of peace to every man and woman. I think especially of those who [Read More]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
1. Today, the universal Church celebrates Holy Family Sunday. This celebration is within the context of the Holy Family of Nazareth as the ideal Family with all it takes for all other [Read More}
Dear Parishioners, after being cast out of the synagogue, the blind man has a second encounter with Christ, who has a question (Himself) for the blind man. He asks him [Read More]
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
1. Today we are celebrating the Birthday of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. This is the birthday of all birthdays because we are [Read More]
Dear brothers and sisters,
1. This is the night that was made by the Lord, we rejoice and are glad. For a Light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overpower it. This world in which we live, as it were, was swallowed up in the [Read More]
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
1. Today is the 3rd Sunday of Advent Year C. The central theme that runs across the readings today is that we should [Read More]
Dear Parishioners, we need to consider for our reflection some Mendicant Model of vowed Lifestyle. They are:
i) St. Francis of Assisi: He belonged to a relatively wealthy [Read More]
Readings: Baruch 5:1-9, Phil. 1:4-6,8-11, and Lk. 3:1-6.
“Prepare the Road for the Master.”
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
1. One of the things that marvels me in this country is the road network. The designs of the road network, the machines used, the technical know-how, and the driving lights to create order and smoothness in driving. It even puzzles me the more when I observed [Read More]