UCA News Podcast

Homilies: Second Sunday of Easter (A) Apr. 12, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

This is Easter time. We proclaim that Christ is risen. We say that God’s love has overcome the power of sin and death. We say that the power of evil is broken. Yet, when we check the news we see that evil seems to have survived the breaking of its power.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 10, 2026

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

This week there is a a wave of significant developments across Asia, beginning with a deadly military crackdown in Indonesia's restive Papua province and a shocking instance of animal abuse during an Easter ritual in the Philippines. From widespread human rights protests to a death threat aimed at forcing the marriage of a Christian girl in Pakistan.

Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by Joe Mathews, Cover photo by AFP, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com

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Homilies: Easter Sunday (A) Apr. 5, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 4 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Easter is the anniversary celebration of your new birth in Christ through Baptism. It is the day on which eternal life became available to you through his Resurrection. It is the day you renew your commitment to living that new life for God and 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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 3, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Joe Mathews, Andre Louis, Fabian Antony) — Fri, 3 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Listen to current week’s news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

From Easter holiday appeals in South Asia to the deportation of a major human trafficking ringleader in Cambodia, catch up on the region's top stories. Tune in to our weekly wrap-up for these events, plus the latest on Indonesia's fake news trials.

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Homilies: Good Friday Apr. 3, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 3 Apr 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Today is also a day of commitment to be a sign of God's love. God felt it worthwhile for Jesus to die in order that I might know love. My life is worth giving in the day-to-day as well as, if necessary, in death so that others may know that love.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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Homilies: Holy Thursday Apr. 2, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 1 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Our sharing Eucharist is a service -- a service to the world. We can wash its feet, and we can bring it with us as we share union with Christ. It's all one and the same.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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Homilies: Passion or Palm Sunday Mar. 29, 2029

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0000

We give thanks to Christ for uniting with us, embracing the fear, pain and death that are an ineradicable part of our lives. At the worst times of my life, Christ crucified is there with me.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 27, 2026

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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A new infantry battalion base in Christian-majority Papua has unleashed fears in the region, which has seen conflict and violence for decades. The Philippines has been added to a global watchlist of countries with severe restrictions on civic freedoms. We also bring you the latest on the Thai-Cambodia border tensions in this complete weekly news wrap-up from across Asia.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 22, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0000

The raising of Lazarus is a reminder that to be a Christian is not just to live in a certain way. Christians do have customs and commands that we obey and disobey, the chief among them being to love God and all those whom God loves.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 20, 2026

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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As retaliatory missiles light up the skies over the Middle East, reverberations of conflict and crackdowns are making headlines across the continent. From a controversial anti-conversion bill in India to a sweeping new scam law in Cambodia, we bring you the latest on the Iran crisis and your complete weekly news wrap-up from across Asia.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 15, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0000

The call to Baptism is an invitation to be cured of the blindness that afflicts the world. But, why us? Why should I be chosen to know the Lord when billions of better people than I will never have that chance?

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 13, 2026

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Faced with soaring prices and disruptions to their oil and gas supplies, Asian countries have started bringing in restrictions to protect their domestic markets. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 8, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 7 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0000

To accept that love and to be baptized is to accept as well the vocation that Christ has from the Father, a vocation he chooses to share with me. That is, the vocation to be an evangelizer, a missioner.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 6, 2026

Fri, 6 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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The regional bishops’ group has called for restoration of diplomacy, dialogue, and emphasized interreligious solidarity in the Middle East region. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: The challenges of AI-powered art: the lesson of Leo XIV

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, John Laurenson, Andre Louis, Antonio Spadaro) — Tue, 3 Mar 2026 04:44:52 +0000

Pope Leo XIV highlights the ethical challenges of AI-generated art, warning that automated creativity risks devaluing human experience and replacing authentic authorship with soulless algorithms that simulate rather than create. Jesuit priest Antonio Spadaro observes in his regular column WayPoints. Read the story here:

The challenges of AI-powered art: the lesson of Leo XIV- UCA News

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About the Speaker: Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro is the undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See. He is a member of the board of directors of Georgetown University and a full member of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon.
Spadaro has served as editor-in-chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the oldest and most respected Catholic journal published in Italian from Rome, now also available in seven other languages, including English.
In the summer of 2013, Pope Francis, for the first time, gave three extended interviews to Spadaro, in which the late pontiff discussed his background, faith, and vision for the Catholic Church. The complete collection of these interviews was compiled and published as a book: My Door Is Always Open.
Spadaro is the author of numerous books on contemporary culture, art, and literature. He has co-authored a book, Conversations on Faith, with legendary film director Martin Scorsese.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 1, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0000

The Transfiguration reminds me of the mystery that Jesus, the fully human one, is also God. If I would know what it is to be truly human, I must look to Jesus. If I would know God, I must look to Jesus.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 27, 2026

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Families of victims have expressed renewed hope for justice after a top intelligence official was arrested for alleged failure in stopping the attacks. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: First Sunday of Lent (A) Feb. 22, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm, Binu Alex) — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Lent is, among other things, an opportunity to prepare to make that renunciation at Easter by examining myself to find out where in my life temptation finds it easy to take root.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 20, 2026

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Christian leaders in Bangladesh have welcomed the victory of a liberal party in the general election, urging the new government to prioritize constitutional values and minority rights. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Ash Wednesday Feb. 18, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Father William Grimm) — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Welcome to Lent, a time to reflect on our ashiness and our salvation. From now till the start of the Sacred Triduum we will remember that we are Cinderella sitting in sin.

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of the Year (A) Feb. 15, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Jesus taught the adults and blessed the children, but the Church has gotten it backwards. That was not the case in the early days of the Church. The section of Matthew's Gospel that we call "The Sermon on the Mount" was intended by Matthew as a sort of catechism for adults.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 13, 2026

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Leaders of Nahdlatul Ulama have lauded the support given by Christian churches during the centenary celebrations. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of the Year (A) Feb. 8, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm, Binu Alex) — Sat, 7 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0000

The proverb says that "one bad apple spoils the whole bunch." That may be true of a crate of apples, but in today's Gospel, Jesus tells us that it does not apply to people. Good is contagious.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 6, 2026

Fri, 6 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Sri Lanka’s Anglican Church has called for the withdrawal of the proposed law granting sweeping powers to authorities that could undermine fundamental constitutional rights of citizens. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year (A) Feb. 1, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Poverty of spirit frees me to accept God's greatest gift, the Kingdom, because I am not holding on to any illusions that my talents, my possessions, my time, or my life are my own.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 30, 2026

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Ahead of a crucial national election in Thailand, Catholic bishops have urged people to remain vigilant against fraud and corruption. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of the Year (A) Jan. 25, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0000

The Church that follows Jesus must be as willing to subordinate everything else to the proclamation of God's love. If that means downplaying or even abandoning certain ways of doing things, so be it. If it means not looking for institutional results, no problem.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 23, 2026

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Church leaders in Indonesia’s Christian-majority Papua have criticized the ‘excessive military’ presence in the region, terming it a flawed state policy to counter insurgency. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of the Year (A) Jan. 18, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Spirituality is not so much a matter of prayer as of awareness, about sensitivity in ordinary time to the ordinary events and people around me. Christ is there among them as he was among the events and people of Israel two thousand years ago.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 16, 2026

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:52:12 +0000

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Cambodian girls as young as 14 are being trafficked to China for forced marriages, a trade fueled by its decades-long one-child policy. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Baptism of the Lord (A) Jan. 11, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm, Binu Alex) — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0000

In today's reading from the Acts of the Apostles, Peter tells the crowd what they can expect of fish people, followers of Christ who "went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil." We should do likewise.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 9, 2026

Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Christian clergy joined civil rights activists in a public demonstration in Sri Lanka to denounce the US kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Epiphany (A) Jan. 4, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 3 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0000

On Epiphany, we thank God for the gift of Jesus Christ, a gift given to all of us throughout the world, throughout time. Like the wise astrologers, we respond by bringing our gifts to the Lord: our ways of praying, our ways of singing, our ways of thinking, our ways of acting.

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Homilies: Mary Mother of God Jan. 1, 2026

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm) — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Each of us is presented with the same vocation as Mary. God says to you and to me, "Make my Son present in the world. Forgive sins. Bring healing. Live with faith that my love is stronger than your death. By word and deed, assure the world of my love."

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Homilies: Holy Family (A) Dec. 28, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The word "holy" comes from the word "healthy." Holiness is a kind of health, and health may be the means for us to understand holiness and, therefore, what we celebrate on this feast of the Holy Family.

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Homilies: Christmas Dec. 25, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Father William Grimm) — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Gospel Reflection by Father Bill Grimm

Today we remember and celebrate the fact that we can know God's glory and power not as some sort of information, but as a person. So, on Christmas Day we move from the story to the program, from what happened long ago to our vocation today.

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Observations: It’s a bad time to celebrate Christmas

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:01:22 +0000

We live in a bad time, maybe so bad that we have no reason to celebrate Christmas. But there is a close relationship between bad times and the coming of Christ among us and for us. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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About the Speaker: Father William Grimm, a native of New York City, is a missioner and presbyter who since 1973 has served in Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, he is the active emeritus publisher of UCA News. Now based in the United States, he regularly contributes columns, some of which have been collected in the UCA News e-book Spoutings. He is also the presenter of popular Sunday homilies telecast by UCA News each week. A collection of those homilies has been published as Dialogue of One.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year (A) Dec. 21, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The one whose birth we are about to celebrate has many titles, but one name, the name he shared with so many other people in his land. It is wondrous because it is so common. The mystery that we celebrate in his birth is that the God of the universe is met in someone like us, someone with a simple name, an ordinary Tom, Dick or Yeshua.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 19, 2025

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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The Philippines’ communist party, waging a long-standing war against the government, has declared a ceasefire to let citizens peacefully celebrate Christmas and New Year. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Advent (A) Dec. 14, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Now as we practice the carols of "peace on earth, good will to all" it is time to renew our commitment to live as Christ who came not to condemn sinners, but to embrace and save them.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 12, 2025

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Leo XIV urged an end to hostilities as Thailand and Cambodia engaged in a fresh, undeclared war over a longstanding border dispute. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: Diakonia

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:22:07 +0000

A Vatican commission has said that there is insufficient historical evidence to support the ordination of women to the deaconate. This disappoints those who want to see women join the clergy. However, it should remind us that the really important diaconate in the Church is already being provided by women and men who are not ordained to service. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

Produced by Binu Alex

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Advent (A) Dec. 7, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 6 Dec 2025 08:30:00 +0000

"Advent" means "coming" and coming is something that happens from the future. At this time of year I remind myself that my whole life is lived in expectation of something that is coming, and that does not merely mean December 25.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 4, 2025

Fri, 5 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Churches and temples in Sri Lanka are providing emergency relief to thousands left stranded by Cyclone Ditwah. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: First Sunday Advent A (A) Nov. 30, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Advent is about the other kind of wait, the doing wait, the moving wait, the heading toward a goal wait. Perhaps it is more like riding on a train than like sitting in a theater before the show starts.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 28, 2025

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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South Korea’s largest Buddhist order has called for the immediate withdrawal of a proposed special law that would offer government support for the Church-organized World Youth Day in 2027. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Thirty-Fourth or Last Sunday of the Year (C) Nov. 23, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0000

If I am a servant of the cross-king, of a king who does not sit, then I too must not be a sitter. I must show my loyalty to my king by moving among others as he did, as he does, not to receive homage or reward, but to serve.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 21, 2025

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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We start with an18-year-old Cambodian worker was sexually assaulted while attempting to cross the closed border and return home. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Interview with Lisa Sullivan Maryknoll lay missioner highlighting ‘moral crisis’ at COP30

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Umar Manzoor Shah, Binu Alex) — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:53:51 +0000

In a sea of negotiators, lobbyists, and policy experts at the UN Climate Change Conference, Lisa Sullivan stands out for saying it as it is: “This is no longer an environmental problem. It’s a human problem.”Sullivan, a lay missioner with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (OGC) engaged in global advocacy and education, is attending COP30 in Belem, Brazil.Her journey with the Maryknoll family spans over 40 years, including more than two decades in the parched fields of Venezuela and El Salvador.Now based in Washington, D.C., her work is spread across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, addressing the needs of communities that bear the brunt of climate change despite contributing little to its causes. Umar Manzoor Shah in conversation.

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Homilies: Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (C) Nov. 16, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Faith is not certainty, it is a choice. I choose, because of the evidence I have experienced of God's loving help in ages past, to believe that love will not desert me. If I am right, I will know. If I am wrong, I will not know. And in that case, neither being wrong nor having lived at all will matter.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 14, 2025

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Christians and civil society groups condemn latest attack as move to destabilize peace and harmony in region amid blasts in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Nov. 9, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Sat, 8 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This feast of one church building in Rome reminds us that we can and should appreciate and celebrate all the buildings in which we gather as a community. Those buildings, whether they be lowly huts or grand basilicas, are our homes.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 7, 2025

Fri, 7 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh told to pay compensation to Muslim man detained for alleged forced conversion of a Hindu woman. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: All Souls Day Nov. 2, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 1 Nov 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The feast might be called All Sinners Day, for it is a day to recall that though we are called to sanctity and eternal life, we are not the saints we might be, the saints we hope to become.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 31, 2025

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Indonesian authorities criticized for including former military dictator Suharto in a list of nominees for recognition as national heroes. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Thirteith Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 26, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Love it or fear it, a new Church is being born. It will take several lifetimes, but eventually the Church throughout the world will be different because of what is happening at the back of the temple.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 24, 2025

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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An upcoming Bollywood movie, claiming the iconic Taj Mahal is a Hindu temple, has caused fresh controversy in the Hindu-majority nation. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 19, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Those in power who fear what people — especially those who have been deprived — have to say deprive themselves of the opportunity to change their lives for the better — in other words, of the chance to repent.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 17, 2025

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Church leaders and rights activists have condemned a surge in violence against media workers in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 12, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

We receive many gifts from God, but it is not the gifts nor even the recipient, but the Giver, upon whom we should focus.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 10, 2025

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Singapore carried out its second execution in two weeks for drug offence, amid allegations by family of a Malaysian man that “critical evidence” was ignored. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the year (C) Oct. 5, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 4 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

People and situations will always appear that will need a response from this servant of God. The more I respond, the more opportunities for service will open up to me.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 3, 2025

Fri, 3 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Violence broke out after the alleged rape of a tribal girl in the restive hilly region in southeast Bangladesh. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year (C) Sept 28, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm, Binu Alex) — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This parable is a wake-up call to see that each and every man and woman is a child of God, and therefore my brother, my sister. Awareness can be the first step in conversion.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 25, 2025

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A female journalist and five activists accused of aiding and abetting terrorism in the the Philippines are set free after spending seven years in jail. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year (C) Sept 21, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Investing is a way to wealth in much of the world today. Ideally, an investment grows, leading to yet further investment. Can I do that with my possessions, putting at least some of them forward for the needy?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 19, 2025

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A top Catholic official in Nepal has welcomed the interim government led by former Chief Justice Sushila Karki. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Triumph of the Cross Sept 14, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The triumph of the cross is that, though suffering is always with us and may make us think we are far from God, when we suffer, we share in the life of God. Defeat, then, is victory. The holy Cross triumphs!

