January 3, 2010
THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Is 60:1-6 /
Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6/
My 1-12
A startling vision is embedded in the Second Vatican Council document The Church in the Modern World: Any one who helps futher the development of the human race also helps the catholic Church (Gaudium et Spes, 44).
We are meant to live the real world-the world that the messy, confusing, complex, and dangerous. God step into the stage of this world. The Spirit works at at every level of human affairs. Christ calls us to act. Thus, Vatican II called us to read the sign of the times.
What led the Magi’s steps? How did they interpret the signs they saw? Starting with stars, they were soon immersed in a deeper search. Read more…
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Good News : November 29, 2009
First Sunday of Advent
Jer 33:14-16/
1 Thes 3:12 -4:2 /
Lk 21:28, 34-36
How do we measure time? How do we mark important events, the starts and finishes of times that matter? What we measure is revealed by ho we measure it.
At work we might be clock - watchers trying to make time move more quickly. At play, we might want to stretch time. With the clock ticking, if we down a few points and have the ball, can we make the game last a bit longer?
Two experience of the same time can differ greatly. Mother and father have the same nine months to anticipate the birth of their child. During the last weeks, mom will have a much different time of it. Read more…
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November 22, 2009-11-26
Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
Dn 7:13-14/
Rv 1:5-8 /
Jn 18:33B-37
At the core of the Gospel. We find Jesus’ question to the disciples: “Who do people say that the sun of man is?” (Matthew 16:13).
Our readings today connect Jesus to deep expectation-to Jewish hopes that God’s power will bring justice. Often in Gospels Jesus calls himself the son of man, an image from book of Daniel-one destined for “everlasting dominion” First-century Christians reading the book of Revelation recognize Jesus as “the Alpha and the Omega.” He’s no less than the beginning and the end of God’s action on Earth and beyond the Earth.
Other titles flower throughout the New Testament. Jesus is called Robbi. He is prophet, Lamb, and Logos. He is the Son of David. He is the Son of God. He’s the Messiah-the Christ, the Anointed One. Read more…
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CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE:
X’mas Eve: Eng. : 5.30, 8.30, and 24.00
Thai : 7.00, 10.00 p.m.
X’mas Day: Eng : 8.30, 9.45, 11.00 & 5.30 p.m.
Thai : 6.30, 7.30, 12.30
CONFESSIONS BEFORE ALL MASSES.
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November 15, 2009
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dn 12:1-3/
Heb 10: 11-14,18/
Mk 13:24-32
It’s very tempting to want to predict the end times.
TV shows work hard to combine the prophets (Daniel is a favorite) with world news (the Middle East to offers a lot of material). Would-be seers take p the warnings, interpret the connections, see the final chapters unfolding in front of us. We’re troubled and fascinated by the notion that God could be fulfilling the prophets before our own eyes.
Christians in other eras were the same. The early Church throught they’d see Christ return. Was the destruction of the temple by the Romans the end? Three and a half centuries later as Rome was sacked by tribes from the north, was the final drama near? Did medieval formulas that reckoned the unfolding ages of God’s work in history show clear markers of the end? Well we’re still here. Read more…
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THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD