Have you already made your New Year's "Predictions and Resolutions"? What is going to happen in your own lives in 2022? What is going to happen in the lives of your own families and beloved ones in 2022? Do you anticipate any major changes? What changes if any do you DESIRE the most? It is a good time to look back on the events of 2021 and reflect on the purpose of our lives. It is also a good time to...

This year is very special: the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord and the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph are celebrated just one day apart as Christmas falls on a Saturday. I have already written to you about the Joy of Christmas last week. We have been blessed with the well-attended Christmas Novena Masses this year and I would like to invite all of you to...

Which is your most memorable CHRISTMAS? This is a question often asked when family and friends gather around a traditional meal on Christmas Day. It is a wonderful ice-breaker when there are "new" family guests. It is also a way for many of us to SHARE with others the JOY OF CHRISTMAS in the time of Advent! I will never forget my first Christmas as a priest...

“REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS...REJOICE! THE LORD IS NEAR. Have no anxiety at all.. make your requests known to GOD. Then, the PEACE OF GOD will guard your hearts and minds in CHRIST JESUS. "(St Paul Letter to Philippians 4:4-7). What a beautiful message to proclaim and meditate as we have just passed the middle point of our ADVENT season, and celebrate GAUDETE Sunday, when we all REJOICE. I shall say it again: REJOICE! THE LORD IS NEAR! BE JOYFUL AND PRAISE THE LORD! We all face anxieties, preoccupations, worries. Whenever things do not go well, we may be drowned in a downward spiral of depression, especially in this time of Advent/ Christmas that reminds us of many joys of past years with our beloved parents, siblings, husbands, or wives. To cheer up those of you that may be depressed in this joyful time, I would like to share a very personal story....

LISTEN TO THE VOICE CRYING OUT: PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD: COME DECEMBER 13! Once again we have entered the ADVENT Season: awaiting the First COMING OF CHRIST. Once again we can hear the VOICE of JOHN THE BAPTIST shouting in our ears: "PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD, make straight his paths. Every valley shall be filled and EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL SHALL BE MADE LOW. The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth, AND ALL FLESH SHALL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD." Can you hear ...