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 12, 2025

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Leo XIV has lauded people of different religions in Bangladesh for exhibiting unity amid natural disasters, tragedies. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year C) Sept 7, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm, Binu Alex) — Sat, 6 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Today, Jesus is telling us to be ready for fire so that when it comes, we will not be surprised, but resolute, knowing that the crisis today is one we took into account from the start.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 5, 2025

Fri, 5 Sep 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Chinese authorities are training children and youth to vilify religious groups deemed illegal in the communist-ruled nation. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 31, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

We tend to think that reflection upon the Word of God, upon the Work of God, is something solemn, serious, and private. But, sometimes, we should be ready to hear the Word in the hustle and bustle of our lives, in the symposium of eating, drinking and gabbing that is our daily life.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 29, 2025

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Timor-Leste’s national parliament’s approval to purchase 65 new cars for parliamentarians has been slammed by critics. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-First Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 24, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Salvation is the state of being fully what God intends one to be. What God intends is loving communion with each of us and for us to live in communion with one another. So, whatever I do that helps my brothers and sisters know God's love and share it is an aid to their salvation.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 22, 2025

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Church officials in southern India denounce pro-Hindu politician’s attempt to portray the man’s complaint as a bid to discredit the temple and Hindus. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twentieth Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 17, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

God seems to give what we do not want, and then expects us to call 'Good News.' Do you know the answer to the question: How do you train a mule? First, you take a large plank, and hit the animal over the head to get its attention.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 15, 2025

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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A leading Asia-based rights group has condemned the ongoing violence in the Philippines against rights defenders after two activists were gunned down. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Nineteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 10, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 9 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Today's Gospel reminds us that regardless of whatever else we may do in the interim, we are waiting. The servants may have a dance party while awaiting the master's return, but they still keep an eye out for that return. So, where is he?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 8, 2025

Fri, 8 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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International aid agencies have sought extra funds to help displaced people, especially children, forced from their homes by the Thai-Cambodian conflict. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: Glorified children of God or demonic murderers

binu.alex@ucanews.com (UCA News) — Tue, 5 Aug 2025 19:30:00 +0000

August 6 is the feast of the Transfiguration and this year it is also the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which was followed three days later by the bombing of Nagasaki. Those bombings ended World War 2 but began decades of terror as the fear of atomic power and the lust after it force us to confront humanity’s fascination with violence.Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Observations: Too Late

Sun, 3 Aug 2025 06:54:02 +0000

The world is transfixed and bewildered by the government of the United States led by Donald Trump. In the U.S. there is increasing shock and anger even among those who voted for Trump at what is happening to their country. America’s bishops, many of whom supported him, are now trying to respond to policies and actions that violate human dignity and hurt various Church programs. It is, however, too late for them to effectively play a prophetic role in opposing the abuse of power. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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About the Speaker: Father William Grimm, a native of New York City, is a missioner and presbyter who since 1973 has served in Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, he is the active emeritus publisher of UCA News. Now based in the United States, he regularly contributes columns, some of which have been collected in the UCA News e-book Spoutings. He is also the presenter of popular Sunday homilies telecast by UCA News each week. A collection of those homilies has been published as Dialogue of One.

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Homilies: Eighteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 3, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 2 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The love of God guarantees life. Might it be that I am greedy because deep down I am not yet ready to rely upon the love of God? Do I really believe that this world is the whole story?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 1, 2025

Fri, 1 Aug 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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India’s Opposition leaders strongly condemned the jailing of two Catholic nuns on what they called false charges of human trafficking and religious conversion. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Seventeenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 27, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Jesus is telling us disciples that we need not worry that God will not understand our prayers. We do not have to use proper formulas, the right words. God loves us so much that our inadequate prayers suffice.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 25, 2025

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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In a dramatic escalation of a long-running border dispute, Thailand and Cambodia launched attacks using air strikes, rockets, and artillery. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Sixteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 20, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm, Binu Alex) — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Today, as the attitudes toward women that subverted the practice of Jesus are changing in many places, we in the Church are being challenged to once again accept the fact that Jesus still has something to teach us that seems subversive of the so-called "normal" ordering of society and the Church.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 18, 2025

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Indonesian Muslims joined Catholics to celebrate a religious-cultural festival dedicated to Mother Mary in the country’s Christian-majority Island. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fifteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 13, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

As followers of Jesus, we are commissioned by him to serve any need we see, no matter what reasons we think there may be for passing by.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 11, 2025

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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A Thai court has issued a warrant for the arrest of a Cambodian tycoon, senator and confidant of former Prime Minister Hun Sen. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fourteen Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 6, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 5 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

We must teach the world's wolves a new way of living. We must teach respect for the weak and service to them. We must teach the wolves that lambs are not for devouring, but for showing us something about God.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 4, 2025

Fri, 4 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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A mentally ill man in Pakistan on death row has been freed by the country’s apex court. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Peter and Paul Jun. 29, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

We do not know, we never know, what the future will bring. What we do know is that God's love is real and that as Christians we are sent into the world to proclaim that good news.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 27, 2025

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Christians in India’s Madhya Pradesh state have called for action against right-wing Hindu activists who assaulted and paraded four socially marginalized Dalit Christians naked through a village. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: The Body and Blood of Christ (C) Jun. 22, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

God's love and blessings are not limited by the belief of the men and women through whom God chooses to work. A pagan priest-king not only has a place in the building of the Reign of God, but God uses him to bless believers.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 20, 2025

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Thailand has been accused of engaging in activities detrimental to peace in the disputed border region with Cambodia. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Trinity Sunday (C) Jun. 15, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Our glory as Christians is that God has chosen us to carry on the mission of the Son to be the love of God incarnate in creation. Our shame is that we so often fail as a Church and as individual Christians to live that mission.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 13, 2025

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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The Muslim men were acquitted of all charges of arson attacks on churches and minority-Christian homes in Jaranwala. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Pentecost (C) Jun. 8, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 7 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Today's feast is a celebration of our mission as Church to proclaim to the whole world that Christ is risen. Since it is also a day on which we recall Christ's gift of forgiveness, we must reflect upon the sins that might hinder that proclamation.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 6, 2025

Fri, 6 Jun 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Trade unions in the Philippines organized a rally urging lawmakers to turn a newly proposed wage hike into law. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Ascension (C) Jun. 1, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 31 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

We, the new people of God, have been prepared for our vocation. We are the apostles. Christ has stepped aside so that we might step forward. The Acts of the Apostles begins with the Ascension of Jesus; they continue with us.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 30, 2025

Fri, 30 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Authorities urged to take necessary measures to end the desecration of Christian graves in the Muslim-majority country. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of Easter (C) May 25, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 24 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The gift of peace would be glorious in itself, but as Christians we have a special vocation. We are called not merely to find peace, but to be the means of peace for others.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 23, 2025

Fri, 23 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Pakistani Christians have denounced the government for excluding Christian representatives from its official delegation to Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration ceremony. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Easter (C) May 18, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 17 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Bringing the world to Christ is our vocation. Loving one another is the way to live that vocation.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 16, 2025

Fri, 16 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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The former president was elected mayor of Davao by a landslide, despite his detention by the International Criminal Court. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Easter (C) May 11, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 10 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

It is still Easter time. It is still the season of resurrection. It is still the season to recall that my life is not a matter of the merely day-to-day, but of eternity.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 9, 2025

Fri, 9 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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As the College of Cardinals on May 7 evening elected the Chicago-born Augustinian Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to succeed Pope Francis, the so-called official Church in China has elected two bishops, says a report. Listen to this and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: Is Pope Leo a Cubs fan?

Fri, 9 May 2025 08:23:32 +0000

We have a new pope, and as always when that happens people wonder if he will follow or change the direction set by his predecessor. By his choice of name and the words of his first address to the world, Pope Leo has indicated that he will continue in the footsteps of Pope Francis, showing special care for the poor, the outcast, the struggling. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Third Sunday of Easter (C) May 4, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 3 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Peter was chosen to lead the disciples, to lead the Church, not because he was bright or well-spoken or a deep thinker. He was appointed to look after the Lord's flock because he loved the Lord.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 2, 2025

Fri, 2 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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More than 50,000 Catholics were present for a requiem Mass for Pope Francis, the first pontiff to visit Timor-Leste since it declared independence in 1989. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Easter (C) Apr. 27, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

God entrusts us with a great gift. Overcoming evil depends upon our willingness to forgive. It is up to us. We can forgive, or we can refuse to forgive. God will accept our decision.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 25, 2025

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholic bishops have condemned the attack on tourists by militants in India’s Kashmir that killed 26 people and injured 17 others. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Easter Sunday (C) Apr. 20, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

On this Sunday, this Easter Sunday, we remember what every Sunday is because of what happened one Sunday long ago when the mission of the Church was born in the proclamation, "The Lord is risen!"

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 18, 2025

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Malaysian police are probing an incident involving some university students carrying a cross while dressed in robes similar to those worn by the Ku Klux Klan. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: When will we start taking “No” for an answer?

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 04:33:00 +0000

We are frequently asked, reminded, or even commanded to pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life. But what if those prayers have already been answered in the negative? Perhaps it is time to quit wasting our breath on redundant prayers in spite of God’s clear answer and instead pray, think, and experiment to see what ministry might look like in the future. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Good Friday Apr. 18, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 01:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Holy Thursday Apr. 17, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Our sharing Eucharist is a service -- a service to the world. We can wash its feet, and we can bring it with us as we share union with Christ. It's all one and the same.

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Homilies: Passion or Palm Sunday (C) Apr. 13, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

We give thanks to Christ for uniting with us, embracing the fear, pain and death that are an ineradicable part of our lives. At the worst times of my life, Christ crucified is there with me.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 11, 2025

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholic bishops have allied with Thai opposition parties to urge the government to abandon a bill that aims to legalize gambling. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (C) Apr. 6, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 5 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Sin is serious, but the most important thing in the world is the love of God that forgives our sins. The scribes and Pharisees had forgotten that.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 4, 2025

Fri, 4 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Muslim leaders in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara have apologized for displaying the flag of a banned Islamic group during a parade celebrating Eid festival. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 30, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Lent is a time for me to come to my senses and return to my Father. I do not need fancy words. I do not need to buy forgiveness with good deeds or intentions. All I need is to say, "Father, I have flunked."

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 28, 2025

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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The 22-year-old survived a murderous attack at his workplace over an alleged desecration of Islamic texts. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 23, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

We are celebrating Lent, the season of repentance. We reflect upon our sinfulness and do what we can with God's help to change our lives. Rather than punishing us, God gives us chance after chance to stop causing divine and human suffering.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 21, 2025

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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A court handed down jail terms on eight indigenous people in Indonesia’s Christian-majority East Nusa Tenggara province amid a land dispute with a company owned by a Catholic diocese. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 16, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Lent is a chance to live our true citizenship. In prayer, fasting and sacrifice, we weaken our ties to the world. We withdraw from our citizenship in this world in order to focus upon our true home, our true citizenship.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 14, 2025

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Christians have mourned a Protestant bishop’s son, who was killed by men who also gang raped female tourists in southern India. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: TA Lenten reflection: We cannot escape sin, but we can be delivered

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 04:14:23 +0000

In Lent we reflect upon sin in our lives. We might not notice, however, that besides being personal actions or failures, sin is also a pervasive reality from which we cannot escape even when we want to. Only Christ can free us from that reality and cleanse us for life with God.. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: First Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 9, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 8 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

It is Lent. It is good to begin the season by reflecting upon the temptations that Jesus faced and that we face that hinder us in living the Baptism commitment we renew at Easter.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 7, 2025

Fri, 7 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Education officials in Catholic-majority nation say student abuse will not be tolerated after two recent scandals. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.
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Homilies: Ash Wednesday Mar. 5, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 4 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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Welcome to Lent, a time to reflect on our ashiness and our salvation. From now till the start of the Sacred Triduum we will remember that we are Cinderella sitting in sin.

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Observations: The fruits of American bishops’ failure

Tue, 4 Mar 2025 04:28:43 +0000

The bishops of the United States and even the pope have spoken against policies of the Trump administration that target people who have entered the country without authorization. Catholics in the administration have taken issue with those protests, a sign that the American bishops have failed to instill certain Gospel values in their flock. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Eight Sunday of the Year (C) Mar. 2, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 1 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Repentance, prayer, reflection and study will remove the obstacles that keep one from being a wise guide and a clear-visioned healer for the wandering children of God looking for a vision of the love of God made real in their lives.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 28, 2025

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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In a historical move, the nation’s top court has agreed to hear an appeal by socially poor Dalit Catholics in southern India. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Seventh Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 23, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:30:00 +0000

It is not totally impossible to do love toward an enemy. One just has to do for others what one does for oneself. That still is not easy. But, knowing we can do it for our worst enemy is an encouragement that we can do it for others.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 21, 2025

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, president of Caritas Internationalis, stresses situation of millions of people affected by sudden closure of USAID. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 16, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The Gospel presents us with a decision and a consequence. We must decide who Jesus is, and upon what authority he says some very strange things.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of the Yea (C) Feb. 9, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 8 Feb 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The world is starving to hear of God's love, to see God's love. The world is swimming around in confusion, waiting to be brought into God's net. That is what counts.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 7, 2025

Fri, 7 Feb 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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The House of Representatives backed impeachment of the vice president, paving the way for a tumultuous Senate trial that could see her removed from office. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Presentation of the lord Feb. 2, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 1 Feb 2025 08:30:00 +0000

For some people their god may take the form of money, or a nation, or an economic system, or social achievement, or race, or religion or family. For some people who consider themselves "good Catholics," it may be a particular form of piety or Church structure. In all these cases, devotees hope to gain special advantages by their devotion.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 31, 2025

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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A global abuse tracker has released a new list of 84 individuals accused of sex abuse, alleging many remain in active ministry in the Catholic-majority country. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: Speaking truth to power

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 05:09:57 +0000

Parrhesia, speaking truth to power, is an important part of the prophetic ministry of the Church. It is seldom popular among those at whom it is directed, as can be seen when an Episcopal bishop in the United States confronted the president of that country in a sermon that has provoked both praise and condemnation. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of the Year C) Jan. 26, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The Word of God is, or should be, a reminder of God's presence among us. That is the reason we treat a Bible or Lectionary with special respect.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 24, 2025

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Hun Manet has refuted allegations that his government was involved in the assassination of Khmer-French politician Lim Kimya. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of the Year (C) Jan. 19, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Jesus the Lamb presents us with the wine of peace because he overcomes the sin of the world in his death and resurrection.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 17, 2025

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Close to 2 million people from an influential Christian group gathered in Manila to demand a halt to congressional efforts to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Baptism of the Lord (C) Jan. 12, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000

The difference between us Christians and the rest of the world is the knowledge that there is an answer for our anticipating hearts, and the answer is the Son of God present among us.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 10, 2025

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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Lawmakers, NGOs, activists, and citizens express anger toward the Cambodian government after assassination of an opposition politician in Thailand. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Epiphany (C) Jan. 5, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 4 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000

If we want to see God, we need not spend years doing spiritual calisthenics or wait until we die. God has come among us as one of us. If you wish to see God, look at Jesus, the manifestation of God among us.

