Tag: Mission

Honing Our Missionary Nature

Today is World Mission Sunday! We pray for the missionaries in distant mission lands and our brothers and sisters whom they serve, and support them financially by putting some money in that pink envelope we picked up last Sunday.ย Having done all...

Time to Go Fishing

“As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea, they were fishermen.” Matthew 4:18. Simon was enjoying a nice quiet day out on ฮธฮฌฮปฮฑฯƒฯƒฮฑ, the...

World Mission Sunday

Today is World Mission Sunday. It should be the Day meant to define and shape every single day of our life as disciples of Jesus Christ, because he has entrusted us with the spreading of the Good News, the most astonishing and hope-filled message...

Here is My Servant

After countless times reading and re-reading the Holy Scripture over nearly the five decades of my ministerial priesthood, only a few days ago, it dawned on me that, alas, we have ignored lots of Godโ€™s promises because, at the time we read them...

What is Our Motto?

A motto is a word, phase or short sentence that expresses the ideal, principle or goal of a person, cause or institute. Mottos serve to identify and motivate a person, or group. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, or abbreviated A.M.D.G., (For the greater glory...

Our Mission in Life

โ€œYou are the salt of the earthโ€ โ€œYou are the light of the world.โ€ Here are two of the most direct, targeted expressions uttered by Jesus. We all know how doctors frown upon those who munch on salty snacks and are rather generous with their salt...

Leading a Prayerful Life

God calls us to celebrate World Mission Sunday within the context of prayer. Here are some challenging conclusions to be drawn from this statement. In giving the definition of herself at the 2nd Vatican Council, the Church wrote that she is by her...

Is This Our Year?

In the Gospel of Luke (13:6-9), Jesus provides us with the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree: There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none, he said to the gardener, โ€˜For...