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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 10 Jun, 2021
June 09, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.26 MBWe could be mistaken and think Jesus is setting up a competitive process to get his followers to compete with their Jewish brothers and sisters to fulfill the Law and become “better” believers by achieving more by their own righteous actions. That’s not what Jesus is saying at all. What he is saying is that through the action of Jesus in our lives we can move beyond appearing to be virtuous and actually excellent in goodness because we are empowered to follow the “higher road” of self-sacrif...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 9 Jun, 2021
June 08, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBJesus comes to fulfill the promises God made to the People of God, not to wipe out all that pointed to this fulfillment. To appreciate what his message of reception really means to us requires that we seethe continuities between what was promised under the First Covenant and what is now offered by Jesus. 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...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 8 Jun, 2021
June 07, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.89 MBToday’s Gospel has two purposes: to recall the events of the Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist and secondly to recall for us just what the meaning of the last Supper is - the essential celebration of our liberation in Jesus to match the liberation of the Jewish people from captivity in Egypt. 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 A...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 7 Jun, 2021
June 06, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.1 MBThe Gospel reading today - the Beatitudes - is the most emblematic statement of just what Jesus’ message is and where God is to be found - on the margins, in a paradoxical presence where we would least expect to find God’s triumph. But that is precisely what our faith declares - God is to be found in weakness and vulnerability, not triumph and success not because God wants us to fall out precisely because it is God’s success and triumph rather than our own that matters and God works best in ...
Homilies: Body and Blood of Christ (B) Jun 6, 2021
June 05, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.51 MBOn this feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, we once again say "Amen" to being Christ for the world, confident that his real presence with us will help us act as we truly are, his ongoing real presence for the world. 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 contr...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 6 Jun, 2021
June 05, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.58 MBToday we repeat in the Gospel of Mark what we call the “Institution Narrative”, when Jesus institutes what we call the Eucharist. In memory of him, we bless the bread and the cup to recall the life giving death of the Lord which is transformed by the power of the Resurrection and now recalled and celebrated in the Eucharist. It is difficult to exaggerate what this celebration means to believers for grace and blessing we can receive from it. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesui...
UCA News Weekly Summary, June 4, 2021
June 04, 2021 10:30 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The killing of a former priest has sparked an outcry over the culture of extrajudicial executions in the Philippines. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cast a long shadow over Asian nations while people strive for democracy and rights in 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 prod...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 5 Jun, 2021
June 04, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.47 MBToday’s gos[el story is nothing if not paradoxical because it proposes that those with nothing but still generously offer their “nothing” to God and for the well being of others armor admirable and esteemed by God than those who’re resourced and share from their abundance. Why? Because what Jesus esteems most high is that this widow surrendered “all she had to live on”. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodic...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 4 Jun, 2021
June 03, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4 MBToday’s Gospel is another chapter in asserting and explaining the heritage of Jesus and just what his gift to us as our savior means - Son of God yes. But also descendant of David as predicted. That affirms his oneness with us humans for our redemption and reconciliation with 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 and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 3 Jun, 2021
June 02, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.08 MBWhen we see and hear how simple God’s invitation and challenge is, we can wonder why we have distracted ourselves as we have with so much additional commentary and so many directives that take us away from simply seeing and hearing how straightforward the message of Jesus is But the simple acceptance of the simple message is not a one-off thing at all but needs to sought and prayed for as a gift from God every day. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English langu...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 2 Jun, 2021
June 01, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.55 MBJesus has enemies and they try to distract people following and listening to him with small quibbles that are too smart by half These pedantic distractions miss the central point Jesus is making - that the life God offers in this world and when we pass from it cannot be contained and controlled and as Jesus’ followers, we are invited to surrender the delusion of contraband of tying God’s world down to the rules and regulations that we humans invent and allow the largeness of God to flood our...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 1 Jun, 2021
May 31, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.02 MBThe reality of what’s going on in this encounter with Jesus is that his audience is trying to trap and mislead Jesus. He will have nothing of it and just sticks to his script. Hey wants people to be genuine and authentic and not dance around distracted from what is central and most important and that is God’s reign and our seeking that above all else. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Catt...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 31 May, 2021
May 30, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.62 MBThe three big feasts we have celebrated in recent weeks are all ways of mapping out what Christian discipleship means and how we can thrive as followers of Jesus. There is no better model pointing the way for us to grow as disciples than we can find in Jesus’ mother Mary, the focus of today’s feast. 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, vis...