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Homilies: Mary Mother of God Jan. 1, 2025

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Holy Family (C) Dec. 29, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 08:30:00 +0000

As the boy Jesus "increased in wisdom and in years and in divine and human favor, " so, too, the Church grows in wisdom, years and favor.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 25, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 22, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Christmas is, of course, much more than a child's feast. But, it is, indeed, a time for us to reflect upon children and the gifts we give them, the legacy we leave them.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 20, 2024

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Residents of a village in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have restrained tribal Christians from celebrating Christmas and demanded they revert to Hinduism or their indigenous faith. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: The adventure of belief

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 03:59:12 +0000

Mature faith can have much in common with mature atheism, since believers and non-believers face the same questions in the same world and both recognize that whether they believe in God or not is a choice based upon their understanding of that experience. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of the Year (C) Dec. 15, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 08:30:00 +0000

What we really want has already been given us. We do not have to wait until Christmas Day to receive it. We do not have to wait until we start following all the good advice we have received.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 13, 2024

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Christians in conflict-torn Papua in Indonesia marked International Human Rights Day with Way of the Cross for an end to state violence. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 8, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 7 Dec 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Advent is the season in which the Church recommits itself to living a great adventure. We are a band of companions walking through a world of marvels and dangers to a promised goal, eternal life with God.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 6, 2024

Fri, 6 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Arbitrary detention of protesters was the most prevalent violation of civic freedoms across countries in the Asia-Pacific region, a global rights group said in its report. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: First Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 1, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Can I believe that when troubles come the Lord comes as well? How can I deepen my faith in that coming? The Lord's answer is "Pray constantly."

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 29, 2024

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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The global rights group has criticized Myanmar’s military junta for use of anti-personnel mines that have killed and maimed thousands in the conflict-stricken nation. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia

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Observations: Night thoughts in November

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 03:32:25 +0000

November, at least in the northern hemisphere, is the month when winter darkness prevails, and nature seems to enter its night. But while night is an end, it is also a prelude to new beginnings. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Thirty-fourth Sunday of the Year, Christ the King (B) Nov. 24, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 08:30:00 +0000

When we say Christ is King, we say we belong to him and to no others. We cannot, then, be used or abused, since that is an attack upon his subjects and his sovereignty.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 22, 2024

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Junior has stated that a Filipino woman sentenced to death in Indonesia on drug charges will be handed over to Manila. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Thirty-third Sunday of the Year (B) Nov. 17, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The Good News is not that God will make everything work out as we wish but that he is with us in a special way when it seems our world is ending.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 15, 2024

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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A cardinal in Singapore has called for religious and racial unity after a priest was stabbed in the face during Mass sending shockwaves across the nation. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: Bizarre religion

binu.alex@ucanews.com (UCA News) — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:48:13 +0000

Every religion has weird practices and ideas attached to it that, while not essential to the religion, and maybe even inimical to it, can influence the way it is seen. They can alienate or drive away people who try to live and believe sensibly, intelligently, and without having to apologize for the bizarre. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Thirty-second Sunday of the Year (B) Nov. 10, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 9 Nov 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The woman knew better. She knew that what she had was nothing compared to what God offers. God offers me eternity. Can I, in gratitude, find ways to offer up my treasure of time?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 8, 2024

Fri, 8 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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The claim by a Hindu leader that churches are involved in drug trade in India’s northeast region has sparked widespread anger among Christians. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Thirty-first Sunday of the Year (B) Nov. 3, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 2 Nov 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Being a Christian is not about behaving toward others in a certain way. It is about having a special kind of relationship with God. All else follows from that.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 1, 2024

Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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A new bishop ordained in China shortly after the renewal of the Sino-Vatican agreement on appointment of bishops in the communist nation for another four years. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: A boy on a riverbank

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:15:42 +0000

The 17th-century Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō made several journeys through the country writing haibun, a combination of haiku poetry and prose observations. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Thirtieth Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 27, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The Gospels do not hesitate to put us followers of Jesus in a bad light. We, represented by the disciples, can be so dense that we miss something that evil demons know and that even a blind man can see. That is, that Jesus is the presence of the Reign of God among us.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 25, 2024

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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A bishop’s request to the pope asking not to be made a cardinal has surprised Catholics in Muslim-majority Indonesia. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: Why did Pope Francis go to Japan?

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:59:14 +0000

Nihon Hidankyo, Japan’s nationwide organization of atomic bomb survivors, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. The award announcement said one reason the organization received the award was that the personal testimony of its members has advanced “stigmatizing the use of nuclear weapons.” Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 20, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Sometimes, being a Christian means going against doing what comes naturally. The whole world does what comes naturally, and that is why it needs salvation.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 18, 2024

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Indian Church leaders welcome maiden government-sponsored peace talks between tribal Christians and Hindu Meitei community in conflict-torn Manipur state. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-eight Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 13, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Jesus is challenging us to live in the real world, to give up all that might allow us to avoid the truth that there is no easy way to share in everlasting life. And everlasting life is what we all really want; all our other searches are symptoms of that desire.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 11, 2024

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Francis announced 21 new cardinals including five Asians, which observers say once again shows his thrust for going to the peripheries of the Church. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-seventh Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 6, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 5 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Jesus defended two groups in his society that had no defense. He forbade discarding wives or denying children their right to a place among his followers. There is no toleration in the Reign of God for the bias that infected his society and infects our own.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 4, 2024

Fri, 4 Oct 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Religious hardliners target Sufi shrines, minorities and culturally important places in Muslim-majority Bangladesh following the political changeover. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-sixth Sunday of the Year (B) Sept. 29, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

We companions of Jesus have an essential vocation. All men and women are called to live in the dignity of children of God.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 27, 2024

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Sri Lanka’s first leftist president sparks hope for change in the crisis-laden island nation. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-fifth Sunday of the Year (B) Sept. 22, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

We can all understand the argument the disciples had. We spend much of our lives seeking status, protecting our status, or mourning the loss of status.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 20, 2024

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Christian leaders say Indian government’s new “road map” for peace in strife-torn Manipur state is too late and too difficult to achieve as warring parties continue “to stick to their guns.” Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-fourth Sunday of the Year (B) Sept. 15, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Christ's call for us to take up the cross is an invitation to learn that though suffering is always with us and may make us think God is far from us, it is actually a share in the life of God who also takes up the cross.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 13, 2024

Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Francis wrapped up the longest apostolic journey of his pontificate covering four nations in Asia and Oceania, infusing joy and hope among millions in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-third Sunday of the Year (B) Sept. 8, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 7 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The way to make God's love present in this creation is to groan with Christ. Anyone who has tried to share God's love with the world comes to know that.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 6, 2024

Fri, 6 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Francis arrived at the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Tuesday, kicking off the longest apostolic journey of his pontificate covering four nations in Asia and Oceania. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-second Sunday of the Year (B) Sept. 1, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Do my devotions, practices and thoughts deepen my understanding of real Christianity, or am I in danger of wandering from the truth? Have the customs I learned from my family, from my community and from the teachers of my faith begun to warp or replace that faith?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 30, 2024

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Devastating floods left dozens of dead and millions affected in Bangladesh and India in recent days. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twenty-first Sunday of the Year (B) Aug. 25, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

If Jesus is indeed who he and the Church say he is, then there really is no place else to go. If he is real, then any alternative is unreal. We have no choice. If we accept the truth of Jesus' divinity, we must accept the reality of the Eucharist we share.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 23, 2024

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Pakistani Christians marked the first anniversary of the anti-Christian violence in Jaranwala with a protest rally, calling for justice and an end to abuses. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twentieth Sunday of the Year (B) Aug. 18, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Would someone watching us at the Eucharist be so stirred or disturbed by our conviction that the sacrament is the real presence of Christ for us that he or she might think I was involved in some form of cannibalism?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 16, 2024

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Global rights group Human Rights Watch slammed the military junta and rebel forces for atrocities against civilians in the conflict-scarred nation. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Nineteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Aug. 11, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The Eucharist we share is food like that the angel gave Elijah. It is food that enables us to persevere in our long journey to God. It is the strength of God.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 9, 2024

Fri, 9 Aug 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Impoverished Timor-Leste faces criticism for allocating US$12 million for Pope Francis’ visit in September including US$1 million for an altar for a papal Mass. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Eighteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Aug. 4, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 3 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The Lord sets a banquet before me, but all too often, I look over, under and around the table for the sort of nourishment I think I need instead of feasting on what I am offered, the only real nourishment I need.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 2, 2024

Fri, 2 Aug 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Indians mourn as a series of landslides destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 200 people in India’s southern Kerala state. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Seventeenth Sunday of the Year (B) Jul. 28, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The Eucharist is the miracle in which Christ takes "the work of human hands" and presents it to the Father as himself. Our own little bit, our own willingness to search out what we can do, becomes part of that. God is looking for the Andrew in each of us.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 26, 2024

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Bangladesh dismisses controversial civil service quota system after deadly violence, prompting the government to enforce nationwide curfew, deploy military and internet blackout. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Sixteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Jul. 21, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The Lord tells the apostles and us to pack up the picnic basket, get in the boat and get away from it all. Our bodies, minds and souls all need an occasional break. Sometimes, to find prayer and God's love, all I need do is not do.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 19, 2024

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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At least nine students were killed, and hundreds injured in escalating violence in Bangladesh amid protests for reforms in the government job recruitment policy. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fifteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Jul. 14, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

It is hard to believe that God is relying upon me, when I thought I was supposed to rely upon God. But, that's the case. God needs me, needs us, to bring the Good News to a world waiting unawares for it. So, Jesus tells us to wear our shoes, ready to go forth and ready to be ready.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 12, 2024

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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The Vatican has approved sainthood process for first Korean Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, known for his love for the poor, efforts for lay participation in the Church, and support for democracy. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fourteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Jul. 7, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 6 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

God does not force us to accept love. In today's Gospel, we hear that Jesus could not perform miracles because people would not believe in him. They were not willing to accept the love God offered them because it came in a form they did not expect.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 5, 2024

Fri, 5 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Monsoon flooding hit parts of South and Southeast Asian nations affecting millions of people. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: We don’t have all the answers. We don’t even have all the questions

Tue, 2 Jul 2024 04:40:00 +0000

In many cases, Christian formation consists of providing answers to questions that no one has asked. So instead of becoming an encounter with Christ it becomes a source of irrelevant information. But the world is looking for something else; it is looking for answers to the questions that disturb and motivate people today. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Thirteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Jun. 30, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The world as God wills it and the world as we experience it are both real. To accept only one while ignoring the other is not realistic.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 28, 2024

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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The deadly civil war in Myanmar continues to worsen as two monks were shot and killed allegedly by the military in three days. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Twelfth Sunday of the Year (B) Jun. 23, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The night prayer of the Church recognizes the connection between sleep and death. Our night prayers are meant to be a preparation both for dropping off to sleep and for death, when we will have to let go of everything.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 21, 2024

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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The pro-Hindu party ruled Rajasthan state to become the 12th Indian state to enact a draconian law to criminalize religious conversions. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Eleventh Sunday of the Year (B) Jun. 16, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

'Your mustard seed is what the Reign of God is about. Your little faith, your little effort is enough. Give your little bit and stand by amazed as you see what God will do with it. Your mustard seed will flourish.'

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 14, 2024

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Myanmar’s embattled military junta is resorting to indiscriminate bombings and brutal atrocities to hold back advancing rebel forces. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Tenth Sunday of the year (B) Jun. 9, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 8 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

If we do not admit our wretchedness, we will not open ourselves to allowing God to embrace us, forgive us, and welcome us into what St. Paul calls "a dwelling provided for us by God, a dwelling in the heavens, not made by hands, but to last forever."

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 7, 2024

Fri, 7 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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India’s Hindu-theocratic Bharatiya Janta Party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured a third-consecutive victory in the national election but failed to gain an absolute majority. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Body and Blood of Christ (B) Jun. 2, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 1 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

On 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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 31, 2024

Fri, 31 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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A powerful cyclone hit Bangladesh and India, leaving dozens of people dead, scores injured and a trail of mass destruction days after a deadly landslide killed scores in Papua New Guinea. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Trinity Sunday (B) May 26, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 25 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Trinity 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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 24, 2024

Fri, 24 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Taiwan held the inauguration of its pro-democracy president William Lai Ching-te in presence of dignitaries including Vatican envoy Archbishop Charles Brown. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Pentecost (B) May 19, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 18 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The 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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 17, 2024

Fri, 17 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Killing of civilians by communist insurgents and rights abuses during anti-insurgency operations in the Negros island have triggered concerns. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Ascension (B) May 12, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 11 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

There 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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 10, 2024

Fri, 10 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Tribal people in Manipur state of northeast India marked the first anniversary of the deadly ethnic violence with a daylong shutdown to remember the victims and call for justice. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of Easter (B) May 5, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 4 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Today'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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 3, 2024

Fri, 3 May 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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People in South and Southeast Asia are bracing for more extreme heatwaves this week, prompting authorities to issue health warnings and close schools. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Easter (B) Apr. 28, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

In 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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 26, 2024

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Asian nations continue to trample human rights by muzzling freedom of speech and shrinking civic spaces, says the annual human rights report from the US State Department. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Easter (B) Apr. 21, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Jesus announces himself not merely as a shepherd, but as the Good Shepherd. He is the one shepherd we can trust because he is the one shepherd who is not a sheep himself.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 19, 2024

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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As Indians brace for national elections, the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party is accused of using draconian laws to curtail civic freedoms. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Easter (B) Apr. 14, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Let's face it — the Resurrection is unbelievable. Even seeing the risen Lord is not going to convince us otherwise. It's easier to believe in ghosts or to doubt one's own sanity.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 12, 2024

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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A top Vatican official is on a six-day visit to Vietnam to strengthen diplomatic ties with the communist-ruled nation. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Easter (B) Apr. 7, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 6 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Living a Christian life takes courage. However, we need not search for it. We have it. Each Sunday when we join the community of disciples we take the greatest risk, that of meeting the Lord.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 5, 2024

Fri, 5 Apr 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholic Church in Taiwan has pledged help to the victims after the strongest earthquake in decades left nine dead, over 800 injured and damaged dozens of buildings. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Easter Sunday (B) Mar. 31, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

On Easter we celebrate on behalf of all the world God's love that embraces all the world. We celebrate for that boy, for all the dead and for ourselves, the living who are promised a share in the life of Christ who rose.

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Homilies: Good Friday Mar. 29, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 01:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Holy Thursday Mar. 28, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Our sharing Eucharist is a service -- a service to the world. We can wash its feet, and we can bring it with us as we share union with Christ. It's all one and the same.

