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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 23 Aug, 2021
August 22, 2021 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.77 MBJesus wants an alignment between what his followers say and what they do in their following of him. He wants us to be sincere and authentic. Sincerity and authenticity are relatively modern ideas - at most no more than 500 years old as fully developed concepts. Burt they take us right to heart of what Jesus is inviting us to be and to do as pilgrims on our faith journey. That’s all very welt to recognize. But living it and living from it is another matter and we can’t live from it if the spi...
Homilies: Twenty-first Sunday of the Year (B) Aug 22, 2021
August 21, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 4.93 MBIf Jesus is indeed who he and the Church say he is, then there really is no place else to go. If he is real, then any alternative is unreal. We have no choice. If we accept the truth of Jesus' divinity, we must accept the reality of the Eucharist we share. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 22 Aug, 2021
August 21, 2021 06:00 - 3 minutes - 3.33 MBFollowing Jesus requires making and living from a real choice: can we entrust our lives into God’s hands and leave to God making something of the surrender and sacrifice into God’s hands of all that God first gave us.? Because that is the journey of faith. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about ...
UCA News Weekly Summary, August 20, 2021
August 20, 2021 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan continues to dominate headlines across Asia and the world. The struggle against rights abuses, corruption and injustice lingers, but there are also glimmers of hope and resilience. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For new...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 21 Aug, 2021
August 20, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.23 MBToday’s Gospel is a very brief summary of just what following Jesus entails for us as relive our discipleship of Jesus. Are we ready to delay our own gratification and delay rewarding ourselves for following Jesus? Can we really entrust ourselves to god to allow God’s grace to add the increase? About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 20 Aug, 2021
August 19, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.04 MBIt can appear very simple: following Jesus is about two central things - loving God and loving our neighbor. And while that’s true, it’s simplistic to say that’s all it is because following those two simple commandments opens a door to a demanding and challenging pathway for us to follow. Of course we can’t do it on our own or just by our own energy and efforts. The energy and effort that matter are those that God gives us to follow Jesus. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 19 Aug, 2021
August 18, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.13 MBClearly there was puzzlement in the early Christian community over why the Chosen People were not rushing the callow Christ. What are they to make it? The only answer the Gospel gives is that people are free not to hear theca of Jesus but if they don’t respond that is their responsibility. This call from Jesus is an entirely free offer. But failure to respond has consequences. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit p...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 18 Aug, 2021
August 17, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.16 MBWe have a sequence of Gospels in these days that underline what a paradoxical, surprising and unpredictable message Jesus is proposing. Jesus is not saying that following him will be simple and yield predictable results by following the pattern that comes with a rule book or set of instructions which, if followed, bring a predictable result. In fact, Jesus is saying that following him will mean the pathway is unpredictable and outcomes anything but what you would expect - the first will be l...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 17 Aug, 2021
August 16, 2021 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.71 MBIt is difficult for us humans - apparently so well endowed and swell resourced - to discover and accept that all the gifts and blessings we have can bean impediment for us in our faith journey. The only way they can assist us in that journeys to accept that they are gifts, put them tone side and allow the Spirit total us on the next stepson our journey. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Ca...
Observations: Parish Attendance - Let’s go forward to the first century
August 15, 2021 11:30 - 6 minutes - 6.24 MBWe are caught in a whirlwind of change. New realities call for new responses, but where are hints of how to go about them? Perhaps looking at the past will help us move toward the future. But, when we look to the past, what should we hope to learn? Past answers may have been good for past situations, but they can only help us deal with present situations if we view them as process rather than program. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this. Produced by Binu A...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 16 Aug, 2021
August 15, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.02 MBIt is difficult for us to see and name much less surrender what stands between us and God’s deeper embrace of our lives. We are often blind to what blocks our growth as loving people building God’s Kingdom. That can be because we think it’s all our work and so handgun to what we think will best serve God’s purposes. But mostly it’s because we can’t seesaw we are trapped in the good gifts God has given us and can’t see beyond them. That’s why Jesus ask us toilet go and let God lead us, don’t ...
Homilies: Assumption Aug 15, 2021
August 14, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBEvery feast of the Church, no matter what its name, is ultimately a celebration of what God has done in Jesus Christ. The Assumption is such a feast, an encouraging reminder of what Christ has done for us and a challenge to live as what we have become through baptism. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about t...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 15 Aug, 2021
August 14, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.35 MBToday’s Gospel cuts straight to the heart of who Mary is for us and why we should be so grateful to her: she embodies discipleship and shows us the way to follow her son, Jesus. The story of the Assumption is plainly miraculous but is only that so so that we can enter more deeply into the mystery of our relationship with God and what that relationship will mean for what becomes of us. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected ...