Homilies: Trinity Sunday (B) May 30, 2021
May 29, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.64 MBTrinity Sunday reminds us that God can "get into our pocket" and become knowable and lovable not because of what I do, but because God chooses to be known and loved, chooses to be in my pocket. 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.uc...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 30 May, 2021
May 29, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.44 MBThe Feast of the Holy Trinity is the second of three Feasts - Pentecost last week and the Body and blood of Christ next week - that are a brief and compact introduction to three essentials for living the Christian faith in God (the Trinity) with Jesus (next week’s feast of Corpus Christi) inspired and driven by the Holy Spirit (Pentecost). About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For ...
UCA News Weekly Summary, May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021 10:30 - 12 minutes - 16.6 MBisten to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Deadly conflicts and loss of lives continue in military-ruled Myanmar with Christians and churches being targeted in attacks. In other Asian nations, people keep striving for recovery, freedom and rights amid natural and man-made calamities. 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 f...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 29 May, 2021
May 28, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.96 MBJesus is being cross examined by his enemies not to find out the truth about him but to trip him up and make him unable to act. What is his circuit breaker? He refuses to play their game. The only thing he does is to engage with people searching for the truth. And when he finds people who won’t join him in that quest, the only thing left to Jesus is to disengage. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 28 May, 2021
May 27, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.66 MBThere is a lot of passion flowing in and around the text in today’s Gospel. But all that action really points in one direction - to the significance of faith and the power of faith to move, change, transform people and circumstances. 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, vis...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 27 May, 2021
May 26, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.53 MBMany miracles in the Synoptic Gospels involve the restoration of people’s sight because seeing with new eyes is part of what Jesus wants to do for us as believers. Seeing differently and more deeply into reality is what happens when we come to believe and find God in places we never expected to. We end up having faith in ways, about people and circumstances that we never imagined could carry such a rich treasure. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English languag...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
May 25, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBMark’s Gospel is wonderful for its clarity and simplicity. It shows Jesus coming straight to the point and shows his apostles to as blunt, self-interested and completely unaware of the way they dig holes for themselves as any naively ambitious group can be. But that is the Gospel’s strength: it shows Jesus followers to be people like us - unintelligent and self-interested - and Jesus to be exactly what he remains for us: understanding, patient and accepting as he forgives our self-interest a...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 25 May, 2021
May 24, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBThe ebb and flow of good fortune and blessing are constants in all faith journeys and we see that again recorded in today’s Gospel. There is no simple way to account for it, predict its course or anticipate its twists. What we need is simple faith to know we are in God’s hands and to look for the strength and joy that can bring. 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...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 24 May, 2021
May 23, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.43 MBToday’s Gospel according to Matthew contains the significant last words of Jesus that have become central to the prayer life of so many over the centuries and also the basis of so many musical compositions. But the concentration we may have on them should never distract us from what else is going on. This passage is one where Matthew constitutes the Church seen in the way John Takes Jesus mother into his home and they live their Christian life in the shadow of the Cross. About the Speaker: ...
Homilies: Pentecost (B) May 23, 2021
May 22, 2021 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.85 MBThe Church exists not to be a club of the saved, but to be the herald of the Gospel. Our first concern must always be with those who are outside, for the men and women who have not yet come to know Christ. 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 ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 23 May, 2021
May 22, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.36 MBPentecost Sunday is the birthday of the Church. It is the day when we celebrate the movement of the Holy Spirit to gather and confirm the impact of God in gathering believers into the community that becomes the Church. It is also the day when we mark the age of the Spirit which begins the phase of the Church’s life after the first decades of the Church when those who knew Jesus and developed the first Christian communities (the Apostolic era) began to spread the Gospel and build communities ...