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Homilies: Palm or Passion Sunday (B) Mar. 24, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

We mark this Holy Week with solemn joy. Death is real. But this week we know that love is even more real.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 22, 2024

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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In conflict-torn Myanmar, political fighting crossed religious lines when a Christian pastor was shot dead by three unknown attackers in Kachin state this week. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (B) Mar. 17, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

John "lets the beans out of the bag" by telling us that Jesus is actually talking about the way he will die, lifted up from the earth on a cross. Do I really want to be drawn to him there?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 15, 2024

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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International experts and organizations have expressed concerns over freedom of religion in Hong Kong after the authorities introduced a new security law stipulating tough penalties. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Lent (B) Mar. 10, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 9 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Lent is the season when we prepare to renew our baptismal commitment in solidarity with those being baptized at Easter. It is a time of preparation to re-dedicate ourselves to proclaiming to the world the good news that God indeed loves us now, here, as we really are.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 8, 2024

Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Indian nuns and priests join women activists to demand end of crimes against women and ensure their rights and empowerment ahead of the national election in May. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Lent (B) Mar. 3, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 2 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Mid-way to our celebration of the Cross and Easter, we reflect on how we are like the animals, tables and vendors in the temple, interfering with others' finding the Lord. As individuals and as a community, we must repent. But, we are called to more than guilt feelings.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 1, 2024

Fri, 1 Mar 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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A Filipino Catholic laywoman who quit her job to become a full-time volunteer catechist is slated for sainthood. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Lent (B) Feb. 25, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Today's Gospel is a Lenten reminder that the gift of being a beloved child of God that I received in Baptism leads to my own transfiguration. I walk the way of the Cross in this world, but it is a way that leads to incomparable glory.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 23, 2024

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Minority Christians in India continue to face threats and harassment as hardline Hindu groups push for a Hindu-centric cultural and religious nationalism. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: First Sunday of Lent (B) Feb. 18, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The Lord calls us to a change of life, a change we exercise in some small way in Lent as a means of recommitting ourselves at Easter to the big reform we accepted in our baptismal commitment.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 16, 2024

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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One person died and 53 were injured when part of the second floor of a Catholic church collapsed during a packed Ash Wednesday Mass in the Philippines. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Ash Wednesday Feb. 14, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Welcome to Lent, a time to reflect on our ashiness and our salvation. From now till the start of the Sacred Triduum we will remember that we are Cinderella sitting in sin.

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of the Year (B) Feb. 11, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 08:30:00 +0000

We 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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 9, 2024

Fri, 9 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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An airstrike on a school in Myanmar’s Demoso township in Kayah state killed four children, all boys aged 12 to 14, and injured at least 15 other children. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of the Year (B) Feb. 4, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 3 Feb 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Like 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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 2, 2024

Fri, 2 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholics in China welcomed three new bishops who were ordained with the approval of the Vatican and the communist government within a week. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year (B) Jan. 28, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The 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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 26, 2024

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Asian countries are among top persecutors of Christians, says a report from US-based Christian rights group, Open Doors. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of the Year (B) Jan. 21, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 08:30:00 +0000

The 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!"

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 19, 2024

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Taiwanese defied threats of punishment from Beijing and elected pro-sovereignty candidate Lai Ching-te as their new president. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: Our unqualified, incompetent savior

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 05:20:07 +0000

Some of Pope Francis’ pastoral moves, for example his making provision for the blessing of couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples, have drawn criticism and opposition from those who see this as deviation from precedent. However, the pope may actually be following the deeper precedent of Jesus. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of the Year (B) Jan. 14, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:30:00 +0000

When 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.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 12, 2024

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Christians in conflict-torn Myanmar paid their last respects to 17 ethnic Chin Christians killed in a military airstrike. Listen to the story and more in this wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Epiphany (B) Jan. 7, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 6 Jan 2024 08:30:00 +0000

We are called to be Stars of Bethlehem, leading men and women to Christ. The chief vocation of the Church is to proclaim the Good News to all nations. How do I share in that great vocation?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 5, 2024

Fri, 5 Jan 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Francis prayed for the victims of a deadly earthquake that hit Japan on New Year’s Day. Listen to this story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: Mary Mother of God Jan. 1, 2024

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Mon, 1 Jan 2024 01:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Holy Family (B) Dec. 31, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 08:30:00 +0000

If there were no answer to our search and longing, then, indeed, our lives would be futile. What use is there for a hunger that cannot be filled? What sense can there be to an existence defined in part by something that is meaningless?

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Homilies: Christmas Day Dec. 25, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 01:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Advent (B) Dec. 24, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 08:30:00 +0000

God doesn't choose the way we would. God chooses worldly weakness to proclaim divine power. That's the reason Mary was chosen and the reason we have been chosen.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 22, 2023

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Christians across Asia have prepared culturally and spiritually to celebrate Christmas and New Year despite hardships and challenges. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: Christmas Credo

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:24:36 +0000

Our focus on the Christ child at Christmas can distract us from seeing the deeper reality of the Incarnation, that in Christ’s coming among us as one of us our whole life, including our death, has been embraced by God. We are invited at Christmas to strengthen our embrace of the whole reality of life, believing that God is with us in it all. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Advent (B) Dec. 17, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The place we really live our faith is not in a church. It is in the desert of our workplaces, our schools, our streets, our homes. There is no other place for the world to hear our call to prepare the way of the Lord, to join us on the way of and to the Lord.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 15, 2023

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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A group of Catholics in an Indian archdiocese hailed the resignations of two senior leaders of their Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church amid an ongoing crisis over a liturgy dispute and land scams. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: Dragons in Advent

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 03:45:10 +0000

Our Advent meditations and prayers include reflection on the end of the age and the disasters that lead up to it. Today we face the dual disasters of war and climate change. We are not likely to see the end of either. But we can begin the long process of healing the world for the sake of future generations. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Advent (B) Dec. 10, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 9 Dec 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In Advent we make a bit more effort to welcome the Lord into our lives and into our hearts, so that we can indeed know him as Son of God, as Good News.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 8, 2023

Fri, 8 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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A bomb attack at a Sunday Mass left four university students dead and several injured in the insurgency-plagued Mindanao Island in the Philippines. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Homilies: First Sunday of Advent (B) Dec. 3, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 2 Dec 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Faith, hope and love are virtues directed toward past, future and present. In Advent, we remind ourselves to be ever ready to meet and love the Lord who has come, who will come, who comes.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 1, 2023

Fri, 1 Dec 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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A bishop, priests and religious fled Christ the King cathedral in Loikaw as military junta took over the complex in conflict-torn Myanmar. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

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Observations: Everyone, everyone, everyone

Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:30:00 +0000

An increased understanding of gender issues has led to contention in the Catholic Church as Pope Francis acts on the principle that a pastoral approach to all people is the true role of the Church. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Last Sunday of the Year (A) Nov. 26, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 08:30:00 +0000

We must be such followers of the crucified Jesus, giving our strength and even our lives for the sake of others that they will respond to us as the bystander at the crucifixion did who tried to give Jesus something to drink.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 24, 2023

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Heavy rains and severe flooding left at least six people dead and thousands stranded in Vietnam and Philippines. In this weekly podcast we present stories from Asia you need to know.

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Homilies: Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (A) Nov. 19, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 08:30:00 +0000

It is to us as servants and for the sake of being servants that God gives us talents. Let us not bury them, but put them forth for the whole world.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 17, 2023

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Archbishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing, president of China’s state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association was in Hong Kong on a five-day visit that began on Monday. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year A Nov. 12, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Signs of God’s kingdom are all around us. If we remember that, we will see them and thus build up our supply of oil so that at any time, in any way that God comes to us, we will be ready.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 10, 2023

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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An earthquake killed at least 157, injured scores and made thousands homeless in Nepal, prompting the government and charities to rush aid to the affected families. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Thirty-First Sunday of the Year (A) Nov. 5, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 4 Nov 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Even though we may recognize the danger in ourselves of ostentatious religiosity that draws attention to ourselves rather than God, we frequently fail to realize that we sometimes encourage and abet it in others.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 3, 2023

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At least 11 people were killed and scores injured in ongoing political violence in Bangladesh ahead of national election to be held next January. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Thirtieth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 29, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The law of Christ is simple. Love. Love God by loving your neighbor. And your neighbor is anyone close enough to be loved, anyone in the world.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 27, 2023

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Indian Catholics have hailed the Vatican’s approval to the beatification process for 35 martyrs of the worst anti-Christian riot in Kandhamal district of eastern Odisha state in 2008. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 22, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

We Christians have been shown Christ, the image of God, so that we can proclaim that image to all the world. In order to do so, we must clear away whatever mars that image in us.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 20, 2023

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Fear of possible violence by hardliners gripped minority Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh at the start of five-day Durga Puja, the biggest annual Hindu religious festival. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 15, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In the Eucharist, in the worship and service of the community of good and bad folks that Jesus invites to the banquet of God's Kingdom, I am offered a foretaste of heaven. How could I do other than rejoice?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 13, 2023

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholic Church in Sri Lanka takes on President Ranil Wickremesinghe after he refused an international probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday attack. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 8, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 7 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

There is one other thing we must do. We must hear and heed the messengers God sends to us workers in the vineyard. For we, too, need to be converted throughout our lives.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 6, 2023

Fri, 6 Oct 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Indian Catholics have paid rich tributes to first tribal Cardinal Telesphore P. Toppo, hailing him as a guiding light and defender of the poor, particularly of the indigenous people. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year (A) Oct. 1, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The test of Christian faith is not merely whether or not we are in church on Sunday. Going to church is the renewing of our "yes" to the call of God. But, do we follow through on the promise?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 29, 2023

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Korean Catholics have been urged to protect the rights of migrants and refugees amid a state crackdown on undocumented immigrants. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 24, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Just as the parables of Jesus show the love of God in stories about lost coins, vineyards and generous landowners, the followers of Jesus must make the events of everyday life point to God's loving presence among us.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 22, 2023

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Korean martyr Andrew Kim Tae-gon became the first Asian saint to have his statue installed on the wall of Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: The synod restarts a process that will take decades

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:58:12 +0000

As the synod of bishops prepares for its sessions on synodality, many people look forward to big changes in the Church. Realistically, however, huge change is unlikely. The synod meetings are just the beginning of a process that will take generations. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 17, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The way out of the paradox is to realize that forgiving and being forgiven is not a parade of activities that happen in order – God forgives, then I forgive, then God forgives. God’s forgiving me and my forgiving others go on together.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 15, 2023

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Christians in India face rising persecution and discrimination in the hands of hardline Hindu groups. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 10, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 9 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The Lord's command to confront sin in ourselves and others is never easy to fulfill. It is even harder, perhaps, to be the object of that confrontation, whether as individuals or as societies. So, what are we to do?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 8, 2023

Fri, 8 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Sri Lanka's Catholic Church demanded an international probe into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings after a British documentary claimed they were orchestrated to tip that year’s election outcome. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year (A) Sept. 3, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 2 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The temptation to avoid the cross is not one that Jesus alone faced. We, too, face it. That is the reason Jesus tells us that we must be willing to take up the cross.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 1, 2023

Fri, 1 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday to kick off his historic four-day visit. He is the first pope to visit the Buddhist-majority Asian nation bordered by Russia and China. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-First Sunday of the Year (A) Aug. 27, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The important thing about Peter and the important thing about me is that Christ has chosen us to be Church. He has set us up in all our weakness and declared that the gates of death will not prevail against us.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 25, 2023

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Church leaders and rights activists urged Filipinos to fight corruption and human rights abuses on the 40th death anniversary of democracy icon Benigno Aquino. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twentieth of the Year (A) Aug. 20, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The Incarnation means that Jesus really was a man of his time, his place and his people. He spoke their language, he dressed as they dressed, he had the same prejudices they had.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 18, 2023

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Mobs of Muslims attacked some 21 churches and dozens of Christian homes after two Christians were accused of committing blasphemy by desecrating the Quran in Pakistan’s Punjab province. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Special Military Operation and Peace

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:56:52 +0000

The war in Ukraine gives new urgency to the problem of peacemaking. What must those opposed to violence do in the face of violent injustice? Does pacifism mean allowing injustice to succeed or does the fact of injustice make pacifism a naive and worthless pose? Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Nineteenth Sunday of the Year (A) Aug. 13, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The Lord is willing to support us in doing the impossible. What we need is enough faith to enable us to step out of the security of the boat we call everyday "sensible" life.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 11, 2023

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong met with the country’s Catholic bishops to strengthen ties between the state and the church following his recent visit to the Vatican. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Transfiguration Aug. 6, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 5 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

August 6 shines a bright light on our possibilities both as a human race and as individuals. As individuals, nations and a world, we must choose the path of glory lest we go down the path of destruction.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 4, 2023

Fri, 4 Aug 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholics in Vietnam hope for more religious freedom after the communist-ruled nation signed a deal allowing the Vatican to have a resident papal representative in the country. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Seventeenth Sunday of the year (A) Jul. 30, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

How can I become like some learned scribe who can speak with confident knowledge of the Reign of God?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 28, 2023

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Young Asian Catholics head to the Portuguese capital Lisbon to attend the World Youth Day to be held from August 2-6. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Sixteen Sunday of the year (A) Jul. 23, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In our prayer, God makes the seemingly impossible happen. The seed of good flourishes, the world is leavened. All we need do is pray. But how?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 21, 2023

Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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The Vatican reiterates its stand to continue “dialogue” with China as Pope Francis recognized Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Shanghai who was transferred and installed unilaterally violating the 2018 Sino-Vatican Agreement. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fifteenth Sunday of the Year (A) Jul. 16, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

No matter where some of the seed may land and the odds against it, the growth of the Reign of God is unstoppable. That's the seed, but what of the sower?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 14, 2023

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals including two from Asia – Malaysian Bishop Sebastian Francis of Penang and Bishop Stephen Chow Sau-yan of Hong Kong. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fourteenth Sunday of the year (A) Jul. 9, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 8 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The world around me may be in turmoil, but I will be in peace and calm, not because I am apart from the world, but because I am sharing God's deep love for that world.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 7, 2023

Fri, 7 Jul 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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A crackdown on religious groups including Christians continues in Communist China. A Protestant church has appealed for prayers for the release of four arrested Christians. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Thirteenth Sunday of the Year (A) Jul. 2, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 1 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Part of the call of Christ is a call to repentance. It is not something I can reserve to Lent or an occasional confession. Because nearly my whole life is a nay-saying to God, my whole life must be repentance.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 30, 2023

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Innocent lives continue to be lost as fighting intensifies in military-ruled Myanmar. This week, 10 civilians were killed and eight wounded when the military bombed a village. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twelfth Sunday of the Year (A) Jun. 25, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In a world full of terrors, we have been commissioned to share the Good News that we need not fear. God’s love protects us. God’s love embraces us eternally, overcoming fear, overcoming death.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 23, 2023

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Arson and unrest continued in India’s violence-hit Manipur state after more than 50 days with no end in sight for the ethnic conflict between warring communities. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Eleventh Sunday of the Year (A) Jun. 18, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

