Category: Christmas Season
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He saw and believed
December 27, 2019 – Friday – Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist Click here for the readings http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/122719.cfm Homily It is just fitting for us to celebrate the feast of St. John the Evangelist soon after Christmas Day. The opening lines of his gospel sum up in a few words what we are celebrating […]
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Happy Birthday Jesus
December 25, 2019 – Christmas Day Click here for the readings http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/122519-the-nativity-of-the-lord-day.cfm Homily Why do we celebrate birthdays? It is to “remember” a happy day, like the day of our birth. It is a happy day because our parents and relatives had been “waiting” for us. We also celebrate because we give “thanks” to God […]
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Christmas: Meeting God in the most unusual place
December 24, 2019 – Christmas Eve Mass (Readings are taken from the proper of Mass during the Night. Click here for the readings http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/122519-the-nativity-of-the-lord-night.cfm) Homily It was an encounter with God in a very surprising manner. But how about you? Especially when you first watched this video, were you surprised by that? I am personally […]
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Christmas Message 2019
and the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us… John 1:14 (This Christmas Message prepared by Fr. Mario Masangcay, CSsR – Filipino Redemptorist Missionary in Korea, will be shared by Gwangju Archbishop Hygino Kim during Christmas Day Mass with all the migrant workers and residents in Gwangju City, South Korea.) For the secular consumerist […]