Category Personal Blog

CONSECRATED OIL  CONSECRATED SONS

  Homily for Chrism Mass on May 13, 2020 My brothers in the priesthood of Christ: Do you still remember those days when priestly work was so predictable and almost monotonous? Do you still remember those days when we were…

OUR LOST IDENTITY

Our Sunday is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. One God. Three Persons. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. What is the Holy Trinity for us? First and foremost, the Holy Trinity is truth. It is truth not like…

Lonely and Afraid

Since March, when the quarantine was imposed on us—let’s call spade a spade—we have been living in fear, we are afraid to get sick, we are afraid for our loved ones to get sick, we are afraid to die, and…

LEAVE IT TO ME

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I could not imagine this would happen. Holy Thursday, without the Washing of the Feet; Holy Thursday, without Church visits; Holy Thursday, Mass without people in the Church; and later tonight, Holy Thursday,…

Honesty, Humility, Holocaust

Our experiences today are different from the story of the Resurrection of Jesus. Although they are different, there are also some similarities. First, when did they see a corpse that rose and ate, but is not a ghost? When did…

CHRIST, COVID-19 AND OUR FAITH

The epidemic of godless fear of the unknown is spreading, and we must return to the basics of our Catholic faith.  Let us not leave God out of the threat of COVID-19. Our first combat gear against all sickness is…