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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 15 Feb, 2021
February 14, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.28 MBOnce more, we register just how frustrated Jesus becomes with the lack of faith and real obtuseness of his followers. They just don’t understand who he is or what his message is. It must be discouraging for Jesus to have as his closest followers people who might declare their belief in humans behave as if they have no such faith. They are a bit like us! About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Ca...
Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year February 14, 2021
February 13, 2021 08:30 - 6 minutes - 6.27 MBWe followers of Jesus are called to be supernatural. In other words, we must be people noteworthy for our willingness to go beyond the natural in us. That means developing the ability to look upon others as the sons and daughters of God, our brothers and sisters. 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
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 14 Feb, 2021
February 13, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBToday’s gospel reading is a short one from very early in the Gospel of Mark but in many ways it summarizes one of the central themes of Mark’s gospel- the contest between the spirit of light and life and the spirit that brings darkness, confusion and death. Jesus wants to bring light and life but he needs us to want to receive. Let’s ask for it. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica....
UCA News Weekly Summary, February 12, 2021
February 12, 2021 09:31 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. This week, Asian nations have experienced violations of political and democratic rights, while religious and ethnic minorities have struggled against abuses and oppression. These and much more in today’s podcast. 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 ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 13 Feb, 2021
February 12, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MBOf all the stories Jesus tells to focus our attention on his providential and abundant care of us, none is more powerful than the stories of his feeding the multitudes. They are a sign and expression of what God is doing focus all at every turn of they - caring, providing, renewing, forgiving and reconciling- all that we need to receive for the living of a life that is fully engaged with God. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the re...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 12 Feb, 2021
February 11, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.33 MBToday’s readings at Mass are direct treatments of different types of burdensome evil - physical evils that the disabled endure and which Jesus heals and the more sophisticated treatment that the writers of Genesis give to the challenging question of how God’s good intentions in creating a blessed world don’t end up with everyone enjoying happiness and satisfaction Both of these treatments need quiet, careful contemplation and neither offers simple answers to what are complex mysteries. What ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 11 Feb, 2021
February 10, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.36 MBToday’s Gospel from Mark is another account familiar to us now of how we are cured and healed of the destructive effects of spirits and impulses and disordered movements at work in us that we need the healing power of Jesus to overcome. There’s echo of the same message in the first reading from the Book of Genesis which is a mature if also simple reflection on the origins of evil in our world. Evil comes through the misuse of the good gifts God creates and offers us for our happiness which t...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 10 Feb, 2021
February 09, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.21 MBToday’s gospel asks a question we should out to ourselves every day and several times through every day: who and what is in control how we behave and treat and interact with others Orm respond to our changing circumstances? If God is in command, we need not fear what will become of us because what and who is at work shaping us at our deepest point transforms us to be always creative and fruitful rather than counterproductive, destructive and futile. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly i...
Observations: Reemerging antisemitism — What will the church do about it?
February 08, 2021 09:30 - 6 minutes - 6.15 MBAs Christians we were hurt by the vehemence of their reaction to the mention of Christianity, even if that mention was a tasteless or even stupid one. But as a Christian, we also knew that the hatred the other kids were showing was not unearned. 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
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 9 Feb, 2021
February 08, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.62 MBWe humans are an odd species. We develop practices and habits for good reasons. We follow them so much we can’t imagine ourselves not following them. Then circumstances change and the relevance and force of these practices just evaporate. We are then invited to go deeper and decide what is important and what it is we should do. It’s called becoming morally and spiritually mature. That’s what’s happening in today’s Gospel at Mass. Are wedging to do something because we are told to or because ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 8 Feb, 2021
February 07, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.32 MBToday’s gospel presents us with a central challenge to us in our faith journey: are we ready to wait to discover what God is inviting us to be and become. It may or may not (and usually does not) have much to do with what we want. God’s transforming presence always comes as a surprise and is always ends us up in a place so much better than we can create for ourselves. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical...
Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year February 7, 2021
February 06, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.45 MBLike Jesus, we must be ready and willing to leave our prayer for those who seek us out. Like Peter's mother-in-law, our encounter with God must get us back to normal stuff. 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
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 7 Feb, 2021
February 06, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.62 MBWe can hear a lot today about the need for “work/life balance”, and we should. We can get so distracted from what is deepest, truest and most nourishing in our lives by all the other claims on us or by our own compulsiveness. What should we do? Follow Jesus’ advice, stop it, move away and ask God to take hold of us so we can find our true selves and enjoy them as we relate to God when God shows us our true selves. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English langua...
UCA News Weekly Summary, February 5, 2021
February 05, 2021 11:37 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The military coup in Myanmar shocked the world and made headlines in Asian and global media this week. Other Asian nations have reported persecution of religious minorities and ongoing threats from the Covid-19 pandemic. These and much more in today’s podcast. Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Louis and pro...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 6 Feb, 2021
February 05, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBOne of the constant features of Mark’s Gospel is how superficial the crowds are and how superficial even Jesus’ followers are. They are just interested in the dazzle of cures and ways they can advance their own interests. Jesus wants and invites his followers to be converted, to change their lives and to service. 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 Churc...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 5 Feb, 2021
February 04, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.13 MBToday’s gospel takes us to the heart of how we become entrapped by our own self-interest and how that entrapment suffocates us morally and spiritually. It also takes us to where we can be set free by God’s liberation of us into freedom. 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 4 Feb, 2021
February 03, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.35 MBThis is one of the most graphic and powerful portrayals in the New Testament of just how God works and how and why Jesus is good news for us. Jesus comes into the heart of our lives and our world in all their decrepit neediness symbolized but the demoniac living among the tombs- and drives out the demons. But it only happens if we let go control and allow God to be God and what he wants to liberate us. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 3 Feb, 2021
February 02, 2021 06:00 - 6 minutes - 5.7 MBIn the journey faith, the one absolutely certain feature we should be ready for in abundance is paradox - what we don’t expect or predict occurs and what we want to unfold doesn’t happen as we expect. Our faith is in a God who acts to save us always but not in the way or at the speed we want. 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....
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 2 Feb, 2021
February 01, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.2 MBToday is the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord when the Gift of Jesus is gratefully received from God and acknowledged by Jesus’ parents. It is a rich feast in which the cycle of gift and grateful response to God are played out and Luke uses the event to explain and declare just what this gift of Jesus will entail - for Israel and us all. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. ...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 1 Feb, 2021
January 31, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.73 MBWe are on a journey with God as our companion. Progress in the journey can be so slow that we can’t really measure or observe whether there’s been any development at all. But often we are asking the wrong question. The issue is not what progress we are making but what God is newly doing minus, focus and with us. For the answer to that question, we need trust. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civi...
Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year January 31, 2021
January 30, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.38 MBThe first step in repentance is to admit our guilt, as when we go to confession. We admit our faults and failures out loud, making them painfully and embarrassingly real to ourselves. Then, we are presented with the sin-overpowering love of God when we most recognize our need of it. 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
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 31 Jan, 2021
January 30, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBThis is such a familiar story that sets the scene very early in Mark’s gospel for one of the central features of the narrative of this gospel: then contest between the good and life enhancing spirit that comes from God and then the death dealing spirit of darkness that is for us to see and make choices over. We are with or we are against the good and life enhancing spirit or we are trapped by the death dealing spirit whose ultimate end comes at Calvary. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kel...
UCA News Weekly Summary, January 29, 2021
January 29, 2021 11:08 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. This week, Asian nations have witnessed violence including the murder of a Catholic priest and attacks on Christians by extremists as the space shrinks for religious freedom. These and much more in today’s podcast. 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 30 Jan, 2021
January 29, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.41 MBToday’s Gospel is so familiar to us because we find ourselves trapped and fearful in turbulence a great deal of the time in our lives and wonder how we will ever be saved from it. We understand this story because we are very familiar with our own timidity. But the message of Jesus here is not to display pathetic dependence that diminishes our mature humanity but to summon up ourselves as mature adults in a relationship (with God) and for support. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 29 Jan, 2021
January 28, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.03 MBToday we get some insight into the way Jesus communicates, how and why he tells us the story of God’s engagement with us through the stories, the narrative Jesus spends all his time creating and explaining to his followers - his intimate circle and his casual and occasional encounters. It’s about a narrative of God’s engagement with us and how that narratives moves to becoming our own narrative. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the...