My life as a Christian is not some sort of fortuitous accident. I have been chosen by God just as the Twelve were chosen. Somewhere in this world there is someone for whom I am God’s gift.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 16, 2023

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Government sources say there are no deaths reported but a few injured after tens of thousands were evacuated from harm’s way as Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall in Gujarat. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Body and Blood of Christ (A) Jun. 11, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Fortunately, Christ is not so choosy. He is willing to be present in the bread and wine that his people share. He is willing to be present in that people and in what they do as individuals and a community to show the love of God to the world.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 9, 2023

Fri, 9 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Taiwan’s democracy supporters remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown despite China’s all-out efforts to erase memories related to the brutal massacre. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Trinity Sunday (A) Jun. 4, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 3 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Christians called to show God's love to the world should show a love that is so full as to overflow us, bringing unity to a world of many persons.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 2, 2023

Fri, 2 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Human rights activists, lawmakers, and the church have lamented the decline of democracy in Indonesia as the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of military dictator Suharto and the return to democracy. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Pentecost (A) May 28, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 27 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Our first concern must always be with those who have not yet come to know Christ. Whatever we do as Christians, it must be shaped by our vocation to tell the whole world the Good News that Christ is risen.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 26, 2023

Fri, 26 May 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Timor-Leste independence hero Xanana Gusmão returns to power after his party won the parliamentary election. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Ascension (A) May 21, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 20 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The Lord assures us that in his glory he is no longer limited by time and place and is with us today and always. That assurance gives us the confidence we need to obey his great command.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 19, 2023

Fri, 19 May 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Cyclone Mocha left a trail of devastation in Myanmar and Bangladesh, prompting humanitarian responses from church groups and aid agencies. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of Easter (A) May 14, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 13 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Because the Spirit of the Risen Christ is in us we can face our own crosses with confidence that God is still at work, that God's will is done even when it is thwarted, as it so often is.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 12, 2023

Fri, 12 May 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholic Church leaders have called for peace as communal riots left at least 60 dead and over 23,000 displaced in India’s northeastern state of Manipur. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Easter (A) May 7, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (UCA News) — Sat, 6 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Jesus tells us today that the place where we live with God is not only this world we live in now. He has prepared another place for us, one with "many dwelling places," enough dwelling places for each of us to live with him in his Father's house.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 5, 2023

Fri, 5 May 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Asian nations have been listed among the worst violators of religious freedom by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Listen to this story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: The fading Japanese Church, the growing Church in Japan

Tue, 2 May 2023 08:25:36 +0000

Japan needs immigrants but is not able or willing to integrate them into the country. Immigrants now predominate in the Catholic Church in Japan. The Church could be a model to Japanese society of a re-creation of what it means to be Japan, but that would require more creativity and effort than the Church’s management is putting forth. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Easter (A) Apr. 30, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Often we sheep are to blame for being led astray by bad shepherds. The sheep of whom Jesus speaks in the Gospel can tell the difference between their own good shepherd and a bad one. We are not always so discerning.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, Arpil 28, 2023

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Church leaders in southern India met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed various issues concerning the Christian community including the rising attacks and discrimination. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.
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Homilies: Third Sunday of Easter (A) Apr. 23, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

We share the Eucharist, and in that sacrament we know that the Lord is with us on all our roads, at all our tables. Then, we go to share that Good News with all. A Christian's encounter with Jesus is always meant for the sake of others.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, Arpil 21, 2023

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Hong Kong’s Jesuit Bishop Stephen Chow began his first visit to mainland China as tensions mount between the Vatican and China over the secretive 2018 deal on the appointment of bishops. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Easter (A) Apr. 16, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 14, 2023

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Christians across the globe celebrated Easter Sunday, while many Christians continued to face abuses and violence in various Asian nations. These stories and more are in this week’s podcast

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Homilies: Easter Sunday (A) Apr. 9, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 8 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Good Friday Apr. 7, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 7 Apr 2023 00:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Holy Thursday Apr. 6, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Thu, 6 Apr 2023 00:30:00 +0000

Our sharing Eucharist is a service -- a service to the world. We can wash its feet, and we can bring it with us as we share union with Christ. It's all one and the same.

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Homilies: Palm Sunday (A) Apr. 2, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 1 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Perhaps some of the people who demanded Jesus’ death at the end of the week had begun the week singing hosannas. Who knows how or why they changed? What would I have done?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 31, 2023

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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A court in central India granted bail to a Catholic priest who was arrested amid a flurry of inspections of church-run schools over alleged religious conversion. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 26, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 24, 2023

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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People displaced by conflict in Myanmar return to their homes from camps despite security concerns, uncertainty, and no viable plan for rehabilitation. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 19, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 17, 2023

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Filipino victims of sex slavery by Japanese forces during World War II have rejected a move for compensation, saying the money is useless at this age. This report and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 12, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 10, 2023

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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As the world celebrated International Women’s Day, female migrant workers in Hong Kong have called for an end to their ‘slavery.’ This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Redemptive salvation is more than a matter of the individual soul

Mon, 6 Mar 2023 12:13:05 +0000

In Lent we examine our lives in light of the Gospel, preparing to renew our baptismal commitment at Easter. Does my examination involve only personal matters or do I look as well at the social dimension of sin and salvation? Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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About the Speaker: Father William Grimm, a native of New York City, is a missioner and presbyter who since 1973 has served in Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, he is the active emeritus publisher of UCA News. Based in the United States, he regularly contributes columns, some of which have been collected in the UCA News e-book Spoutings. He is also the presenter of popular Sunday homilies telecast by UCA News each week. A collection of those homilies has been published as Dialogue of One.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 5, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 4 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 3, 2023

Fri, 3 Mar 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholics and rights activists have demanded a thorough inquiry after a deadly riot left 12 people killed in Indonesia’s Christian-majority Papua province. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: First Sunday of Lent (A) Feb. 26, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Lent is, among other things, an opportunity to prepare to make that renunciation at Easter by examining myself to find out where in my life temptation finds it easy to take root.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 24, 2023

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Christians in India marched in the national capital Delhi to demand action from the government, judiciary, and civil society to stop rising anti-Christian hate crimes in the country. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Ash Wednesday Feb. 22, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Welcome to Lent, a time to reflect on our ashiness and our salvation. From now till the start of the Sacred Triduum we will remember that we are Cinderella sitting in sin.

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Homilies: Seventh Sunday of the Year (A) Feb. 19, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 08:30:00 +0000

I once asked a political activist what he hoped to achieve in life. His answer was simple. "I want to be holy." That is what God needs of us and what God wants of us.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 17, 2023

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholics in Myanmar prayed to Mother Mary for peace as deadly conflict continued to rage in the military-ruled nation. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Eight billion and the count-up to disaster

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 05:22:29 +0000

The world’s population exceeds eight billion people, more than the planet can easily bear. The environment, other species, and all of us face a bleak future that calls us to a deeper trust in God’s love that used Jesus’ embrace of the way of the cross to bring about an unexpected hope for the world. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of the Year (A) Feb. 12, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 10, 2023

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Francis joined the world to grieve and to seek global solidarity after the massive loss of lives in a devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of the Year (A) Feb. 5, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 4 Feb 2023 08:30:00 +0000

The proverb says that "one bad apple spoils the whole bunch." That may be true of a crate of apples, but in today's Gospel, Jesus tells us that it does not apply to people. Good is contagious.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 3, 2023

Fri, 3 Feb 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Protesters in Myanmar marked second anniversary of the military coup with a “silent strike.” Christians joined prayers for peace in the conflict-torn nation. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year(A) Jan. 29, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Poverty of spirit frees me to accept God's greatest gift, the Kingdom, because I am not holding on to any illusions that my talents, my possessions, my time, or my life are my own.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 27, 2023

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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A former soldier was sentenced to a life term for allegedly killing four civilians in Indonesia’s restive, Christian-majority Papua region, a verdict hailed by rights activists advocating justice and peace. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of the Year (A) Jan. 22, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 20, 2023

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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The military junta in Myanmar torched and completely destroyed a 129-year-old Catholic Church amid ongoing violence against Christians in the conflict-torn country. This and more in this week’s podcast

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Homilies: Second Sunday of the Year (A) Jan. 15, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 13, 2023

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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The pope finally meets Hong Kong’s outspoken cardinal andcritic of the warming up China-Vatican ties at the expense of the undergroundCatholic Church in the People’s Republic. This story and more are in thisweek’s podcast.

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Observations: The last pope of the Second Church?

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 06:08:07 +0000

The death of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict 16, may be one more step toward the end of an era in the history of Christianity as we move from a Euro-centric millennium and a half to a more catholic, universal Church. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Epiphany (A) Jan. 8, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 7 Jan 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 6, 2023

Fri, 6 Jan 2023 10:30:00 +0000

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Church and political leaders in Asia paid tributes to PopeEmeritus Benedict XVI, hailing him for his contributions to peace, harmony, anddialogue in the world. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Mary, Mother of God Jan. 1, 2023

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Christmas Day Dec. 25, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 23, 2022

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:47:17 +0000

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Christians in Asian nations such as Pakistan and Sri Lanka prepare to celebrate Christmas amid violence and financial crisis. A bright new year looms for other nations despite everyday struggles for freedoms and rights. These stories and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Advent (A) Dec. 18, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 16, 2022

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholics in India have urged the federal government to come clean on the custodial death of Father Stan Swamy, after US-based experts revealed the elderly Jesuit priest’s computer was hacked to plant false evidence. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Advent (A) Dec. 11, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Now as we practice the carols of "peace on earth, good will to all" it is time to renew our commitment to live as Christ who came not to condemn sinners, but to embrace and save them.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 9, 2022

Fri, 9 Dec 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The right to dissent is under attack across the Asia-Pacific region as ruling regimes use repressive laws and brute force to silence protesters. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 2, 2022

Fri, 2 Dec 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Vatican-China’s 2018 deal on appointment of bishops hit a hard rock as Chinese authorities transferred and installed a bishop without papal mandate, prompting an unusual reaction from the Vatican. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Advent (A) Dec. 4, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 2 Dec 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: First Sunday of Advent (A) Nov. 27, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Advent is a time to remember that we are waiting and to examine the way we wait, both in loving activity today, and in hope for the future.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 25, 2022

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The decades-old liturgical dispute in India’s Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church has intensified as an archdiocese seems on the verge of snapping ties with the Vatican. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Christ the King (C) Nov. 20, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 18, 2022

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Christians in India continue to face accusations and harassment from right-wing Hindu groups over alleged forced religious conversions. This story and more are in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (C) Nov. 13, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 11, 2022

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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What does war do? It destroys, it destroys humanity, destroys everything, Pope Francis said as he once again called for dialogue to end conflict and loss of lives in Myanmar, ahead of the ASEAN leaders’ summit in Cambodia. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year (C) Nov. 6, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 5 Nov 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 4, 2022

Fri, 4 Nov 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Francis’ historic, three-day apostolic visit to Bahrain aims to promote dialogue, unity, and peace. In other parts of Asia, natural and man-made calamities have claimed hundreds of lives. These stories and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: November, month of death

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 05:09:24 +0000

In the northern hemisphere, November is a gloomy month that reminds us of death. It is a month in which we pray for the dead. It is a month in which we might profitably reflect upon our personal and communal relationship with death to more deeply know in the death and Resurrection of Jesus the role of death in our lives. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

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About the Speaker: Father William Grimm, a native of New York City, is a missioner and presbyter who since 1973 has served in Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, he is the active emeritus publisher of UCA News. Based in the United States, he regularly contributes columns, some of which have been collected in the UCA News e-book Spoutings. He is also the presenter of popular Sunday homilies telecast by UCA News each week. A collection of those homilies has been published as Dialogue of One.

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Homilies: Thirty-First Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 30, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:37:28 +0000

It is important, though, to remember that penance is neither punishment nor the purchase price for forgiveness. So it should not be extreme. When in doubt, don't do it or consult with someone first.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 28, 2022

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The Church in Asia searches for new ways to make progress in the multi-religious continent as Catholic leaders ponder over the emerging realities and ways to revise their pastoral plans and priorities for the vast continent during the ongoing FABC general conference in Bangkok. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Thirtieth Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 23, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (UCA News) — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 21, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Anosh Malekar, Andre Louis, Binu Alex, John Laurenson) — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Some half a million Catholics and 450 priests in southern India have severed all links with their apostolic administrator, further escalating a five-decade-long liturgical dispute within the Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church. The unprecedented move by priests and laity of the Kerala-based Syro-Malabar Church may amount to 'defying papal authority’. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 16, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 14, 2022

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Asia’s Catholic bishops gathered in Bangkok to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, one of the biggest religious summits in the world, for two-weeks starting October 12, aiming to “renew and revitalize” the Church in Asia. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 9, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 8 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

We receive many gifts from God, but it is not the gifts nor even the recipient, but the Giver, upon whom we should focus.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 7, 2022

Fri, 7 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Percival Mabasa, a hard-hitting radio commentator, is the latest in a long line of targeted killings of newspersons in Philippines, a Catholic-majority nation often dubbed as one of the deadliest places in the world for journalists. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the year (C) Oct. 2, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 1 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

People and situations will always appear that will need a response from this servant of God. The more I respond, the more opportunities for service will open up to me.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 30, 2022

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Hong Kong’s outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen faced a trial with fellow democracy supporters as the Vatican drew renewed criticism for its silence and attempts of warming ties with China’s communist regime. The high-profile case involving one of Asia’s senior most Catholic clerics has brought back focus on the warming ties between Beijing and the Vatican. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year (C) Sept. 25, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

This parable is a wake-up call to see that each and every man and woman is a child of God, and therefore my brother, my sister. Awareness can be the first step in conversion.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 23, 2022

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The martial law imposed by Ferdinand Marcos Sr. on Sept. 21, 1972, is still remembered as one of the darkest periods in the nation’s history vowing to never forget the abuses of the dark period. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year (C) Sept. 18, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 16, 2022

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The military junta has been accused of abuses against the Christian minority, destroying their places of worship and targeting the clergy. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year (C) Sept. 11, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

God keeps coming after me, offering forgiveness and wisdom. The reason could not be in myself. Someone so perverse as I cannot deserve God's searching love, but I receive it all the same. It can only be because God loves me regardless of how I act.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 9, 2022

Fri, 9 Sep 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Mother Teresa’s legacy of love and compassion for the poor, sick, and destitute continues even 25 years after her death. Her death anniversary is observed as the International Day of Charity honoring her philanthropic and humanitarian endeavors. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year (C) Sept. 4, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 3 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Today, Jesus is telling us to be ready for fire so that when it comes, we will not be surprised, but resolute, knowing that the crisis today is one we took into account from the start.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, September 2, 2022

Fri, 2 Sep 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The four champions of the poor and a polluted river in Asia have been selected for the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awards honoring their extraordinary contributions toward transforming human lives and societies. This and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Dying, dead, waiting

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 23:30:00 +0000

The Church in many places seems to be dying, and the response to that is often a panicked attempt to ward off the inevitable. But what if this dying and the being dead that will follow it are actually God’s will to bring about something completely new? Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Twenty Second Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 28, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 26, 2022

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The plight of the Rohingya must not be forgotten as the Myanmar military set about massacring, torturing, raping, and burning their villages in Rakhine State in 2017. Around one million refugees are waiting to return to their country in dignity with their full rights restored. Rights group have called for protection of the rights and justice for Myanmar’s Rohingya minority as they mark fifth anniversary of a military crackdown. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Twenty-First Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 21, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 19, 2022

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Ongoing fighting between the military and rebel groups has led to at least 170,000 civilians being displaced from Christian-majority Kayah state, most of them sheltered in churches and other Christian institutions. This and more in this week’s podcast

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Homilies: Assumption Aug. 15, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 01:30:00 +0000

Every feast of the Church is ultimately a celebration of what God has done in Jesus Christ. The Assumption is an encouraging reminder of what Christ has done for us and a challenge to live as what we have become through baptism.