UCA News Weekly Summary, August 13, 2021
August 13, 2021 10:30 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Religious and ethnic minorities are enduring abuses and discrimination in various Asian nations, while Catholics are on the front line of the battle against the raging Covid-19 pandemic. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in As...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 14 Aug, 2021
August 13, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.07 MBToday’s Gospel reading at Masses, curiously enough, about as appropriate as a reading could be for the saint whose feast we celebrate today - St. Maximilian Kolbe. He was executed in a Nazi concentration camp in WW2 after he substituted himself for a Jewish refugee headed for a gas chamber. It takes the innocence of a child to do something as innocent and generous as that. It takes someone as wondrously unselfish as as an innocent child to surrender their life for a needy and vulnerable pers...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 13 Aug, 2021
August 12, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.37 MBJesus’ teaching on marriage seems very harsh and restrictive if it is taken literally. But understood as a teaching as applying to all who might ambition to marrying as God would have us do, this teaching really narrowly specifies the criteria that must be met for a marriage that Jesus would bless. As such, we follow an ancient principle in interpreting Scripture and interpret hard teaching in a narrow and restrictive sense. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and Eng...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 12 Aug, 2021
August 11, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.53 MBThe forgiveness we are called on to offer those who have wronged is is a reflection of the forgiveness God has offered us. Forgiveness is the fluid of our faith life - flowing to us, through us and to all that wrong us. Why? Because God has first loved and forgiven us and invites us to be noels forgiving of those who wrong us that God is to us for our failures love and live from the love God has for us. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publishe...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 11 Aug, 2021
August 10, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.73 MBToday’s Gospel is a special moment where we can see how the early Christians resolved conflicts and disagreements. The most important thing for us to grasp is that they kept things very personal and engaged. They didn’t allow the conversation to to float off into abstractions. They kept is very personal, very engaged and very communitarian. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 10 Aug, 2021
August 09, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.2 MBThis extract from the Gospel of John comes after the declaration of John’s message through the SIGNS Jesus uses to express what he wants to say and before he goes into the long Last Supper discourse. Curiously, this short and sharp expression summarizes exactly what John is saying is the way into Jesus life and the service of his mission - letting go so God can be and do do all. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 9 Aug, 2021
August 08, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.29 MBToday’s Gospel is a further gloomy prediction: that the one whom the apostles are following is to comet a painful end when he is given into the hands of ruthless people. Haunted by the looming Cross, Jesus suggests to the grief stricken disciples that will only find their way along the pilgrim path with the Complete faith in God. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For news in an...
Homilies: Nineteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Aug 8, 2021
August 07, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MBThe Eucharist we share is food like that the angel gave Elijah. It is food that enables us to persevere in our long journey to God. It is the strength of God. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com To contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate On Twitter Follow...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 8 Aug, 2021
August 07, 2021 06:00 - 3 minutes - 3.8 MBIn our journey in faith, we are invited to journey every day deeper into the life of God in our midst. God wants us to share the life of Father, Son and Holy Spirit every day in a deeper and deeper way, for God to b our inspiration and our energy for the journey of faith. And the Eucharist is our nourishment for that journey and the way welcome to share the life of the Trinity every day. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respect...
UCA News Weekly Summary, August 6, 2021
August 06, 2021 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Asian nations have reported repression against minorities including Christians as strong calls are made for an end to injustice, corruption and human trafficking. These stories and more. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in As...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 7 Aug, 2021
August 06, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.75 MBThis Gospel scene is a decisive statement of just what Jesus' miraculous work is really about: faith - inviting it and nourishing it. It’s not about signs and wonders with Jesus provoking people to “look at me!”. It’s about inviting people to faith, it’s about nourishing their faith and actually it begins with their faith! About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For news in and about...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 6 Aug, 2021
August 05, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.61 MBThe Transfiguration which we celebrate today is the feast that keeps our eyes and attention focused on what God’s grace can do even as we are smothered in circumstances and impacts that seem destructive and overwhelming in their impact that we feel powerless the face of them. This text appears at Mass in Lent to take us from despondency over our own mediocrity and into the confidence and vitality that come-on the full flower offer love of God. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a J...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 5 Aug, 2021
August 04, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.16 MBToday’s Gospel is really what someone would call the clearest and simplest mission statement Jesus could articulate - that he is from God, has a mission from God, this will entail renunciation and suffering but the sacrifice will save people from their sins and that his followers need to embrace that pathway of self-sacrifice and suffering if they are to be his followers and be part of the reception he offers. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language p...