UCA News Weekly Summary, May 21, 2021
May 21, 2021 10:30 - 11 minutes - 16.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Pope Francis has appointed a fellow Jesuit as the new bishop of politically volatile Hong Kong in an attempt to unite the city’s divided Catholic community. In other parts of Asia, people struggle for peace and tolerance amid an onslaught of violence and repression. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 22 May, 2021
May 21, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.13 MBWe are coming to end of John’s Gospel and the Evangelist wants to present his credentials as a trustworthy re0porter of the activities and sayings of Jesus. But really the only one who can vindicate the evangelist’s testimonies the Spirit and that happens every day in the lives and hearts of those who receive his testimony as the Word of God. 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 - Friday 21 May, 2021
May 20, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.88 MBToday’s declarations by Peter match the three denials of Jesus after the Last Supper and when Jesus was handed over to Pilate. But the most powerful part of what Jesus has to say to Peter comes when Jesus describes what lies ahead for Peter - being taken to places he would rather not go - and that is the dark side of the journey of faith and the only comfort focus is that Jesus does with us. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the re...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 20 May, 2021
May 19, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MBToday’s text from John’s Gospel is most unusual because it is a reflection on something that must have been a real issue in the early Church - The legacy of Jesus’ work of preaching and building the Kingdom: what is to become of it when Jesus is no longer with the disciples in the way he has been until his death. These are real questions for the pre-Pentecost Church and the answer is and always will be the same: it is God’s work to create, build and maintain the Church. About the Speaker: ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 19 May, 2021
May 18, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MBIt is impossible to find our way to God unless we are protected and guided in that journey. That is what today’s Gospel is asking us to do - “consecrate” here means to find protection and guidance. 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 To contribute plea...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
May 17, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.39 MB“Glory" and “glorification" are recurrent in this part of John’s Gospel. What does it mean? Glorification is how the Fourth Gospel describes how the surrender of self-sacrificing love produces fruit in abundance and points to the abundant generosity of God. That is why the moment of Jesus’ surrender on the Cross is the moment when he glorifies God most completely. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 17 May, 2021
May 16, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBWe are each pf us a work of God, fashioned and renewed and made fruitful by God’s grace. That is the point of what we celebration the Ascension (Jesus renewed union with the Father) and Pentecost when God becomes active and apparent in our lives and world in new and vigorous ways. 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 ...
Homilies: Ascension (B) May 16, 2021
May 15, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 4.98 MBThere are people suffering the effects of illness, poverty and injustice. There are people who are ignorant of God's love for them. Evangelization, the fulfilment of our Christian vocation, means finding practical ways to answer those needs. 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...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 16 May, 2021
May 15, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBWe are approaching the end of the Easter Season and approaching through the Ascension the central feast of the foundation of the Church - Pentecost. This means we are invited to discover and embrace completely new ways of meeting and engaging with God. We are always in God’s hands. But how we engage with God will vary and grow as we learn more about God, ourselves and the world we have been offered as the place to discover the Lord in. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit pri...
UCA News Weekly Summary, May 14, 2021
May 14, 2021 10:30 - 11 minutes - 16.2 MBisten to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Hong Kongers escape China’s persecution Communist China’s repressive policies and actions are gradually expanding beyond its borders and mainland China, triggering fear and an exodus of Hong Kong citizens. In other parts of Asia, pro-democracy campaigners, rights activists and minorities continue uphill battles for freedom and rights. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Pet...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 15 May, 2021
May 14, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.57 MBWe are coming to the end of the “Apostolic" period in the life of the early Church and Jesus immediate presence to believers and the intimacy of that engagement gives way to a new level and depth of engagement. It’s just as powerful but different and as believers, the Early Church has to move to a new way of living - intimately connected to God through the Spirit and effective in what the Spirit is doing in believers and the Church. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 14 May, 2021
May 13, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.03 MBToday’s Gospel presents one of the most enduring statements of how we can be with God - “abiding” with and in God. Remaining in and deepening our engagement with God is the simplest statement of what reality of discipleship really is - being accompanied by God through all that life gives and presents us with. But the really wonderful thing about God being with us in all these moments is that God will also resource us by making an active and rich contribution to our conscious enrichment. He w...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 13 May, 2021
May 12, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.24 MBOn Ascension Thursday, we have arrived - in terms of the timings of Scripture readings in the post-Easter period - at the end of the Apostolic Era. Jesus was present to his Apostles and disciples through this period. But that doesn’t mean we have reached the end four engagement with Jesus or God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. So today’s Gospel is especially relevant to us because it spells out that we remain still to receive all that the Spirit wants to give us and grow in us. About th...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 12 May, 2021
May 11, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.25 MBIn today’s Gospel, the evangelist in the Fourth Gospel actually introduces us to some whose presence and power in the life of believers and the Church only becomes clearer in the Councils of the Church in the centuries following the time when the New Testament was written and edited: The Holy Spirit. 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, vi...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 11 May, 2021
May 10, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.87 MBToday’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles displayed approach to how faith operates in someone’s life or someone’s coming to faith occurs through a dramatic and extreme experience. Here we have the world broken open in an earthquake. Other stories of people coming to faith in the New Testament can present shorter stories and more gradual introductions to discipleship and the following of Jesus. But whether the invitation to faith is dramatic or gentle and gradual, it is still God who’s th...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 10 May, 2021
May 09, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.62 MBFaith has consequences for the way we live and how people react to and treat us. And many of the consequences are not appealing or attractive. But the Evangelist in John’s Gospel wants us to be under no illusions about the cost of discipleship or about the closeness of God to us when we are tested. 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, visi...