Observations: A new way for rest of Church: Unusual Japanese weddings
January 28, 2021 05:51 - 6 minutes - 5.8 MBThe Catholic Church in Japan has a unique practice, providing wedding ceremonies for non-Christians. As new civil and social forms of shared life appear in various places, that practice may be a hint of how the Church can respond to new realities, showing care while maintaining its traditional sacramental system. 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
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 28 Jan, 2021
January 27, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.43 MBToday is the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, the commanding genius of medieval Catholicism. He is a living instance of the effective engagement between faith and reason. But reason always follows the experience of faith which is the experience of engagement with God. We can’t create it or manipulate it. The initiative is always God’s. But if we risk the venture of faith’s journey we will find God abundantly blessing and enriching our desire and offer. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 27 Jan, 2021
January 26, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBFaith is a mysterious gift of God. It comes to us and we need to nourish it. But we can take it for granted and when we do, it withers and it can die. That this parable in here so early the first of the Gospels ever composed underlines to us that there is nothing new in how fickle and superficial we are. But whether fickle or fully developed in our faith, the challenge is the same: humbly ask God to grow what little faith we have. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest a...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 26 Jan, 2021
January 25, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.42 MBLoyalties and religious allegiances are always vexed issues and evidently Jesus’ life that was also the case. Family bonds and their place in the hierarchy of commitment are the focus in today’s gospel and what is very clear about Jesus is that he sees the primary responsibility of his followers is to seek and do the will of God ahead of anything else. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cat...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 25 Jan, 2021
January 24, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.64 MBToday is the feast day of the conversation of St. Paul and there can be no other celebration of the conversion of anyone more important to the Christianity than St. Paul’s conversion. Both his articulation of the foundational significance of Jesus’ death and resurrection and his inclusion of those beyond the boundaries of Israel and the Jewish community among those for whom the Gospel is meant were the foundational elements of Christianity. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesui...
Homilies: Third Sunday of the Year January 24, 2021
January 23, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBThe clearest presence of the reign is Jesus, God's reign made flesh. "The time of fulfillment has come" is another way of saying, "Here I am!" 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
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 24 Jan, 2021
January 23, 2021 06:00 - 3 minutes - 3.8 MBAn important if very short extract from Mark’s gospel today: John the baptist has been arrested by Herod and that triggers Jesus into beginning his ministry. To start it, he attracts his first followers to join him on the journey that will lead him and them to Jerusalem. The trouble for him and them is only beginning as they try to understand what they’ve been called to embrace in their following of Jesus. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publi...
UCA News Weekly Summary, January 22, 2021
January 22, 2021 11:08 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. The inauguration of US President Joe Biden made headlines in Asian and global media this week. Christians in Asia have joined prayers and gatherings to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Covid-19 threats and vaccines as well as shrinking space of freedom and rights also made news in Asia. Compiled by Rock Ronald Rozario, edited by Peter Hill, presented by John Laurenson, background score by Andre Lou...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 23 Jan, 2021
January 22, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.63 MBToday’s Gospel story, where Jesus is told by his family that he’s “mad” underlines what trouble he is even for people well disposed to him. He is disturbing and the only way to live with that disturbance and make something positive of it is firstly to accept that he disturbs us when he expects us to change when we come to follow him and to ask God for the grace to listen to Jesus’ invitation and to find his we can respond creatively and constructively to that disturbance. About the Speaker:...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 22 Jan, 2021
January 21, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.17 MBThis a very familiar Gospel because it relativizes the force of rules and regulations and makes them all subject to the over-riding rule of love and to what makes common sense when seeking and doing the will of God. In other words, in this text we see and hear Jesus asking us to be adults in following him, using our own experience and judgement when seeking the will of God rather than a slavish service of law. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language p...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 21 Jan, 2021
January 20, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBLet’s look at the reading from the Letter to the Hebrews today and see the way it informs us on just how Jesus influences and mediates the person and the believer we become. Unconsciously we do this ourselves all the time. Just think about how parents shape their children. Being in Jesus company does just that too. 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 Chu...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 20 Jan, 2021
January 19, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.43 MBToday’s Gospel from John’s Gospel is the first of what John calls the Signs in the Book of Signs. These are the five signs that God’s kingdom alive and at work among us. This one uses wine and its abundant flowing as a sign of the abundant flowing of God’s grace in and through 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, visit www.ucanews.c...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 19 Jan, 2021
January 18, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.51 MBToday’s readings offer a very important lesson for us as we seek to get closer to God: start from where we really are -needy, deficient human beings. Sinners. That where God can meet us - where we really are - and from there he can take us to where we need to be: closer to Him. 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 - Monday 18 Jan, 2021
January 17, 2021 06:00 - 4 minutes - 4.73 MBAs individuals, as members of families, workplaces and other institutions, we always try to fit whatever appears to be fresh and different to patterns that applied elsewhere and before. It doesn’t work and embracing the Gospel of Jesus means being ready to go to new places including some we don’t want to go to! 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 ...