Observations: Parish Attendance - Obligation or opportunity?
August 03, 2021 08:22 - 6 minutes - 6.2 MBIn preparation for the reopening of churches, bishops have an opportunity to raise the quality of liturgical service. Workshops for clergy on preaching and liturgy can be done remotely while waiting for the resumption of normal activities. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this. Produced by Binu Alex For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com To contribute please visit www...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 4 Aug, 2021
August 03, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBThings never happen as and when we want them to happen and today’s story in the Gospel is one underlining the force and significance of perseverance in our requests for Jesus’ intervention. It jolts Jesus into action. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 3 Aug, 2021
August 02, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBToday we have a powerful sequence of stories about the healing that Jesus’ presence brings. This powerful effect is completely free of any effort on the part of the apostles, and in some instances even of their requests. Overwhelmed and bewildered as they seem to be, they are transformed by Jesus’ healing power. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For news in and about the Church...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 2 Aug, 2021
August 01, 2021 03:00 - 4 minutes - 4.2 MBToday’s Gospel is a decisive turning point in the fortunes of Jesus because the fate of John the Baptist - his execution by Herod’s agents - is a pointer for Jesus to just what lay ahead for Jesus himself. Personal courage and faith in God’s care for him as he remained committed to what he knew God was calling him to are the hallmarks of Jesus journey in faith now. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, L...
Homilies: Eighteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Aug 1, 2021
July 31, 2021 08:30 - 4 minutes - 4.6 MBThe Lord sets a banquet before me, but all too often, I look over, under and around the table for the sort of nourishment I think I need instead of feasting on what I am offered, the only real nourishment I need. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com To contribute ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 1 Aug, 2021
July 31, 2021 03:00 - 5 minutes - 5.47 MBWe have reached the climax of John Chapter 6 and the climax of John’s teaching on the eucharist - that this is how God nourishes us for the journey of life and faith with the body and blood of Jesus, blessed and broken as he will do in the Passion narrative which in John’s Gospel comes after this long section. This chapter addresses the deep hungers that beset a searching disciple and offers the richest nourishment we could hope for. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit pries...
UCA News Weekly Summary, July 30, 2021
July 30, 2021 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Catholics in Asia have experienced both joy and grief this week with clergy ordinations in China and Vietnam and the battle against natural disasters, coronavirus and repressive regimes. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in As...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 31 Jul, 2021
July 30, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.61 MBOn the Feast off St. Ignatius Loyola we would do well to consider his two great contributions to the life of the Church - firstly the way he provides for sand introduction to the mystical life and the following of Jesus though his Spiritual Exercises and then what he has done in the way he describes and organizes the lives of Religious through the book of the Jesuit Constitutions and so provides a structure for the lives of active apostolic religious as no undid before him and so provides a...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 30 Jul, 2021
July 29, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.13 MBHuman beings - like all of us - don’t like change and do everything to resist it. This is especially so hen we have grown comfortable with a familiar view of other people or the circumstances we have experienced and have some control of. Jesus is dealing with just this circumstance in today’s Gospel. Those familiar with him cannot fit a new experience of him into the categories they’ve used to interpret, understand and control him in the past. This is a very familiar challenge for believers....
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 29 Jul, 2021
July 28, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.49 MBFeast of St Martha, Mary and Lazarus. Today we celebrate the feast day of some friends of Jesus who turn up in the Gospel narratives at various points and are very instructive when they do. Today’s Gospel text allows Jesus in John’s Gospel to display the last of the signs his book of signs when he brings Lazarus back to life. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For news in and ab...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 28 Jul, 2021
July 27, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.72 MBAgain, Jesus uses some very simple but just because they are simple, they remain extremely powerful images and metaphors for the action off God in our world. They suggest just what we need to do in response to the invitation to live by faith: give our lives into God’s hands as we live from God’s goodness and not our own virtues and strengths. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. F...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 27 Jul, 2021
July 26, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.28 MBThis text explains the parable of the sower which is a simple story but one which even from New Testament times has been difficult for disciples to appreciate. So, the evangelist goes through the story so everyone listening to the Gospel as proclaimed will work out exactly what the evangelist wants the early community of Christians to get and that is that the initiative remains with God both in the story but also in producing outcomes. We are in God’s hands to do as God wishes and by God's g...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 26 Jul, 2021
July 25, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBThe feast of Saints Joachim and Anne has a special place in the calendar of Christian saints even though they are not Christians. It is special because they are Mary’s parents and the grandparents of Jesus. As in all families, parents and grandparents have a big impact on the faith development of their children and grandchildren. It’s right we should recognize and celebrate Joachim and Anne for the part they play in the unfolding the history of our salvation and turn to them in prayer asking...
