January 2019

Today’s passage resumes from last Sunday’s reading that recounts what happened in the synagogue of Nazareth when Jesus proclaimed the beginning of the year of grace. What he read is like a manifesto of the whole mission of Jesus which included: the salvation of the poor, the weak, and the oppressed.
 
Initially, when Jesus read the passage: “All agreed with him, and were lost in wonder while he spoke of the grace of God.” How did the...

PANAMA CITY (CNS): “Are you willing to be an influencer like Mary, who dared to say, ‘Let it be done’?” Pope Francis asked the hundreds of thousands of young men and women who had made their way to St. John Paul II Park, for the evening prayer vigil on January 26, preceding the penultimate, closing Mass at 8.00am the next morning.
 
“Only love makes us more human and fulfilled; everything else is a pleasant but useless placebo,”...

HONG KONG (SE): Family members and friends of the late Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung thanked him for his contribution to family and Church as they recalled different experiences in his life.
 
Cindy Yang, his sister, remembered her eldest brother’s love for the family. For her, Bishop Yeung was a responsible brother who performed the duty of a father. 
 
In an interview with the Kung Kao Po on January 11, she recalled that the future...

Lent is approaching. The Church in Hong Kong is organising its annual Lenten Campaign under the theme: Do not let people disregard you because you are young, which will run from March 6, Ash Wednesday, to April 17.
 
Reverend Andrew Au Gar-wai, the chairperson of the Lenten Campaign Organising Committee, is appealing to parishes, Catholic schools, Catholic institutions and communities to participate through prayer, reflection and sacrifice.
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