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Homilies: Twentieth Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 14, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 12, 2022

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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In 1982, the United Nations declared August 9 as the day to celebrate the indigenous peoples globally, but across Asia they are constantly battling to defend their cultures, territories and, above all, their rights. This and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Ten Days of Prayer for Peace

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 05:16:12 +0000

Just about everyone wants peace. That has certainly always been so. Yet, we do not have peace, and that, too, has probably always been so. We have never been able to build peace, and it is likely that we never will be. Either God will do it, or it shall not be done. Yet, we can and must join in God’s work through prayer and action. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Nineteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 7, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Sat, 6 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, August 5, 2022

Fri, 5 Aug 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The offer made by junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, which came after he announced a six-month extension to the current state of emergency and execution of four political prisoners, was too little too late, say rights groups. This and much more on today’s podcast.

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Homilies: Eighteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 31, 2022

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

The love of God guarantees life. Might it be that I am greedy because deep down I am not yet ready to rely upon the love of God? Do I really believe that this world is the whole story?

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 29, 2022

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Myanmar’s military regime executed four political prisoners including a former minister and a veteran activist, drawing shock and revulsion at the ‘cruel’ use of capital punishment in decades. This and more in today’s podcast

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Homilies: Seventeenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 24, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 22, 2022

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Gotabaya Rajapaksha is gone, but the 22 million people of the island nation are in no mood to trust his successor to lead them out of the terrible mess he left behind. The country’s worst-ever economic crisis has reduced Sri Lankans to buy less, eat less and work less. This and more in today’s podcast

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Observations: The road to where Jesus awaits our belated arrival

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 04:50:56 +0000

Pope Francis has appointed three women to a key office in the Vatican. It is a small step toward the long delayed acceptance of the radical equality between male and female disciples that marked the ministry of Jesus. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Sixteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 17, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 15, 2022

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has collapsed, its president on the run and the island nation is now on the verge of political instability. These and more in today’s podcast

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Homilies: Fifteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 10, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 9 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

As followers of Jesus, we are commissioned by him to serve any need we see, no matter what reasons we think there may be for passing by.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 8, 2022

Fri, 8 Jul 2022 10:32:26 +0000

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Father Stan dedicated his life to ensure the constitutional rights of indigenous peoples as equal citizens of India. The Jesuit was a modern-day martyr who followed Jesus, who became a threat to the discriminatory social, political and religious system of his time. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Monolingual clergy in a multilingual Japanese Church

Wed, 6 Jul 2022 07:00:33 +0000

Most of Japan’s Catholics are not Japanese. They have come to alleviate a shortage of native workers. While the Church has tried to respond to their pastoral needs, little has been done to integrate them into the life of the Church as a missionary presence. There is a tendency on the part of local clergy to treat foreigners as a pastoral problem to be handled rather than as a missionary opportunity that requires a vigorous response. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Fourteenth Sunday of the Year (C) July 3, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 2 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, July 1, 2022

Fri, 1 Jul 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Hong Kong marks the 25th anniversary of the British handover to China as pro-democracy campaigners lament the erosion of the once-vibrant city’s freedom and rights. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Why do we pray to saints?

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:25:09 +0000

What do we think we are doing when we pray to saints? Are we applying extra pressure on God? Are we relying upon some sort of magical powers that we think a saint might possess? Does the communion of saints that includes all of us offer a better understanding of what we are doing? Father William Grimm, who lives in New York, shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Thirteenth Sunday of the Year (C) June 26, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000

When the Lord calls us, it is because he wants a response in action from us now, not a minute from now, not an hour from now, not next week or next year. He does not call upon us by appointment. He will not be penciled into our over-full schedules.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 24, 2022

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Natural disasters have hit Asian nations, affecting millions of people from Afghanistan to Bangladesh, India and China. These stories and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: The Body and Blood of Christ (C) June 19, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 18 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 17, 2022

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Rising attacks against Christians have triggered alarm in India and Myanmar. These stories and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Ghosts and the agnostic on me

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 04:24:44 +0000

Whether or not they really exist, ghosts teach us something about what is happening in the Church. The Church as we have known it is dying in much of the world. We can, like ghosts, hang on to what and where we have been. Or, we can trust that the pattern of Christ’s cross, grave, and resurrection is the way that God is drawing us into a new creation.Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Trinity Sunday (C) June 12, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 10, 2022

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The Indonesian government has invited Pope Francis to visit the world’s largest Muslim-majority country. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Pentecost (C) June 5, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 4 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, June 03, 2022

Fri, 3 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholics in Asia cheered as Pope Francis named six new cardinals from the continent including the first cardinal from the marginalized Dalit community. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Let’s not fail our biggest test

Mon, 30 May 2022 05:43:36 +0000

The world is in an ecological disaster and needs the People of God to show a way of hope. However, it is unlikely to be heard because those who speak too often do not speak to be heard. As a result, when Pope Francis actually does speak to be heard, we are ill-equipped to listen, let alone respond. Laudato si’, his response to the ecological disaster, must have a greater influence on Christians if we are to be a sacrament of hope for the world. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Ascension (C) May 29, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 28 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 27, 2022

Fri, 27 May 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Hong Kong’s outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen remains defiant after appearing in court in a case under the national security law. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of Easter (C) May 22, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 21 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

The gift of peace would be glorious in itself, but as Christians we have a special vocation. We are called not merely to find peace, but to be the means of peace for others.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 20, 2022

Fri, 20 May 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Attack on Marian shrines in India and Myanmar shocked Catholics, while grief continued over the results of the Philippine elections amid the joy of sainthood for India’s first lay Catholic. These and more in this week’s Podcast.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Easter (C) May 15, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 14 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Bringing the world to Christ is our vocation. Loving one another is the way to live that vocation.

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Observations: Social science research can replace no-longer-effective answers to no-longer existing problems

Sat, 14 May 2022 02:30:00 +0000

The Catholic Church in Asia operates in ignorance. We don’t really know ourselves or the world in which we are called to proclaim the Good News. There is a realm of research to which we must turn, the social sciences. They can tell us not only about the world outside the Church, but about ourselves as well. Professional research in sociology and psychology would enable us to escape the trap of no-longer-effective answers to no-longer-existing problems. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 13, 2022

Fri, 13 May 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The arrest of Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen has sparked global outrage about communist China’s iron-fisted grip on freedoms and rights in the former British colony. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Easter (C) May 8, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 7 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

It is still Easter time. It is still the season of resurrection. It is still the season to recall that my life is not a matter of the merely day-to-day, but of eternity.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, May 6, 2022

Fri, 6 May 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Thousands of mainly Christian ethnic Karen have fled their homes as Myanmar’s military junta intensifies air strikes and mortar shelling in Karen and Mon states. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Easter (C) May 1, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Peter was chosen to lead the disciples, to lead the Church, not because he was bright or well-spoken or a deep thinker. He was appointed to look after the Lord's flock because he loved the Lord.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 29, 2022

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Pope Francis has called for the truth behind the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka. In other parts of Asia, the struggle for press freedom and human rights continues. These stories and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Living in the world that is while hoping for a better

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:48:39 +0000

Faith and ideals give us dreams, but the reality we inherit limits how we can work toward making those dreams and hopes come true. Incarnation means that we, like Jesus, live in a world we are given, a world in which we achieve less than we wish to advance the Reign of God. The war in Ukraine is such a situation, one in which hopes for peace may have to work through violence. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Second Sunday of Easter (C) Apr. 24, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

God entrusts us with a great gift. Overcoming evil depends upon our willingness to forgive. It is up to us. We can forgive, or we can refuse to forgive. God will accept our decision.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 22, 2022

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Easter celebrations triggered mixed feelings for Christians in Asia. While there was joy at returning to churches after two years due to the pandemic, many people continued to endure social, economic and political turmoil. These stories and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Easter Sunday (C) Apr. 17, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

On this Sunday, this Easter Sunday, we remember what every Sunday is because of what happened one Sunday long ago when the mission of the Church was born in the proclamation, "The Lord is risen!"

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Homilies: Good Friday Apr. 15, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 20:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Holy Thursday Apr. 14, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Our sharing Eucharist is a service -- a service to the world. We can wash its feet, and we can bring it with us as we share union with Christ. It's all one and the same.

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Observations: Blooming Cherries and Christian life

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:04:01 +0000

It is early spring in Japan, the time when cherry trees bloom. Even in Tokyo, the world’s largest metropolis, nature calls us to reflect on beauty and its passing. For Christians, cherry time is part of Lent and the beauty of the flowers becomes an opportunity to recall God’s gifts as we prepare to celebrate Easter and renew the gift of our baptism. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Passion or Palm Sunday (C) Apr. 10, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 9 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

We give thanks to Christ for uniting with us, embracing the fear, pain and death that are an ineradicable part of our lives. At the worst times of my life, Christ crucified is there with me.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 8, 2022

Fri, 8 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholic bishops, priests and nuns join street protesters in Sri Lanka as the island nation faces an economic crisis. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (C) Apr. 3, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 2 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Sin is serious, but the most important thing in the world is the love of God that forgives our sins. The scribes and Pharisees had forgotten that.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, April 1, 2022

Fri, 1 Apr 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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India’s Dalit Christians have continued to protest the appointment of a non-Dalit Catholic archbishop, terming it discriminatory. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 27, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 25, 2022

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The ordination of 13 new priests in conflict-torn Myanmar is seen a sign of hope and blessing for the minority Christian community. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Our Diocletian dilemma

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 08:22:34 +0000

The division of the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western halves led to the same division in Christianity. Different histories in East and West then caused the development of different approaches to civil and social power. The responses to the Russian war against Ukraine shows problems in both approaches. It is high time we recovered from the ills of the Roman Empire. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Third Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 20, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 18, 2022

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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The Pakistani Church has started the formal process of sainthood for the country’s first Servant of God. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: The Ukraine war is obsolete

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 07:23:31 +0000

The war in Ukraine has ended three-quarters of a century of comparative peace in Europe. Democracy, economic integration, and Christianity were supposed to maintain and spread peace. They have not, and we are left wondering what comes next. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Second Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 13, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 11, 2022

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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A Dalit woman’s elevation to the post of mayor in India’s Chennai city has been hailed as a breakthrough for her marginalized community. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: First Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 6, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 5 Mar 2022 08:30:00 +0000

It is Lent. It is good to begin the season by reflecting upon the temptations that Jesus faced and that we face that hinder us in living the Baptism commitment we renew at Easter.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, March 4, 2022

Fri, 4 Mar 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Asian Catholics pray for peace in Ukraine

Asian Catholics pray and fast for peace in Ukraine as they mark the beginning of Lenten season. This story and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Christians need more sins

Thu, 3 Mar 2022 04:50:38 +0000

As we enter Lent, we reflect on the role of sin in our lives. But we often – maybe generally – look too narrowly at what constitutes sin. The problem is that we start the reflection by looking at ourselves rather than God. When we focus on God, we realize that our lives and whatever sin infects them are part of a larger reality of community and responsibility.

Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Ash Wednesday Mar. 2, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 1 Mar 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Welcome to Lent, a time to reflect on our ashiness and our salvation. From now till the start of the Sacred Triduum we will remember that we are Cinderella sitting in sin.

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Homilies: Eight Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 27, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 25, 2022

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Indian bishops are campaigning to end discrimination against Dalit Christians. It came as violence and rights abuses resonated across Asia. These stories and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Seventh Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 20, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 18, 2022

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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A year after the military coup, Myanmar continues to burn as new evidence emerges of the junta’s horrific atrocities. Efforts for justice and peace are being made against a tide of oppression and attacks. These stories and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Sixth Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 13, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 08:30:00 +0000

The Gospel presents us with a decision and a consequence. We must decide who Jesus is, and upon what authority he says some very strange things.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 11, 2022

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Vatican scoffed media speculations that it pulled out representatives in Taiwan and Hong Kong for potential diplomatic ties with China. These and much more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: “Words without thoughts”

Mon, 7 Feb 2022 10:30:00 +0000

After every new exposé of abuse in the Catholic Church, bishops, superiors and other managers end any statements with a pro-forma claim that their priority is the protection of vulnerable people. By now, the claims are merely threadbare formulas, empty words that convince no one because repeating them is so often necessary. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.

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Homilies: Fifth Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 6, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 5 Feb 2022 08:30:00 +0000

The world is starving to hear of God's love, to see God's love. The world is swimming around in confusion, waiting to be brought into God's net. That is what counts.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, February 4, 2022

Fri, 4 Feb 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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As Catholics in Pakistan welcomed “Servant of God” status for a man who died a hero, the murders of clergy in Vietnam and Pakistan shocked minority Christians. These stories and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year (C) Jan. 30, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Either there is something wrong with Jesus, or there is something wrong with our expectations. We either have to abandon him as a savior or accept him on his own terms. There seems to be no other possibility.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 28, 2022

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Myanmar is facing a humanitarian crisis as it prepares to mark the first anniversary of the military coup that ousted a civilian government. Meanwhile, rights abuses and radicalism threaten peace and stability across the region. These stories and more in this week’s podcast.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of the Year (C) Jan. 23, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 08:30:00 +0000

The Word of God is, or should be, a reminder of God's presence among us. That is the reason we treat a Bible or Lectionary with special respect.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 21, 2022

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Election fever is heating up in Timor-Leste as a former Catholic priest stands for president. Justice and human rights remain major concerns for Christians and other vulnerable groups in Asia. These stories and more in this week’s podcast.

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Observations: Dust off your Bible

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000

Catholics, including those whose vocation is to proclaim the Word of God, have become strangers to the Word, and by doing so have put the mission and the very existence of the Church in jeopardy. The world needs us to be men and women moved by God’s word, and the only way to be moved by it is to know it.
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Homilies: Second Sunday of the Year (C) Jan. 16, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Jesus the Lamb presents us with the wine of peace because he overcomes the sin of the world in his death and resurrection.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 14, 2022

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Catholics in Asian nations offer hope and support to communities in distress amid conflict, oppression and the pandemic. These and much more in this week’s news summary.

