Today, we reflect on Mary Magdalene. She gave up her sinful past to become the ardent follower of Jesus. She is the one from whom the seven demons were cast out. She is the one who washed the feet of Jesus with her tears at the house of Simon the Pharisee. Mary Magdalene accepted […]

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Jesus is Risen, Alleluia, Alleluia! He has conquered death and He lives forever! He instructs Mary Magdalene to tell His disciples to meet with Him in Galilee. Galilee is the native place of both Jesus and His disciples. They all come from there. Galilee is the ‘home ground’ so to speak. Equally, the mission of […]

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“Who will roll back the stone”? Often times, we are weighed down by many heavy stones that we can’t progress in life, in our career and indeed in our faith. These may range from the stones of anger and resentment to stones of disappointment and frustration. The heavy stones of hatred and malice to the […]

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  Yesterday, at the close of the Last Supper celebrations, we accompanied our Lord into the garden of Gethsemane through the Kidron Valley to pray. Until midnight, we watched with the Lord in prayer. Today, we stand at the foot of the Cross at Calvary; we now commemorate His passion and death, the events which […]

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Today, we begin the Easter Triduum – the three days when we recall and remember the great events of our salvation in Jesus Christ – His crucifixion, death, burial and Resurrection. Tonight we trek back into our history, to the Cenacle – the Upper Room, where on this Holy Thursday Jesus instituted the Eucharist and […]

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May I welcome and express my appreciation to you all who serve the Lord and our people so well in the pastoral ministry as witnesses of our faith. The clergy, the consecrated, religious men and women, thank you most sincerely. Special thanks to you the lay men and women and our youths present today and those […]

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