Dear Family!

The central theme of 22nd Sunday in the Ordinary Time revolves around ‘Humility’. Sirach highlights ‘humility’, a key virtue that puts us into God’s favor. We see Jesus, John the Baptist and Mary in the words ‘Humble yourself, the greater you are.’ Jesus preached and lived these words. Jesus asked us to follow him in the path of humility to walk humbly with God.

Dear Family!

The readings speak to us of God’s salvation being open to the whole world. Many of the world’s believers such as Christians, Muslims, Hindus and others want a guarantee from their respective religion that their future is absolutely secure. Fr. Leonard Feeney was condemned by the Holy See for denying salvation to non-Christians because we have a long history and a common belief that ‘outside the Church there is no salvation.’

Dear Family!

This week ended with a high note as we honor our Blessed Mother in her glorious assumption. We thank God as we ponder the words of Pope Pius XII’s words in Munificentissimus Deus 41, “the dogma of the Assumption of Mary is based on Sacred Scripture and deeply embedded in the minds of the faithful; it has received the approval of liturgical worship from the earliest times; it is perfectly in keeping with the rest of revealed truth and has been lucidly developed and explained by the studies, the knowledge and wisdom of theologians.”

Dear Family!

The Book of Wisdom could be understood in two parts: In the first chapters 1-9, Solomon guides the people who rule, to embrace righteousness and follow his example. In the second chapters 10-18, Solomon reveals the close connection between righteousness and wisdom in the history of the chosen people of God especially chapter 10 devoted to Creation and the rest is to Exodus.

Dear Family!

Gaudium et Spes (Vatican II, 1965): “God has intended the earth and all that it contains for the use of all people. Hence justice, accompanied by charity, must regulate the distribution of created goods that they are actually available to all in an equitable measure. […] Therefore, in using them everyone should consider legitimate possessions not only as their own but also as common property, in the sense that they should be able to profit not only themselves but other people as well. Moreover, all have the right to possess a share of earthly goods sufficient for themselves and their families.”