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Homilies: Baptism of the Lord (C) Jan. 9, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 8 Jan 2022 08:30:00 +0000

The difference between us Christians and the rest of the world is the knowledge that there is an answer for our anticipating hearts, and the answer is the Son of God present among us.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, January 7, 2022

Fri, 7 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000

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Shock and anger abound over India’s pro-Hindu government targeting of humanitarian groups like Missionaries of Charity. In other Asian nations, people grapple with injustices, oppression and the pandemic.

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Observations: Post-Christmas homework

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, John Laurenson) — Mon, 3 Jan 2022 10:30:00 +0000

The Catholic Church is preparing for a new kind of synod involving all of us. Its roots lie in an ecumenical council 60 years ago, Vatican 2. Looking back to that event can give us the foundation we need to take part in the synodal process. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Epiphany (C) Jan. 2, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 1 Jan 2022 08:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Mary, Mother of God Jan. 1, 2022

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 08:30:00 +0000

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Homilies: Holy Family (C) Dec. 26, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 08:30:00 +0000

As the boy Jesus "increased in wisdom and in years and in divine and human favor, " so, too, the Church grows in wisdom, years and favor.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 24, 2021

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 10:30:00 +0000

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Christmas spirit is slowly gripping Catholics in Asia despite challenges including natural calamities, the coronavirus and oppressive regimes. The New Year looms with new hope against adversities. These and much more in this year's last dispatch. We are taking a year end break and will return in the new year.

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Homilies: Christmas Day Dec. 25, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:30:00 +0000

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Observations: Every day is Covid Christmas

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, John Laurenson) — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:24:22 +0000

Last year, we had a Covid Christmas. We thought, or at least hoped, it would be the only one. But now we face our second. In a real sense, every Christmas, every year, every day is a Covid day, with the word Covid standing in for all the disasters and disappointments that are a part of life. Does the Christmas feast offer us any encouragement in our various Covid Christmases? Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Homilies: Fourth Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 19, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 18 Dec 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Christmas is, of course, much more than a child's feast. But, it is, indeed, a time for us to reflect upon children and the gifts we give them, the legacy we leave them.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 17, 2021

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Catholic-run institutes bear the brunt amid an anti-Christian purge in India. In other Asian nations, people grapple with the impacts of natural and manmade calamities.

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Homilies: Third Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 12, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:30:00 +0000

What we really want has already been given us. We do not have to wait until Christmas Day to receive it. We do not have to wait until we start following all the good advice we have received.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 12 Dec, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

In the early Church, there was quite a contest between the followers of John the Baptist and the followers of Jesus about who was preeminent. But the evangelists used that contest to underline the important things they wanted to emphasize about Jesus in their communities. Whatever John’s Gospel was emphasizing always came back to two things - faith in Jesus and God’s love us and our love of one another.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 10, 2021

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 10:30:00 +0000

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Politically troubled and divided Hong Kong has welcomed a new Catholic bishop who promises healing and bridge building. In other parts of Asia, people cling to hope for freedom, justice and unity in unfavorable environments.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 11 Dec, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Jesus birth is attended by various pointers to its significance and meaning for redemption and God’s fidelity to his plan to redeem the human race. One of those concerns Elijah and misrule in pointing to the meaning and significance of the coming of Jesus. But, in the mind of the Evangelists, the Elijah pointing to Jesus is John the Baptist and the people rejected him and Jesus has been rejected, neglected and overlooked.

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Observations: A year’s worth of Advent

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, John Laurenson) — Thu, 9 Dec 2021 06:19:57 +0000

The Church year begins and ends with disaster stories. They are a style of biblical literature called apocalypse that has now become a genre of popular entertainment. We are fascinated by apocalyptic stories because in many ways, they are our own stories. But there is more to apocalyptic than disaster. It is an important part of the Bible and faith because it tells us something about God’s presence with us. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 9 Dec, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 8 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

This Gospel today contains more material to again show the focus of one of the early contests in the first Christian communities: how did Jesus fit into the unfolding history of Christianity and what was John the Baptist’s role announcing Jesus? But while the evangelist presents the material, it remains up to the believer drawn to hear that story to accept it and live with and from it.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 7 Dec, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Mon, 6 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Today’s Gospel is the most emphatic statement by Jesus about how determined he is to seek out and save whatever might be lost among us. He just won’t, perhaps even can’t give up on us. The implication for us and how we engage with and treat each other is completely obvious. What is completely obvious that God will go to any extent he can tisane, renew and invigorate us as believers.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 6 Dec, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sun, 5 Dec 2021 06:25:00 +0000

The crowds are staggered and amazed that Jesus can heal as he does, perform the miracles that he does, achieve the mighty outcomes that he does. But Jesus wants the crows to appreciate he has more he can do than just overwhelm natural problems we face and the set backs that confront us. He can actually turn lives around through the healing and forgiveness he can complete.

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 5, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 4 Dec 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Sunday Gospel Reflection by Father Bill Grimm

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 5 Dec, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 4 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Today’s Gospel announces the mission and message of John the Baptist who comes in anticipation of Jesus to open the way for his mission and message. The evangelist seeks to be precise and exact about when this action took place because God’s entry into our history is very practical, exact and precise. And becomes with a very clear message proclaiming renewal and redemption.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 3, 2021

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Compensation bought some consolation for two sexually abused altar boys in Indonesia this week as Christians and other groups ramped up their battle against injustice and discrimination.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 4 Dec, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 3 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Healing is the characteristic action of Jesus’ ministry. People in Jesus’ time saw illness and disease as an effect of sin and so the banishment of sickness and the healing of disease is part of the renewal that comes with Jesus’ ministry. Healing is a multidimensional activity. Delivering that transformation is part of new life of the Kingdom which God wants us to enjoy through Jesus’ agency. Let’s give ourselves to the action of his grace.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 3 Dec, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Thu, 2 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

St. Francis Xavier whose feast we celebrate today is a saint of wide significance for the Church across the world but especially for those of us in Asia and Australia. In Australia, he is a national Patron Saint and he did his saintly work of evangelization in Asia - in India, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan. But everywhere he went, he came to the poor and needy, healing the sick and binding up hears that are broken. And that is what he comes to us as today.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 2 Dec, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 1 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

One of the main things that discourages people from exploring the message of Jesus and becoming Christians is the life that Christians live that is so obviously at odds with message and example of Jesus. It is the hypocrisy of Christians that scandalizes aspiring Christians. Christians who live at odds with what Jesus lived and taught and are only Christians in name but not in deed doo themselves and others looking to them for light and guidance great harm. In today’s Gospel, Jesus is asking us to be authentic.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 01 Dec, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

This is a parable of Providential abundance - of God providing for his people in their acute and extreme need. We are in Advent and preparing to welcome the abundance of Jesus at Christmas - the fulfillment of God’s promise to provide for his people. What does this ask of us? Alertness and a readiness to be attentive to God’s fulfillment of his promises to be faithful to his people and to save them from their slavery and entrapment. That is the freedom that Christmas brings - the freedom promised to Israel throughout their history.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 30 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

This invitation to the two sets of brothers comes very early in Matthew’s Gospel and even before he starts to preach his message. And the four Apostles in these stories have a basic role in grounding and founding the first Christian communities. Today’s feast of St. Andrew celebrates the Apostle seen as the fountainhead of the Church of “the East” which we would now see as he Greek Church. But whatever Church we want to celebrate, they all go back to the founding message of Jesus as given to the earliest communities and still venerated today.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 29 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 05:50:00 +0000

This Gospel today recounts the evangelist’s way of accommodating in Matthew’s Gospel the reach of Jesus’ message: completely beyond the boundaries of Israel but still taking up its foundation in the way God has been revealed to Israel. It is an event recalled everyday in every Mass we celebrate by stating just how graciously blessed we to be welcoming Jesus as Communion and then to look forward to to the healing union with Jesus that lasts forever.

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Homilies: First Sunday of Advent (C) Nov. 28, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Can I believe that when troubles come the Lord comes as well? How can I deepen my faith in that coming? The Lord's answer is "Pray constantly."

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 28 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Happy New Year. Well this is the Church’s New Year’ Day when all begins again as we enter Advent and build up to Christmas. But we haven’t left the Apocalyptic readings behindhand we open the with one for the First Sunday in Advent. What is the point of this literature and imagery? It serves to underline that history’s unfolding and the passage of our lives are in the hands of God and if we are to avail ourselves of the meaning and richness of this type of discourse, it should take us to a place where ask God to take hold of us and see us through the unevenness and uncertainty of the raid and deep changes.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 26, 2021

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +0000

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Catholics in strife-torn Myanmar continue to be targeted by the military junta. In other Asian nations, Catholics and others leap to support communities in distress and join forces to battle for rights and justice.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 24 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

If ever we needed reminders about what real sacrifices our service of Jesus requires we are reminded of them by today’s gospel but also by today’s feast of Vietnamese martyrs. The following of Jesus is a way of life that costs us not less than everything. But, as today’s Gospel reminds us, we cannot pay that price all on our own. It is only with God’s grace - the power and presence of the Spirit and God’s support that coms to us through the generous attention of others - - that we can do and offer all that is asked of us.

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Observations: Honest evangelization needs honest journalism

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, John Laurenson) — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 07:30:00 +0000

The number of people outside and even inside the Catholic Church who trust the institution is shrinking. When the Church’s management engages in coverups, avoids admitting to bad news, and attacks those who present embarrassing facts its proclamation of the Gospel suffers. People will not believe the truth of the Gospel if its messengers are afraid of the truth of its mundane life. The Church needs honest journalism for the sake of honest evangelization. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 23 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

It is difficult to exaggerate the significance of the destruction of the Temple for Jewish identity. The Temple is the point of intersection between God and God’s People Israel to destroy the Temple is to knock out that point of meeting. So, Jesus advice on this point is vitally important for the Jews to appreciate and for the Christian community to absorb and accept as the new People God.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 22 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Today’s feast is an instructive moment for the way the Church celebrates features of Church life. It is the feast of Saint Cecilia and there is no reliable evidence that she ever existed. But she is patron of music in Rome and devotion to her has produced some rich musical outcomes for the Church and indeed the city of Rome. But often what happened in the past was the attribution of achievements and outcomes collectively to a single person when in fact the artistic works or “opus” are those of several people. Each puts in their own best efforts which are at times only part 9f all that is claimed by the person celebrated at the feast, if anything can be claimed by that person, if they existed. The same is true of St. Christopher. Earlier generations did things differently.

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Homilies: Thirty-Fourth Sunday of the Year, Christ the King (B) Nov. 21, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:30:00 +0000

When we say Christ is King, we say we belong to him and to no others. We cannot, then, be used or abused, since that is an attack upon his subjects and his sovereignty.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 21 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

We have reached the moment we’ve been waiting for in all the Gospels - Jesus is before Pilate and is being asked to answer Pilate’s questions about who he is. The most important thing about the questions Pilate’s asks is not what answers he receives from Pilate but the degree to which the answers Jesus offers take Pilate and us as we try to answer them in our lives into the mystery of Jesus and our own search for meaning and identity.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 19, 2021

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +0000

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Timor-Leste paid tribute to independence heroes on the 30th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre. In other parts of Asia, there were stories of triumphs and struggles against oppression and injustice.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 20 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:20:00 +0000

We know in our own lives that trying to be too smart can lead to our demise and it does for the scribes in today’s Gospel. But what is most important then is that this incident becomes an opportunity for Jesus to take the scribes right out other comfort zone and into a place where Jesus can explain just how different life with him is. A life lived close to Jesus takes us to a place where we don’t control its process or its outcomes. That’s what being in God’s hands means. And it’s not something to be afraid of because God is taking us through it and he only wants us to prosper.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 19 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Luke the evangelists uses the event of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 AD - decades after his crucifixion - to put into Jesus’ mouth what he would have thought about it. And what is he making of it? That the destruction of Jerusalem comes because Jesus own people have failed to grasp the opportunity to respond to God’s compelling invitation to welcome the Kingdom Jesus is inviting them to become part of so God’s Reign may commence. They continue trading and seeking to make of their worship at the Temple something completely inconsistent with the new moment that Jesus is offering them to be part of.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 18 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

The Gospel is written after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD by the Romans and uses the event to put into Jesus’ mouth what he would have thought about it. And what is he making of it? That the destruction of Jerusalem comes because Jesus own people have failed to grasp the opportunity to respond to God’s compelling invitation to welcome the Kingdom Jesus is inviting them to become part of so God’s Reign may commence.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 17 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

The context in which Jesus tells this story 9is while Jesus is on his journey to Jerusalem. That means Jesus is on a journey of faith and this story informs what that journey requires and expects. And what does it require and expect? Not only faith but a readiness to take risks for the sake of creating the space for the Kingdom of God to grow.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 16 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

There is a lot of action and movement in this story and it’s all for our instruction - Jesus is on a journey to Jerusalem; each of the people that the Lord in this story entrusts with wealth is on a journey to assume more authority; everyone in all the stories is asked to show initiative in their journeys. The point of the travel and action is that God invites us to respond and that is the meaning of our faith journey.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 15 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

People can be very discouraging in our lives. They can focus, and lead us to focus on all that is against our accomplishing what is desirable for our growth, happiness and better contribution to others’ lives. What does Jesus lay about this? This story is important for seeing how Jesus cuts through all that negativity so that the blind man is healed. Our perseverance in prayer, asking God for the healing we need, can have just the same effect. But we need to persevere.

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Homilies: Thirty-third Sunday of the Year (B) Nov. 14, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Sunday Gospel Reflection by Father Bill Grimm

The Good News is not that God will make everything work out as we wish but that he is with us in a special way when it seems our world is ending.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 14 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

More extreme apocalyptic language in today’s Gospel and all is calculated to make us alert to the dramatic acts of God that seek our urgent reaction in response to the call of the Gospel. We are approaching the end of the Church’s year and the beginning of a new year with the approach of Advent in preparation for the world changing event of God’s birth among us in Jesus.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 12, 2021

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +0000

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The Indian Church will see its first lay Catholic martyr become a saint next May. In other parts of Asia, Christians have joined other groups in calling for justice and an end to oppression.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 13 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Today’s Gospel takes inside Jesus and what he must have felt every day when his followers should such complete ignorance of who he was and what his message meant. He felt isolated and disappointed- He couldn’t depend on any of his followers to appreciate what he was offering. In so far as we know such abandonment, we can discover what Jesus found - intimate union with God as his only reassurance.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 12 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

At the end of the year, as we head towards Advent and prepare for the beginning of the Church’s year in Advent, the gospel readings become more and more mysterious. But a focus on what God might be doing in these mysterious circumstances is the best place to be so we can hear what God is inviting us to embrace every day.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 11 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Our human reconstruction of the Kingdom of God is s distraction from what it really is. It isn’t in time and space. it doesn’t refer to a locality. It won’t be observable like an invasion and political takeover. It is the action of God and needs sensitivity to the action of God and the movement of the Spirit.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 10 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 9 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Once again, faith is what triggers Jesus miraculous action and the mighty deed of cleansing is there to show something more of just who Jesus is and what his message is. But this cleansing has something more to say: it is an act that reaches to an outsider - to a Samaritan. In that, the evangelist is emphasizing the reach of God’s grace beyond the confines of race, ethnicity and even the borders of religion.