Homilies: Sixth Sunday of Easter (B) May 9, 2021
May 08, 2021 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.78 MBToday's continuation of our Easter celebration is a joyous proclamation of the great love God shows in calling us to be united with Christ. It is a day to look at our faults and failings and put them in perspective. 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 contribu...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 9 May, 2021
May 08, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBToday’s reading match and balance each other in very complementary ways. But the point at which they cohere is in the way they all point to God being the one who initiates the life of the Spirit in us and grows the life of faith in us. 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, v...
UCA News Weekly Summary, May 7, 2021
May 07, 2021 10:30 - 10 minutes - 15.2 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic worsening in India this week, Catholics expressed joy after the Vatican cleared the way for an 18th century martyr to be declared a saint. Religious minorities including Christians continue to face repression in various Asian nations. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis an...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 8 May, 2021
May 07, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.72 MBToday’s Gospel repeats the Golden Rule of Christianity - love one another. Of course the truly remarkable thing is that Jesus did and does love us, even those among us who care littler nothing for him and his love of us all in our arresting diversity. Our challenge is to emulate him in that indiscriminate all embracing love. 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 abo...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 7 May, 2021
May 06, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.39 MBToday’s text from the Fourth Gospel is one of the simplest and tightest summaries of just what the Evangelist wants us to understand to be Jesus’ message to us as his followers: love one another as I have loved you - unselfishly, indiscriminately, consistently and everlastingly. This leads us to the most intimate level of relationship with Jesus and his Father. That in turn provides us with the source of our fruitfulness as Jesus’ companions and advocates. About the Speaker: Father Michael ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 6 May, 2021
May 05, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.49 MBToday’s gospel does two essential things: it specifies what our aim and purpose as disciples of Jesus is (to remain in and be animated by God’s love); to share the joy God gifts us with so that our joy may be complete. We need to ask for that every day! 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 C...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
May 04, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.78 MBThe evangelist in the Fourth Gospel continues with the agricultural metaphor to explain how we grow in our relationship with God ands in any aspect of our relationship with God, deepening the relationship again occurs at God’s initiative. By God’s grace, our relationship is deepened and so we come to produce the effects - the “fruit” - in the service and joy we come to share with others. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respect...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 4 May, 2021
May 03, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.23 MBPeace and the experience of it is the most reliable indicator of God’s presence in our lives and of God’s blessing of the way we have chosen. Peace in our souls is the confirmation of God’s presence and blessing and is also the quiet energy that allows do the good we are called to do. 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.ucanew...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 3 May, 2021
May 02, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.18 MBOnce again, the evangelist in the Fourth Gospel is spelling out how essential it is for us believers to recognize the intimacy of our relationship with the God who sustains and empowers us, and to recognize just hw much we are nothing without that empowering nourishment that comes becomes of our powerful faith relationship. 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 abou...
Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Easter (B) May 2, 2021
May 01, 2021 08:30 - 6 minutes - 5.82 MBIn the Acts of the Apostles, Saul shows what love calls for. He continues to proclaim the fact that he has met the Lord though no one trusts him and some even want to kill him. That is the basic vocation to which all followers of Jesus are called. 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, vi...