It happens that… God does exactly what we want!It does happen yes, that God goes along with what we ask for, even to the detail of it.We may have hoped for something but… we told ourselves that… it could not come about, and… suddenly…There it is: our request, our secret […]
Easter Sunday, Year C – 2025
It was very early, “it was still dark”, but she could not wait… (John 20:1-9).Mary Magdalen was anxious to go to the tomb where Jesus had been laid on Friday evening.The evening prior to the Sabbath had not allowed for a proper burial, now she wanted to do what was […]
Tuesday, Holy Week, Year C – 2025
The daily news bulletin… the news repeat themselves, similar, tragic, distressing…Incurable disease, road accident, lethal fire, murder, mass killing, war…All these situations reveal the same factor at work… DEATH. But we are NOT made for death!We are not destined to be destroyed, suddenly, or after a long agony.Our whole being […]
Palm Sunday, Year C – 2025
The gospel text beginning this celebration – Palm Sunday – presents many aspects that draw our attention and can inspire our reflection (Luke 19:28-40).The scene is filled with people: Jesus and his apostles, the Pharisees, the owners of a colt, and the crowd accompanying Jesus. He is on the way […]
1st Sunday of Lent, Year C – 2025
We want to know God, we try to find out more about him.We read books and articles, we listen to teachers and preachers. What if he, himself, told us what he is, the kind of God he truly is?Of course, we cannot be told everything about him in a single […]
The Baptism of the Lord, Year C – 2025
Many people want to know the God in whom they believe. But people are sometimes faced with a difficulty as they try to understand matters of faith. They are so eager to find out what to believe, and how to believe, that they forget to focus on whom to believe! […]
Holy Family, Year C – 2024-2025
Sometimes, those around young people say that they do not know what/who they are. But if we are honest, the same can be said of many people who are no longer young! Those adults do not understand themselves; they try to find out what they truly are. They are searching […]
1st Sunday of Advent, Year C – 2024-2025
It is more than a question of posture… This reflection came to me after reading today’s gospel text (Luke 21:25-28,34-36). At times, walking on the street, we meet people with the neck deep into their coat. They go about stooped, with sad faces, obviously downcast and depressed. We would not […]
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation – 1st September 2024
« Hope and Act with Creation” is the theme of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to be held on 1 September 2024. The theme is drawn from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans (8:19-25), where the Apostle explains what it means for us to live according […]
World Youth Day – 26 July 2024
World Youth Day is a global gathering where young people deepen their faith, experience the universality of the Catholic Church, and commit their lives to Christ alongside hundreds of thousands of like-minded peers. The Archbishop of Seoul, S. Korea invites you to WYD Seoul 2027! See you at WYD Seoul […]