Homilies: Seventeenth Sunday of the Year (B) Jul 25, 2021
July 24, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.08 MBThe Eucharist is the miracle in which Christ takes "the work of human hands" and presents it to the Father as himself. Our own little bit, our own willingness to search out what we can do, becomes part of that. God is looking for the Andrew in each of us. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 25 Jul, 2021
July 24, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.12 MBToday’s Gospel story comes from John, chapter 6 which is in John’s narrative another of the signs John offers to demonstrate and explain Jesus' message. But it is also the heart and soul of John’s teaching on the Eucharist. Just as God provided for the people as they watered through the desert, so too, John shows God providing nourishment and sustenance through Jesus as they wander along their pilgrim way. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publi...
UCA News Weekly Summary, July 23, 2021
July 23, 2021 10:35 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Covid-19 and conflicts continue to grip Asian nations alongside endeavors for hope, solidarity and justice. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 24 Jul, 2021
July 23, 2021 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.89 MBYet another use of an agricultural metaphor by Jesus to show the gentle and often mysterious way in which God nurtures the growth of the divine life among us. What it asks of us is patience and trust in a God whose infinitely more for us than we can ask or imagine. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in a...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 23 Jul, 2021
July 22, 2021 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.87 MBIt’s a mystery we can behold every day - growth in people, growth in groups and growth in movements that is as certain as it is mysterious and often invisible. How does it happen? Why does it happen quickly and palpably in some circumstances and not in others? That’s the mystery. All we can do is give ourselves to god, receive the blessings that come our way and patiently wait till all that we pray for compass God has promised. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 22 Jul, 2021
July 21, 2021 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.71 MBToday is the feast of St. Mary Magdalene and suitably enough the gospel for today’s Mass is the one recording Mary’s most important contribution to our faith and the story of Jesus -her witness to the Resurrection. Mary of Magdalene is ne of the first and most important witnesses Jesus’ rising. It is the women following Jesus who are the outstanding witnesses to the Resurrection. What subsequent Church history and eve New Testament records have done to the standing of women in general and Ma...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 21 Jul, 2021
July 20, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.78 MBThere is such a familiar accessibility to the stories Jesus tells and today’s Gospel is a classic instance of this - the way grain grows as metaphor for how the Word of God takes root and grows among those drawn to hear it and accept it. Today’s gospel has so much common sense in it, and you can almost imagine yourself in Jesus’ presence, listening to hat he is saying and agreeing that what he is saying makes smooch sense, you can just see yourself nodding and saying “yes, I want my faith to...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 20 Jul, 2021
July 19, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.55 MBOne of the recurrent themes in Matthew’s Gospel is how the message of Jesus, originally meant for the people of Israel, is actually a universal message meant for all humanity. The same happens withe growth of Jesus’ own appreciation of the full reach of his mission - to Israel as constituted in his time, to “the lost sheep of the House of Israel (namely the lost 10 tribes) to in fact the full reach of the human community. But the message is the same - a new life of intimate engagement and sa...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 19 Jul, 2021
July 18, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.67 MBToday’s Gospel puts the challenge of faith in Jesus very starkly: our faith is in the crucified and risen one and there will be no signs and wonders drawing us to faith beyond what we discover in the person and message of Jesus and ho0w our faith grows as we trace God’s vitality as active in our own biography. Are. We ready to be patient and wait for God to show his hand or do we want God to be active on our terms and as we command? If we want the latter, we don’t have faith in God’s mystery...
Homilies: Sixteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Jul 18, 2021
July 17, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.13 MBThe Lord tells the apostles and us to pack up the picnic basket, get in the boat and get away from it all. Our bodies, minds and souls all need an occasional break. Sometimes, to find prayer and God's love, all I need do is not do. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews....
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 18 Jul, 2021
July 17, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MBThe demands made of Jesus in his ministry - people relentlessly chasing him and drawing on him, in a way that exhausts him and his apostles - says something firm and direct about following Jesus and doing his work: if you commit to share his ministry, there is no exit from the demands of the daily following of Jesus. Every moment offers another invitation and another challenge to find, celebrate and respond to Jesus' invitations to praise and thank the Lord even in times that suggest the opp...