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Observations: If it happens on your watch

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, John Laurenson) — Mon, 8 Nov 2021 08:37:40 +0000

Poland’s bishops were recently in Rome for their ad limina visit that bishops make every five years. While there they complained about the rigor with which the Vatican now deals with bishops who have been derelict in their duty by failing to respond properly and promptly to sexual abuse by clergy. They are learning how the real world responds to dereliction. Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 9 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Mon, 8 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Today’s Gospel is not as simple as it might appear to be. It can’t just about having trading and worship compete because offering the animals is considered an appropriate sacrifice and can’t be dismissed out of hand as an unwarranted degradation of worship. The important consideration clearly is purpose and intention. We are buying off Good’s attention. We are simply giving back to God what he first gave us.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 8 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sun, 7 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

At this stage in Luke’s Gospel, we are being introduced to a series of stories teaching us simple wisdom about how we grow in the love of and avoid the ways we can take people own the wrong path into darkness. Underlying this story today is the testimony to God’s relentless determination to fog, renew and restore us to God’s love.

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Homilies: Thirty-second Sunday of the Year (B) Nov. 7, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 6 Nov 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Sunday Gospel Reflection by Father Bill Grimm

The woman knew better. She knew that what she had was nothing compared to what God offers. God offers me eternity. Can I, in gratitude, find ways to offer up my treasure of time?

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 7 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 6 Nov 2021 06:05:00 +0000

This is one of the most profound and moving stories from Jesus about just what generosity really means - surrendering all we have to live on and trusting that God will supply whatever it is we need. That is the heart of this story - trust. It means trust in God and trust in others and together God and the others supply all we need.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 5, 2021

Fri, 5 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +0000

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The meeting of Narendra Modi and Pope Francis as well as the Indian PM’s invitation to visit his country made global headlines. Religious leaders have appealed for peace and unity amid repression and abuses.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 5 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Thu, 4 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Jesus commends the pragmatism of the cunning servant and suggests that his followers should be just as pragmatic when it comes to their own dealings and negotiations with God so that they aren’t trapped in their own deviousness. This pragmatism is yet another instance in the Gospels of the lack of any obsession with perfectionism. Why? Because perfectionism is something humans seek without any reference to God and the only thing Jesus recommends is dependence on the grace of God to see that his followers recognize what discipleship really means - living from God’s goodness and not their own virtue.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 4 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 3 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Jesus finds immense depth in a moment of deep bigotry and prejudice among those seeking to find fault with him and he puts it to good use in taking his message even deeper into the lives of the people of his time. He uses the exclusive judgment his critics put on him to emphasize something essential to his meaning and message - forgiveness that results in the inclusion of people seen to be not good enough to be. Included among those blessed by God.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 3 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 2 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Luke’s gospel is very strong and consistent in emphasizing that faith begins with God’s invitation. But then the evangelist is very insistent that the invitation requires our response if anything is to be made of the the invitation. And that is very much to the fore in today’s text: Jesus is emphasizing the response to his invitation and the costly nature that response. And the cost of response is not less than everything. But in paying everything, again it is the grace of God that allows us to let go and give ourselves to God in a fully generous way.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 2 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Mon, 1 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Remembering our dead - what we do today, on All Souls Day - is a deeply mysterious event. It’s mysterious not simply because it is a direct engagement with something that all of us face and will face though we know nothing about what will become of us as such. But as well, it is an event we already are engaged in and have many intimations of “the next life” because we are engaged with it in memory of the deceased, in praying for them and in asking for their prayers for us. And in those acts, we are adventurously moving into an aspect of the next life before we have joined it. But the more we move into that space and anticipate that transition and the more we engage with those who’ve gone before us to fuller life with God, the more real it all becomes.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 1 Nov, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

The Feast of all Saints today is both a solemn celebration of the destiny of us all and the actual condition of so many simply not recognized in the formal lists of those welcomed by God into everlasting life. But the presence of the Beatitudes as the Gospel for today’s Mass also reminds us of how we are all empowered to get to the saintly state - by God’s grace meeting us in all the ordinary events and occasions of our lives, all the common people who make upper days and in whom we see God inviting us to grow into the loving people we are invited to come every day.

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Homilies: Thirty-first Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 31, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:30:00 +0000

Being a Christian is not about behaving toward others in a certain way. It is about having a special kind of relationship with God. All else follows from that.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 31 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Here Jesus summarizes in simple and direct terms what is at the heart of his message - God is above all and for all and self-sacrificing love is our way of responding to God’s love for us.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 29, 2021

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0000

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The battle between the underground and state-sanctioned churches continues in China after a bishop was detained for the sixth time.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 30 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

We could read this Gospel as an encouragement to adopt an attitude of “enlightened self-interest” when it comes to management of our engagements with others. That is a kind way to interpret it. But really what’s going on is that Jesus is recommending something absolutely basic to the attitude we need to adopt in the following of Jesus every day: putting others before us so that hey may prosper and benefit well ahead of us.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 29 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Today’s Gospel has two important messages: first of all, being bound and inhibited by the Law is a disservice to faith and love but, secondly, that is especially because Jesus as the Son of God, is Master of the Sabbath. Love and faith. Need recognition and following always. But that is made so important because our following of Jesus makes all compliance with laws and customs a very relative matter and needs the prior question answered first: is what we propose to do actually the most loving way to behave?

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 28 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Today is the Feast of two Apostles - Simon and Jude. So today’s Gospel is one account of the call and commissioning of the Apostles who are given their rolling the early Christian community as the initial and principal witnesses to Jesus’ Resurrection.

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Observations: Speaking as a member of the Globule Family ...

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, John Laurenson) — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0000

We are seeing more and more each day the impact of human-caused damage to the environment. We need a familial sense of our connection with the rest of creation. It may be too late to head off even more problems. However, the present crisis may cause us to reflect upon our relationship with all of life and, as the Japanese bishops say, “Protect All Life.”Father William Grimm, who lives in Japan, shares some thoughts on this.
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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 27 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Not surprisingly, there are some followers of Jesus who want to know whether all their efforts and sacrifice will yield them any benefit with their standing in God’s eyes. What does Jesus do when asked that question? He replies by suggesting his followers should not concern themselves about that, put themselves in God’s hands and that will see their prospects are safeguarded.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 26 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Once again, Luke the Evangelist comes to the fore as vivid story teller, providing pictures and images so that weight grasp something more of the deep mystery of the Kingdom and God’s transforming power at work in us - the transforming yeast that works in with the flour to produce the satisfying fulfillment of a batch of bread and the mustard seed that grows into a tree to provide cover and safety for all those blessed to enjoy its reach.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 25 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

What today’s Gospel underlines is God will not be imprisoned by human laws, conventions or constraints. God and God’s spirit at work in us “can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Hypocrites are those who invoke the name of God and then contain God’s work by the limitations that human restraints place on it. What are we to do? Open ourselves to God and pray “Come Lord Jesus!”

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Homilies: Thirtieth Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 24, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 24 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

This healing story is a classical one - it is healing by Jesus in response to the faith Bartimaeus has in Jesus. It is classic not only in the sense it fits everything the healing miracles display - they are all in response to the faith of the person seeking the miracle of Jesus. It is classic in that it highlights what Jesus can and does do - open our eyes and show us the way to see life as God wants us to not sa we willfully determine.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 22, 2021

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0000

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Religious minorities face hard times amid rising intolerance and anti-minority sentiment in Asian nations.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 23 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Perseverance and commitment are what is needed inner faith journey as well as as God’s grace. Today’s Gospel shows that in our lives, Jesus is asking us not simply to seek and search but also to never give up hope. Are we ready to wait and to keep seeking? If we are, we will find that God notices and blesses our enduring commitment to seeking God’s blessing. That is our faith journey.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 22 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

All too often in life and no less in our relationship with God we think it’s all and only God’s work to bring the change we seek or the remedy we long for. This Gospel underlines that it is in our hands to read the “signs of the times” and make a response that is appropriate as we reckon with what needs to be done. God works with us but not without us.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 21 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Conflict and division, however unpleasant and undesired by us they may be are nevertheless an unavoidable part of life and sometimes those are closest to can become those with whom we have the deepest and most painful divisions. What are we to do? Often enough it is only the grace God that can bring these divisions to be healed. It is only when we let gothic God can be God and bring the healing we need.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 20 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Faith is a matter of an invitation we receive from God and then the response we make to that invitation. God doesn’t do everything for us because, to be effective, we have to be ready and full in our response as God has been generous in his invitation to us to join the Kingdom and give ourselves in his service.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 19 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

The mission of the Church is to point to the coming and the presence of the Lord. And sometimes the is a costly vocation as it was for the first Jesuit missionaries in North America who paid with their lives in gruesome martyrdoms for doing just that among the North American indigenous population. Ours too can be a costly vocation in a different way but still costing us our lives.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 18 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Luke is the best writer in the New Testament at narrative description and story telling. His stories are rich in detail, color and context, making his point clearly and openly. Today’s text is no different and goes to what is entailed in following and witnessing toJesus so we can follow him and do his work.

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Homilies: Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 17, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Father William Grimm, Binu Alex) — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Sometimes, being a Christian means going against doing what comes naturally. The whole world does what comes naturally, and that is why it needs salvation.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 17 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Despite being with Jesus for as long as they have been with him, his followers really get very little of what his message and meaning is. Lest we think ourselves to be a cut above these simple rustic types, we need to recognize that we are in much the same situation. Every day is a new day and every day we are asked to make a fresh start and begin again the search for God and the discovery of how Jesus is calling and drawing us. And we have something new to learn each day.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 15, 2021

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0000

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A brave Filipino journalist has won the Nobel Peace Prize in a world of shrinking press freedom. Asian nations are confronting natural disasters, oppressive regimes and extremist forces.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 16 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

We continue today the “hard sayings" of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel. Luke is the master of narrative and tells some of the richest stories in the New Testament. He makes Jesus message vivid, rich, deep and often consoling. But heals describes how high the stakes arena how difficult the challenges are. We can’t hope to meet those challenges without the saving blessing of the Spirit’s guidance and support.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 15 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

St Teresa Avila is a most remarkable woman. She is a Doctor of the Church, a mystic, a Church reformer in a time of great disturbance and turmoil in the Church and one who today points us towards where we can find the sure foundation for our service of God and the Church - in our own mysterious union with God in the Spirit.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 14 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

This section of Luke’s Gospel is brutal and extreme in the way it paints Jesus’ grim attitude to his contemporaries and the choices they make about following or abandoning him. What he is saying is that in the grimness of the times, Jesus wants his followers to make a choice for him even in the darkness and in that choice seek the light of Christ even as it appears to be a choice in the midst of darkness.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 13 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Jesus is plainly very angry with the religious hypocrites of his times. He sees what counter-signs they re to the very with they think they are promoting and protecting. But what actually can he do about their attitudes and behavior? Nothing! He upsets them but he can’t change them. For them to change would require personal examination and choices based on things where they lose control. Without faith and a deep relationship with the God who renews and sustains them, that change is very unlikely.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 12 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Again, Jesus testifies to the fact that he just doesn’t fit into the narrowband controlling categories prescribed for him by the religious authorities of his time. Jesus is remarkable because besides not fitting, he actually goes about then creating the world where he can fit and one where others can join him and discover the liberating richness of the grace filled space offers for his followers to live and grow in.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 11 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Fr. Michael Kelly, Binu Alex) — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Today’s Gospel proclaims just what faith in Jesus is about - not marvel at the signs and wonders he works but trust in the steadfast love he has for us and which can save us. This is about our relationship with Jesus and not simply an account of the benefits accruing to us because of what Jesus can and does do for us.

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Homilies: Twenty-eight Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 10, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Father William Grimm) — Sat, 9 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 10 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Sat, 9 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Sometimes people take an attitude to faith that vindicates Karl Marx’ judgment of religious faith - that it is the opiate of the people. Not so Jesus for whom faith is always presenting us a challenge and another aspect of the challenge is in today’s Gospel. The reality is we don’t get what we want when we want it just because we ask for it. What we need is dedication and perseverance as we persist in the requests we make of our God who is generous and attentive but not instantly compliant with what we might request or demand. We have a relationship with God that is mutual and interactive, not driven by “command and control on either side.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 8, 2021

Fri, 8 Oct 2021 10:30:00 +0000

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.

People in Asian nations strive for freedom, rights and justice as politics, violence and the pandemic cast long shadows on their lives.

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

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 9 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Fri, 8 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Responding to flattery of both him and his mother, Jesus cuts straight to the bone and emphasizes what is essential to faith: not blood relations but the spiritual bonding that comes with being children of the same father – God.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 8 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Thu, 7 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Today’s Gospel goes to the heart of the perennial question posed to us believers: how can we be confident that God is at work in whatever is moving us? There is really only way to answer that: are there the signs of the Spirit’s life at work in us, are we at peace, are we joyful and are we more attentive to others needs and energetic in responding to them?

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 7 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Wed, 6 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Our relationship with God is not simply a matter of our rejoicing in God’s largesse. Yes, our faith is based on God’s abundant generosity. But as in any real relationships with God: it is not matter of simply stating our terms and conditions. God does not act at our whim. Perseverance is what God asks of us in our relationship with him and in seeing from God what we need.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 6 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Tue, 5 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Jesus is many things to us including a patient teacher and in today’s Gospel he isa patient teacher of prayer. Today’s version of the Our Father begins with the words that remind us of our original and unifying bond as human beings - that is the creation of us by God, our Father. We could spend all day simply contemplating that mystery.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 5 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Fr. Michael Kelly, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Binu Alex) — Mon, 4 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Martha’s objection to the apparent laziness or at least irresponsibility of her sister in paying attention to serving their guests and asking Jesus to correct her behavior produces from Jesus one of the sharpest lessons in just what discipleship asks of Jesus follower - keep and focused attention to discipleship rather than the routines, as in this case, of hospitality. Putting the service of Jesus ahead of all that shows how the key priority of serving God first and above all must prevail in our following of Jesus.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 4 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Fr. Michael Kelly) — Sun, 3 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

St Francis of Assisi is the preeminent reminder of just how inexhaustible God’s love is, how far and wide it reaches and how challenging it is to live as a disciple of Jesus. We can only do it with God’s helpful which we need to ask every day.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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Homilies: Twenty-seventh Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 3, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Binu Alex, Father William Grimm, Grithanai Napasrapiwong) — Sat, 2 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 3 Oct, 2021

binu.alex@ucanews.com (Grithanai Napasrapiwong, Fr. Michael Kelly, Binu Alex) — Sat, 2 Oct 2021 06:00:00 +0000

There are two hard stories in today’s Gospel - first that God asks us some things will never b able to realize left entirely our own resources; and that we need to recover the innocence and trust of a child if we are to come to appreciate what God’s love can accomplish in and through us. Both are part of our faith journey and both can only be discovered by doing and enacting them.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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