Homilies: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 17, 2021
January 16, 2021 08:30 - 5 minutes - 5.07 MBWhen the disciples went with Jesus, they entered into a path of healing, forgiveness, and liberation for others. Such lives will lead us to what it is, whom it is, we are seeking. 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
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 17 Jan, 2021
January 16, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.37 MBThe earliest part of John’s Gospel returns several times to the question of the relationship between Jesus and John the Baptist and the followers of Jesus and the followers of John. The Evangelist uses the encounters to highlight distinctive features about the invitation to follow Jesus but also about how the search for authentic faith unfolds. About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. ...
UCA News Weekly Summary, January 15, 2021
January 15, 2021 10:30 - 10 minutes - 9.66 MBListen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes. This week, Asian nations have struggled against repressive laws and the muzzling of political and civil rights, while the threat, fallouts and vaccines of Covid-19 continued to make headlines. 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.c...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 16 Jan, 2021
January 15, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.68 MBThe best is the enemy of the good. Jesus believed that and that’s why he spent time with tax collectors and sinners - the not-perfect children of God who needed the circuit breaker of His intervention in their lives to get them focused on the way God’s love can transform them. 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 - Friday 15 Jan, 2021
January 14, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.53 MBIs Jesus a wonder worker who can do what we want to bring comfort and consolation to us when we want? Or does God have a mind and will of his own and our journey is to see and find the will of God and to do what God asks? 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 14 Jan, 2021
January 13, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 5.24 MBJesus goes about his healing way only to have the leper he cures make him into a celebrity. To meet the challenge of these circumstances, Jesus goes into virtual hiding only to be sought out by the crowds. He had to hide. We can spend time with him on the run. 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
Observations: Mephistopheles in America
January 13, 2021 01:30 - 8 minutes - 7.6 MBThinking about American Church prompted by last week’s attack on Capitol Hill where the bishops and their clerical underlings have failed to guide America’s Catholics to be a discerning, peaceful, loving community shaped by the Gospel. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts. Produced by Binu Alex For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 13 Jan, 2021
January 12, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBThe daily chores of Jesus life were teaching, healing, renewing and forgiving. That’s how he announced in deed and not just in word what his message was and how the people of his time and now of ours could connect with what he’s offering. 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 - Tuesday 12 Jan, 2021
January 11, 2021 10:30 - 5 minutes - 5.31 MBJesus begins his ministry in Mark’s Gospel once John the Baptist is arrested by Herod. And the first story in the narrative of his ministry is a characteristic one: driving out destructive spirits. 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 - Monday 11 Jan, 2021
January 10, 2021 10:30 - 5 minutes - 4.96 MBMark is unique among the Gospels in highlighting the arrest of John the Baptist as the trigger for Jesus to commence his ministry. Now is the time for him to get on with his vocation, to seek and do the will of god by declaring and introducing the Reign of God for the salvation of all. 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...
Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 10 Jan, 2021
January 09, 2021 10:30 - 5 minutes - 5.66 MBThe Baptism of the Lord celebrates the beginning of Jesus’ explicit commitment to a path of finding God among us so that we might follow him who is true God and truly a human being. This is a feast set in Christmas times we can discover marabout the depth and reach of Christmas for its relevance to our vocations. 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 Churc...