Posts from July 2025

This coming weekend is our annual Homecoming Bazaar. It is called Homecoming because so many people, who have moved away, come back to the parish for the bazaar. It could be for the homemade foods and delicacies. But more so, it is for meeting old friends and acquaintances. The Bazaar is more than a parish fund- raiser. It is an event where our parishioners come together make new friends, welcome visitors and guests, have a good time, and truly come…

A true story is told by an advertising executive at Reader’s Digest, who found her emptiness filled in by prayer, listening to God, as Mary did in today’s Gospel. In spite of her successful career, she had felt emptiness in her life. One morning, during a breakfast meeting with her marketing consultant, she mentioned that emptiness. “Do you want to fill it?” her colleague asked. “Of course, I do,” she said. He looked at her and replied, “Then start each…

Today we heard the story of the Good Samaritan. It’s a familiar story to us. But do we walk away learning something. Think about the individuals who came across the man left for dead. What were their first thoughts? First the priest said he can’t help. He would be made unclean and unable to do his duties. The Levite said, he’s not of my class. I can’t associate with him. Each thought of himself first. But the Samaritan, he didn’t…

Jesus sent out 72 disciples to preach the Gospel message. They went out into the known world and shared Christ’ messages to love God with everything we have, to love one another, to forgive each other, not to judge, but be willing to sacrifice for others. As faithful Christians, are we doing the same? We should attract others by leading exemplary lives, just as a rose attracts people by its beauty and its fragrance. We might say this is our…