tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32714921680752107662024-03-13T07:54:25.882-07:00Father Anthony Ho 何庭耀神父The Blog of a Chinese Catholic Priest in Vancouver.
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fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comBlogger1552125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-73251918239632585872023-09-01T15:42:00.008-07:002023-09-02T22:34:11.453-07:00Prayer Groups and Weekly Articles<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cmartyrs.rcav.org/Pictures/2023_Rev.Antony_Ho's_Pastor_Installation_Mass/index.htm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1100" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcULBevT1c5NK672svLQrC51aY72xCobeg1M7dPYjvaX_euy8R372iUWaIWH-O0lyqOTowd65tCDRa2CskLufYVBi-TF9BcLmKZabQ3pf7Iho2Yuqm-fXPhgJcXHp9WuX0IxJX0fCVgC_YRMqXlRdeJPlAWTzqyePBJwfMLUFY8ivb3fZrmEanUGsqBNN/s320/230806_21.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cmartyrs.rcav.org/Pictures/2023_Rev.Antony_Ho's_Pastor_Installation_Mass_II/index.htm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1100" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLXgRopYHnzxZo4n1ypKvHqE_D8YlirTrL11JrVWfYpgSVt99yKIp-VoxtrUFa_6EpCjlhOTk3Z8lEoZxD5nA1pSCqmqPbSti4mmxBug4EinLGgHX1EdD_J4SoaiTOJRGdcLEq4C_f57-guXFC3eZs_fOZSE3BZ5KNk30RsKltGS0CHeTUWtfiNiCXDzd/s320/_69A2402.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>On July 13, I became the Pastor of Canadian Martyrs Parish (CMCC) in Richmond.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://cmartyrs.rcav.org/en/default.htm">https://cmartyrs.rcav.org/en/default.htm</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>On August 6, Feast of Transfiguration, our Archbishop celebrated my Installation Mass.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="goog_1831327727"><br /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://cmartyrs.rcav.org/Pictures/2023_Rev.Antony_Ho's_Pastor_Installation_Mass/index.htm">https://cmartyrs.rcav.org/Pictures/2023_Rev.Antony_Ho's_Pastor_Installation_Mass/index.htm</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://cmartyrs.rcav.org/Pictures/2023_Rev.Antony_Ho's_Pastor_Installation_Mass_II/index.htm">https://cmartyrs.rcav.org/Pictures/2023_Rev.Antony_Ho's_Pastor_Installation_Mass_II/index.htm</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>___</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>My Fatima Prayer Groups in English and Cantonese are now meeting both in-person at CMCC and online by Zoom.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The Cantonese group meets on Sundays from 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m., and the English group meets on Mondays from 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>If you want to join our email list and obtain our regular Zoom link for prayer meetings, please send me an email at fatheranthonyho@gmail.com</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>___</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>You can read my weekly article on the BC Catholic website</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="goog_1831327729"><br /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://bccatholic.ca/authors/father-anthony-ho">https://bccatholic.ca/authors/father-anthony-ho</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>You can also listen to my weekly Chinese radio talk on the FLL website</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://fll.cc/audio-segment-type/frhotalk/">https://fll.cc/audio-segment-type/frhotalk/</a></b></div><p></p>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-15620102890242608802023-07-01T22:07:00.001-07:002023-07-01T22:07:08.232-07:00Homily for 13th Sunday Year A<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzhwdvr1M71E3sqEF2YqEKT_T9RveqovYgsl8iZuMrIDeg-g9PivHJuQNnVTj7dbEo8IAnDUdB-238QLcQoQD597pXnZcsfIH_WNQWxNlUYC9m2MZ2MJeYUYOSDXWWZExRvZPw3wgFCohLWJ6CDSDKGAnvzvXH3AKQEkgPnKXA-JweB7ufkrgRwE9jcO6/s744/00dac1b22c6cc929ae29b5355abd211a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzhwdvr1M71E3sqEF2YqEKT_T9RveqovYgsl8iZuMrIDeg-g9PivHJuQNnVTj7dbEo8IAnDUdB-238QLcQoQD597pXnZcsfIH_WNQWxNlUYC9m2MZ2MJeYUYOSDXWWZExRvZPw3wgFCohLWJ6CDSDKGAnvzvXH3AKQEkgPnKXA-JweB7ufkrgRwE9jcO6/s320/00dac1b22c6cc929ae29b5355abd211a.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">I wish you a happy Canada Day!<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Here are some of the main points of my homily this evening (July 1):</span></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Relationship with Jesus must be the most important foundational relationship in their lives and all other relationships must be based on it.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; position: absolute;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"></span></span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Where is Jesus in your life? 3 possibilities: Outside of your life (does not have a relationship with Jesus), Part of your life (not-completely committed to Him), and Centre of your life (Christ-centred relationship---influencing all decisions and every aspect of life) </span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; position: absolute;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"></span></span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Jesus gave the disciples power to carry out His ministry and promised them a sharing in His cross as well</span></span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Physical martyrdom is an expression of that interior, spiritual death to the ego.</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">The ultimate reason for their missionary activity is the salvation of peoples</span></div></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">“Man is the only creature on earth which God willed for itself, [and he] cannot fully find himself except through a sincere gift of himself.” (Gaudium et Spes 24)</span></div></div></li></ul><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily last evening.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English:<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1seTuVMogntOj8-_4wawGq41mYf8T3CPS/view?usp=drivesdk<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">https://drive.google.com/file/d/15ecfNFR26wY6nFSuMXcvZraoifDDsQAL/view?usp=drivesdk<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><a href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />God bless,<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Father Anthony </span></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-79244144603029115972023-06-21T11:21:00.004-07:002023-06-21T11:21:42.389-07:00St. Bridget of Sweden & Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (Prayer Group Talk)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKa-i42XHcfVj0Wjnvsqv3oiB-bAKgh7xsxB4DKj35LpyrwKhx_xFKUB01vyUustyLWMwbCyEgLMBehIYzktiaxmEdiIO03qBEnpPuGV-mksx6q6ntq0sFy_FgErAQCiRGKcZdjIdhzygPwWtgXTmPkkMAjnjr8gkKrOQ48RnmWLwzjlSK814LU9hZKW9f/s805/4dcecc8766f21f6bcc20cc5752a3adfb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKa-i42XHcfVj0Wjnvsqv3oiB-bAKgh7xsxB4DKj35LpyrwKhx_xFKUB01vyUustyLWMwbCyEgLMBehIYzktiaxmEdiIO03qBEnpPuGV-mksx6q6ntq0sFy_FgErAQCiRGKcZdjIdhzygPwWtgXTmPkkMAjnjr8gkKrOQ48RnmWLwzjlSK814LU9hZKW9f/s320/4dcecc8766f21f6bcc20cc5752a3adfb.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">For more information on Father Anthony's Fatima Prayer Group please visit:</span></div><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p></div></div></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/</a></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings on </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. Bridget of Sweden & Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich</b></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">.</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, June 12, 2023): </span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RUnbOk1_WH1tAQGAuNnZuEQK_wvjh178/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1687457462608000&usg=AOvVaw0G6pQrWRgc3TUtY5sBv_ZF" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RUnbOk1_WH1tAQGAuNnZuEQK_wvjh178/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RUnbOk1_WH1tAQGAuNnZuEQK_wvjh178/view?usp=drivesdk</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, June 11, 2023):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iLcUToSGeMiUVa25G5q-JrZe5eMcw1pJ/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1687457462608000&usg=AOvVaw09v1YzxTHKNieEGYG9gWpI" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iLcUToSGeMiUVa25G5q-JrZe5eMcw1pJ/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iLcUToSGeMiUVa25G5q-JrZe5eMcw1pJ/view?usp=drivesdk</a></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1687457462608000&usg=AOvVaw1nIaLqEw4ueHa88gDD-y-Y" href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p></div><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) is a Co-Patroness of the whole of Europe. Pope Benedict XVI said, “In declaring her Co-Patroness of Europe, Pope John Paul II hoped that St Bridget—who lived in the 14th century when Western Christianity had not yet been wounded by division—may intercede effectively with God to obtain the grace of full Christian unity so deeply longed for.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Pope Benedict said, “We can distinguished two periods in this Saint’s life. The first was characterized by her happily married state.... The second period of Bridget’s life began when she was widowed.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Regarding the first period, St. John Paul II wrote, “Without abandoning the comfortable condition of her social status, she and her husband Ulf enjoyed a married life in which conjugal love was joined to intense prayer, the study of Sacred Scripture, mortification and charitable works. Together they founded a small hospital, where they often attended the sick. Bridget was in the habit of serving the poor personally.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Bridget had eight children and was most devoted to their education. Her second child was St. Catherine of Sweden (ca. 1331-1381). In 1341, Bridget and her husband made a long pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela with other members of the family. After the pilgrimage, the couple agreed to live in continence. Ulfo entered a Cistercian monastery and died shortly afterwards.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Pope Benedict commented, “This first period of Bridget’s life helps us to appreciate what today we could describe as an authentic ‘conjugal spirituality’: together, Christian spouses can make a journey of holiness sustained by the grace of the sacrament of Marriage. It is often the woman, as happened in the life of St Bridget and Ulf, who with her religious sensitivity, delicacy and gentleness succeeds in persuading her husband to follow a path of faith.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">During the second period as a widow, the saint undertook a severe form of life and received many private revelations. Pope Benedict explained: “St Bridget’s Revelations have a very varied content and style. At times the revelations are presented in the form of dialogues between the divine Persons, the Virgin, the Saints and even demons; they are dialogues in which Bridget also takes part. At other times, instead, a specific vision is described; and in yet others what the Virgin Mary reveals to her concerning the life and mysteries of the Son.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St. Bridget founded the monastery of Wadstena in Sweden. Leaving Sweden in 1349, Bridget settled in Rome to obtain papal approval for her new religious order. She went on pilgrimage to many shrines in Italy to venerate the relics of saints. Her last pilgrimage was made between 1371 and 1372 to the Holy Land. Bridget died in 1373 and was canonized by Pope Boniface IX in 1391.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824) was a mystic and visionary like St. Bridget. She was born in Germany in 1774 to a poor Catholic peasant family.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Anne Catherine entered an Augustinian convent in 1802 and became bedridden in 1813. She had visions since childhood. She also had the gift of knowing the diseases of the sick and prescribing the proper remedies. Anne Catherine prayed and suffered much for the souls of Purgatory whom she often saw.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Anne Catherine had visions concerning the life of Christ, Our Lady, and the saints. The Catholic Encyclopedia states: “Her visions go into details, often slight, which give them a vividness that strongly holds the reader's interest as one graphic scene follows another in rapid succession as if visible to the physical eye. Other mystics are more concerned with ideas, she with events; others stop to meditate aloud and to guide the reader's thoughts, she lets the facts speak for themselves with the simplicity, brevity, and security of a Gospel narrative.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Both St. Bridget and Blessed Anne Catherine were intensely devoted to the Passion of Christ. The contents of their private revelations help the faithful to meditate on the Mysteries of Christ. Father Mark Higgins compiled the visions of these mystics according to the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary and these meditations were published by Catholic Way Publishing in 2019 and 2021.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-5027579484813838502023-06-21T11:19:00.006-07:002023-06-21T11:19:50.580-07:00Saint Juliana of Cornillon (Prayer Group Talk)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkoH9-j0T1-FFLwAteIAgnnbCMQIQCqKggbD0Ahi9mKf2aa1ObgzSMXgYTv0iiaZue1_XE90mLzWCjG405CrkU9kqX2nEhYirb83PqmTTdXe8asMTsEAyy5PDTVwLiE7cYSkTaT1oNMyn78rRHp1oH5_Vklqu1PUQXaIxvthTMFc5leChYGBnm4NCy6yw/s696/2dad789294ab7475415c13b013ccb799.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/</a></div><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings on </span><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Saint Juliana of Cornillon</span></b><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </b>from this week.</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, June 19, 2023): </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11geC0DlyHupqS6uReMDX1kP-6OKW6yfm/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/11geC0DlyHupqS6uReMDX1kP-6OKW6yfm/view?usp=drivesdk</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, June 18, 2023):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vVUVMJCNlZwIHfxIWl1PtcAvGgzhJCiU/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vVUVMJCNlZwIHfxIWl1PtcAvGgzhJCiU/view?usp=drivesdk</a></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p></div><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. Juliana of Cornillon was born in Belgium between 1191 and 1192. She became an orphan at the age of five and was entrusted with her sister Agnes to the care of the Augustinian nuns. Eventually, Juliana became an Augustinian nun.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Juliana made rapid progress in both learning and spirituality. She read the writings of Church Fathers and had a great love for Our Lady, the Passion of Christ, and especially the Holy Eucharist. She frequently meditated on Jesus’ words: “And lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age” (Mt 28:20).</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Pope Benedict XVI said, “When Juliana was 16 she had her first vision which recurred subsequently several times during her Eucharistic adoration. Her vision presented the moon in its full splendour, crossed diametrically by a dark stripe. The Lord made her understand the meaning of what had appeared to her. The moon symbolized the life of the Church on earth, the opaque line, on the other hand, represented the absence of a liturgical feast for whose institution Juliana was asked to plead effectively: namely, a feast in which believers would be able to adore the Eucharist so as to increase in faith, to advance in the practice of the virtues and to make reparation for offences to the Most Holy Sacrament.”</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Juliana kept the private revelation to herself for about 20 years, then she shared it with two women devoted to the Holy Eucharist—Blessed Eva and Isabella. Pope Benedict said, “The three women established a sort of ‘spiritual alliance’ for the purpose of glorifying the Most Holy Sacrament.” Due to their efforts, the Feast of Corpus Christi was celebrated in some dioceses during the lifetime of St. Juliana. The saint died on April 5, 1258. Pope Urban IV instituted the Solemnity of Corpus Christi for the whole Church in 1264. He asked St. Thomas Aquinas to write the liturgical texts for the feast. As a result, the saint composed some famous hymns: Pange lingua, Tantum ergo, and Panis Angelicus. Pope Benedict XVI said, “They are masterpieces, still in use in the Church today, in which theology and poetry are fuse.”</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. John Paul II wrote, “In many places, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is also an important daily practice and becomes an inexhaustible source of holiness.”</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Venerable Fulton John Sheen said that on the day of his Ordination, he made the resolution to spend a continuous Holy Hour every day in the presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">In his autobiography, <i style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Treasure in Clay</i>, Bishop Sheen listed the reasons for daily Holy Hour:</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">“First, the Holy Hour is not a devotion; it is a sharing in the work of redemption... In the Garden, Our Lord contrasted two ‘hours’—one was the evil hour ‘this is your hour’—with which Judas could turn out the lights of the world. In contrast, Our Lord asked: ‘Could you not watch one hour with Me?’ In other words, He asked for an hour of reparation to combat the hour of evil; an hour of victimal union with the Cross to overcome the anti-love of sin.”</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">“Secondly, the only time Our Lord asked the Apostles for anything was the night He went into His agony... As often in the history of the Church since that time, evil was awake, but the disciples were asleep. That is why there came out of His anguished and lonely Heart the sigh: ‘Could you not watch one hour with Me?’ Not for an hour of activity did He plead, but for an hour of companionship.”</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">“The third reason I keep up the Holy Hour is to grow more and more into His likeness. As Paul puts it: ‘We are transfigured into His likeness, from splendor to splendor.’ We become like that which we gaze upon. Looking into a sunset, the face takes on a golden glow. Looking at the Eucharistic Lord for an hour transforms the heart in a mysterious way as the face of Moses was transformed after his companionship with God on the mountain.”</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Pope Benedict XVI said, “It is comforting to know that many groups of young people have rediscovered the beauty of praying in adoration before the Most Blessed Sacrament.”</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;">Father Anthony</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></p><div><br /></div><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></p></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-68183984599845331432023-06-08T22:26:00.003-07:002023-06-16T11:58:50.748-07:00Sts. Elizabeth of Hungary & Angela of Foligno (Prayer Group Talk)<p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vHFf6590E70KHkW7Zrx_eBh7T3v-FViwuQim8zNP2r--k3EUcBMtMxW-msvvKoVBV-iTzjdLrRg37zqP-OkrB9sQFmT_vDvsy89mo9h5hNQk3rOUkiDUb8iOAzj5V0OdXBCSfhmhjpWiWwIJf3z8FO8EZ3_Z9pA9d1ZsOqmzgxNBYHgYw7jcr744JQ/s600/0f0865397080fd5390e3c404858de36b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="415" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vHFf6590E70KHkW7Zrx_eBh7T3v-FViwuQim8zNP2r--k3EUcBMtMxW-msvvKoVBV-iTzjdLrRg37zqP-OkrB9sQFmT_vDvsy89mo9h5hNQk3rOUkiDUb8iOAzj5V0OdXBCSfhmhjpWiWwIJf3z8FO8EZ3_Z9pA9d1ZsOqmzgxNBYHgYw7jcr744JQ/s320/0f0865397080fd5390e3c404858de36b.jpg" width="221" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; 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font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear brothers and sisters,</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings on the <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Sts. </b></span><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Elizabeth of Hungary & Angela of Foligno</span></b><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </b>from this week.</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, June 5, 2023): </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/15AeiM4ibf1vLr2AEYWFVek50lT7HoZfe/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/15AeiM4ibf1vLr2AEYWFVek50lT7HoZfe/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, June 4, 2023):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lw6KELG044u0MZj_vS_CTJfcfTSiVgsA/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lw6KELG044u0MZj_vS_CTJfcfTSiVgsA/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p></div><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231) and St. Angela of Foligno (1248-1309) are Secular Franciscan saints of the 13th century. Both were widows who did charitable works. Elizabeth was very pious since childhood, whereas Angela was converted to a devout way of life later.</b></span></p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Elizabeth was born in 1207. She is called St. Elizabeth of Hungary because she was the daughter of Andrew II, the rich and powerful King of Hungary. She is also called St Elizabeth of Thuringia, for already at the age of one she was engaged to the future Ludwig IV or Louis IV of Thuringia in central Germany. At the age of four, Elizabeth moved to Thuringia to be raised in the same castle with Ludwig. When Ludwig came of age, he married Elizabeth.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Pope Benedict XVI said, “Elizabeth diligently practiced works of mercy: she would give food and drink to those who knocked at her door, she procured clothing, paid debts, cared for the sick and buried the dead. Coming down from her castle, she often visited the homes of the poor with her ladies-in-waiting, bringing them bread, meat, flour and other food. She distributed the food personally and attentively checked the clothing and mattresses of the poor. This behaviour was reported to her husband, who not only was not displeased but answered her accusers, ‘So long as she does not sell the castle, I am happy with her!’.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Elizabeth bore three children. However, Ludwig died of a fever in 1227 as he was setting out on a crusade. Elizabeth and her children were banished by a usurping brother-in-law. She experienced poverty. When reinstated she provided for her children and became a Franciscan teritary.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Her spiritual director reported the following event to Pope Gregory IX: “On Good Friday in 1228, having placed her hands on the altar in the chapel of her city, Eisenach, to which she had welcomed the Friars Minor, in the presence of several friars and relatives Elizabeth renounced her own will and all the vanities of the world. She also wanted to resign all her possessions, but I dissuaded her out of love for the poor. Shortly afterwards she built a hospital, gathered the sick and invalids and served at her own table the most wretched and deprived. When I reprimanded her for these things, Elizabeth answered that she received from the poor special grace and humility”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In the last three years of her life, Elizabeth served the sick in the hospital she founded. She died on November 17 and after four years Pope Gregory IX canonized her.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Born on January 4, 1248, Angela of Foligno soon lost her father and received little supervision from her mother. She married at the age of 20 and lived a worldly and carefree life. Pope Benedict XVI said, “Certain events, such as the violent earthquake in 1279, a hurricane, the endless war against Perugia and its harsh consequences, affected the life of Angela who little by little became aware of her sins, until she took a decisive step. In 1285 she called upon St Francis, who appeared to her in a vision and asked his advice on making a good general Confession. She then went to Confession with a Friar in San Feliciano. Three years later, on her path of conversion she reached another turning point: she was released from any emotional ties. In the space of a few months, her mother’s death was followed by the death of her husband and those of all her children. She therefore sold her possessions and in 1291 enrolled in the Third Order of St Francis. She died in Foligno on 4 January 1309.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Regarding her mystical experience, Pope Benedict commented: “Angela understood the central reality in a profound way: what would save her from her ‘unworthiness’ and from ‘deserving hell’ would not be her ‘union with God’ or her possession of the ‘truth’ but Jesus Crucified, ‘his crucifixion for me’, his love.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />God told Angela: “Write that anyone who wishes to preserve grace must not lift the eyes of his soul from the Cross, either in the joy or in the sadness that I grant or permit him”.</span></b></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></b></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-14358738930339079922023-06-05T10:32:00.008-07:002023-07-01T22:07:21.963-07:00Homily for the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8H0SzyX9-L8V47ZHxqbJ3-rA7MpbjLXB2h_8zX4wbLrnCA_D1qsp3N8M8jQtXDcsGRB99WsC9AQJ4LN6HaWky8I9wVqZJ3nj9T6TaUmJISfoxPgq41-_d_WuKM1p5LKJhKSBezh74SGQaOwOz2GxLWkWsxtX17-WgGLqp8v3X3eAoXVp2yG3AjWN1w/s640/Holy%20Family.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8H0SzyX9-L8V47ZHxqbJ3-rA7MpbjLXB2h_8zX4wbLrnCA_D1qsp3N8M8jQtXDcsGRB99WsC9AQJ4LN6HaWky8I9wVqZJ3nj9T6TaUmJISfoxPgq41-_d_WuKM1p5LKJhKSBezh74SGQaOwOz2GxLWkWsxtX17-WgGLqp8v3X3eAoXVp2yG3AjWN1w/s320/Holy%20Family.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Here are the main points of my homily for the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity:</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Today's Feast is like a prolongation of the "Glory Be".</span></div></div></div></div></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St John Paul II said that God is a very happy Family. So happy that God decided to share the happiness of that Family with us.</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God invites us to belong to it and we enter God's Family when we are baptized.</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St. Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880-1906) was a young Carmelite mystic who bore witness to the indwelling of God. She was called “the prophet of the presence of God” and “the saint of the divine indwelling.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St. Elizabeth of the Trinity wrote: “Let this be our motto: God in me, and I in him. What a joy is this presence within us in the intimate sanctuary of our souls; we can always find him there, even when, as far as feeling goes, we no longer perceive his presence! What do feelings matter? He is there all the same, maybe even closer. There is where I love to seek him! Oh, let us try never to leave him alone, so that our lives may be one continual prayer.” (Letters 47)</span></div></div></li></ul><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English:<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pD-XKUefPkREXHqtaQlKEBvgB4UCk2U8/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1686072614685000&usg=AOvVaw1pt7vk9Exm9OJ4kra3rVcZ" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pD-XKUefPkREXHqtaQlKEBvgB4UCk2U8/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pD-XKUefPkREXHqtaQlKEBvgB4UCk2U8/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pijY0j-YMao_zVsqXBZtLbfDcTIrD2aF/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1686072614685000&usg=AOvVaw0lk9dFJrPbKlMvrUriU7Xp" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pijY0j-YMao_zVsqXBZtLbfDcTIrD2aF/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pijY0j-YMao_zVsqXBZtLbfDcTIrD2aF/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://bit.ly/sunmass23&source=gmail&ust=1686072614685000&usg=AOvVaw09LBoln5HtpfWfPIjWvzqZ" href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">___</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">God bless,</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">Father Anthony </span></span></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-77626780794141967072023-05-31T21:08:00.001-07:002023-05-31T21:08:16.790-07:00Saint Clare of Assisi (Prayer Group Talk)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzhts85nXaZMUqkVv2HoNkR6BRa3yRIUoKlIAtVWaIOlON7U9TrmXJNLRzPKQWbzHNCajUyDKFpIt8N65caqTqTHuFUuY6A3yUN5qNHoU4lQHtLW_5zwqwKDOAl58xGT7urAkY3ftQz3wHTKYhrR1-tpWkm__skPMbSKILdcWIzpP9bEBexNFH5GHpQ/s500/1f747ebd65d618f37db35abb17f9ae8d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="289" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzhts85nXaZMUqkVv2HoNkR6BRa3yRIUoKlIAtVWaIOlON7U9TrmXJNLRzPKQWbzHNCajUyDKFpIt8N65caqTqTHuFUuY6A3yUN5qNHoU4lQHtLW_5zwqwKDOAl58xGT7urAkY3ftQz3wHTKYhrR1-tpWkm__skPMbSKILdcWIzpP9bEBexNFH5GHpQ/s320/1f747ebd65d618f37db35abb17f9ae8d.jpg" width="185" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">For more information on Father Anthony's Fatima Prayer Group please visit:</span></div><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p></div></div></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/</a></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings on the </span><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Saint Clare of Assisi</span></b><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </b>from this week.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, May 22, 2023): <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lo-2787qYlNmIEsm-ZCQa1hgCkIYx7PS/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1685678237890000&usg=AOvVaw07xoYnb9P6IkTtA-rzWwRn" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lo-2787qYlNmIEsm-ZCQa1hgCkIYx7PS/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lo-2787qYlNmIEsm-ZCQa1hgCkIYx7PS/view?usp=drivesdk</a></span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, May 21, 2023):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TRcA9DXNC4Z71lCfx0HsYP-QWAoz5Tx_/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1685678237890000&usg=AOvVaw2V8U0kGKTZvONqqAP-P7bF" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TRcA9DXNC4Z71lCfx0HsYP-QWAoz5Tx_/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TRcA9DXNC4Z71lCfx0HsYP-QWAoz5Tx_/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1685678237890000&usg=AOvVaw1s01tCmoDcKfiLFWqNGKpD" href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p></div><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. Clare was born in 1193 of an aristocratic family. Moved by the example and preaching of St. Francis of Assisi, she decided in 1211 to follow his way of life. On Palm Sunday, March 17th, 1212, Clare escaped to the Church of the Portiuncula for a ceremony of dedicating herself to God and received from Francis a rough penitential habit.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Clare lived her religious life in an old house near the Church of San Damiano near Assisi. She was soon joined by her 14 years old sister Agnes, and then her mother and other noble ladies. In 1215, Francis appointed Clare superior of the community.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Pope Benedict XVI said, “Especially at the beginning of her religious experience, Francis of Assisi was not only a teacher to Clare whose teachings she was to follow but also a brotherly friend. The friendship between these two Saints is a very beautiful and important aspect. Indeed, when two pure souls on fire with the same love for God meet, they find in their friendship with each other a powerful incentive to advance on the path of perfection. Friendship is one of the noblest and loftiest human sentiments which divine Grace purifies and transfigures. Like St Francis and St Clare, other Saints too experienced profound friendship on the journey towards Christian perfection. Examples are St Francis de Sales and St Jane Frances de Chantal. And St Francis de Sales himself wrote: ‘It is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there. I am not now speaking of simple charity, a love due to all mankind, but of that spiritual friendship which binds souls together, leading them to share devotions and spiritual interests, so as to have but one mind between them’ (The Introduction to a Devout Life, III, 19).”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Father Augustine Kalberer described the life of St. Clare’s community: “The nuns observed a continual fast, ate no meat, spoke only when charity or necessity required, wore nothing on their feet, observed the night and day rhythm of choir office, and lived within the enclosure. While spared the rigours of the friars’ apostolate, the nuns would make their contribution by a more penitential way of life. Though the gaiety of the Poor Clares is proverbial, they remain the most penitential of the large orders of nuns.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Benedict XVI pointed out that with great determination Clare obtained from Pope Gregory IX the “Privilege of Poverty”. On the basis of this privilege Clare and her companions at San Damiano could not possess any material property. Also, Clare was the first woman who composed a written Rule submitted for the Pope’s approval.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In the Rule, St. Clare wrote the following regarding the manner of working: “The sisters to whom the Lord has given the grace of working are to work faithfully and devotedly, [beginning] after the Hour of Terce, at work which pertains to a virtuous life and to the common good. They must do this in such a way that, while they banish idleness, the enemy of the soul, they do not extinguish the Spirit of holy prayer and devotion to which all other things of our earthly existence must contribute.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Clare had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. When a group of Saracen mercenaries advanced to assault the saint’s convent, Clare caused the Blessed Sacrament to be placed facing the mercenaries and prayed: “Deliver not to beasts, O Lord, the souls of those who confess to Thee.” A voice from the Host replied, “My protection will never fail you.” A sudden panic seized the mercenaries and they took to flight.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />From about 1225 until her death, Clare was almost constantly ill. On one Christmas Eve, Clare was too sick to attend Mass. The Holy Spirit projected the images and sounds of Mass on the wall of her room, and Clare was able to “attend” Mass in her room. Because of this miracle, Pope Pius XII named St. Clare the patroness of television in 1957.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Clare died on August 11, 1253, and was canonized two years later, on August 15, 1255, by Pope Alexander IV. </b><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-9068914375880694222023-05-31T21:05:00.002-07:002023-05-31T21:05:22.798-07:00Sts. Matilda & Gertrude (Prayer Group Talk)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49FVxyutKVkH3qH5uApiv3d3RfQWtdtpjEmxdJGef9tnm1qos4_FZyaAwWI2JFgTmoCHIHzdr5XAlNbRvq4uDN5C1dYtBcvU3H1hCF6yWxesWEj7Md7krip3Ob6HQAfOR6PCtJdC4LDXgcQrdUzSCTCk8XiIhP6U4BB6JhNDFeuHNGSUN85mFzun5bw/s353/2ed0f92186c963a528e196d62f145e6d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49FVxyutKVkH3qH5uApiv3d3RfQWtdtpjEmxdJGef9tnm1qos4_FZyaAwWI2JFgTmoCHIHzdr5XAlNbRvq4uDN5C1dYtBcvU3H1hCF6yWxesWEj7Md7krip3Ob6HQAfOR6PCtJdC4LDXgcQrdUzSCTCk8XiIhP6U4BB6JhNDFeuHNGSUN85mFzun5bw/s320/2ed0f92186c963a528e196d62f145e6d.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">For more information on Father Anthony's Fatima Prayer Group please visit:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; 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white-space: pre-wrap;">Matilda & </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gertrude</span></b><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </b>from this week.</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, May 29, 2023): </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11D_yblUB3aQp3gja8TPRcM1B4AE_HBh-/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/11D_yblUB3aQp3gja8TPRcM1B4AE_HBh-/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, May 28, 2023):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/185tXE3UXmkTX-EfrZgVlH-NcyzUGCaq0/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/185tXE3UXmkTX-EfrZgVlH-NcyzUGCaq0/view?usp=drivesdk</a></span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p></div><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St Matilda of Hackeborn was the sister of Abbess Gertrude of Hackeborn. When Matilda was seven, her mother brought her to visit her elder sister Gertrude, who was then a nun in the monastery of Rodardsdorf. Matilda was attracted to the monastic life and entered the monastery as a schoolgirl. In 1258 Matilda became a nun at the convent, which in the meantime had moved to Helfta.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Pope Benedict XVI said that when Matilda was still very young “she became the principal of the convent’s school, choir mistress and novice mistress, offices that she fulfilled with talent and unflagging zeal, not only for the benefit of the nuns but for anyone who wanted to draw on her wisdom and goodness.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In 1261 the five year old St. Gertrude the Great was entrusted to the convent. The young saint was under the care of Matilda, who was 20 years of age. In 1271 or 1272, Matilda of Magdeburg also entered the convent. Pope Benedict XVI commented: “So it was that this place took in four great women two Gertrudes and two Matildas the glory of German monasticism.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />At the age of 50, Matilda experienced both spiritual and physical suffering. She confided to St. Gertrude the Great and another religious sister the special graces and private revelations she received from God since childhood. However, Matilda did not know that they were writing it all down.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />When she found out that Gertrude the Great had almost completed a book of her revelations she was deeply troubled until she had a vision of Christ holding in His hand the book and said, “All this has been committed to writing by my will and inspiration; and, therefore you have no cause to be troubled about it.” Our Lord let her know that those revelations would cause many to increase in His love. He wished the book to be called “The Book of Special Grace.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Regarding the spirituality of Matilda, Pope Benedict XVI said, “Her visions, her teachings, the events of her life are described in words reminiscent of liturgical and biblical language. In this way it is possible to comprehend her deep knowledge of Sacred Scripture, which was her daily bread. She had constant recourse to the Scriptures, making the most of the biblical texts read in the Liturgy, and drawing from them symbols, terms, countryside, images and famous figures.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Matilda had a special love for the Gospel. Our Lord said to her: “Consider the immensity of my love: if you want to know it well, nowhere will you find it more clearly expressed than in the Gospel. No one has ever heard expressed stronger or more tender sentiments than these: ‘As my father has loved me, so I have loved you (Jn 15:9)’”.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />At the age of 25, St. Gertrude the Great had a vision of Christ (January 27, 1281). She referred this mystical experience as her “conversion”. Pope Benedict XVI said, “Her biographer points out two directions of what we might describe as her own particular ‘conversion’: in study, with the radical passage from profane, humanistic studies to the study of theology, and in monastic observance, with the passage from a life that she describes as negligent, to the life of intense, mystical prayer, with exceptional missionary zeal.... She filled her heart with the most useful and sweet sayings of Sacred Scripture. Thus she was always ready with some inspired and edifying word to satisfy those who came to consult her while having at her fingertips the most suitable scriptural texts to refute any erroneous opinion and silence her opponents”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />The life of St. Gertrude the Great was full of extraordinary mystical experiences. These experiences were recorded, over an eight-year period, in her Revelations. She was one of the first to promote devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She died on November 17, 1301 or 1302. The saint said, “Bodily and spiritual affliction are the surest sign of Divine predilection. Gratitude for suffering is a precious jewel for our heavenly crown... Man should always firmly believe that God sends just that trial which is most beneficial for him.”</span></b><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></p></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-16562772425742152562023-05-27T22:14:00.001-07:002023-05-27T22:14:02.159-07:00Homily for Pentecost<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHm_pFJVD9rh4aKNFM1O-p6R5kqelwlXRD4qKRoEh4LuzWcS7XTZE4oYYq5EOefz_GmWGKrPHCZD0fLeT13LQfvcf9XxbBiQe6s2odG2JpGr7ykfg-k13YqhMLYni4NwLM65TLWl8hG7_UDbPcPA5PxGWzPcyCA4letiCnN9MtXy7u9N_A1F3n8NyqQ/s640/Holy%20Family.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHm_pFJVD9rh4aKNFM1O-p6R5kqelwlXRD4qKRoEh4LuzWcS7XTZE4oYYq5EOefz_GmWGKrPHCZD0fLeT13LQfvcf9XxbBiQe6s2odG2JpGr7ykfg-k13YqhMLYni4NwLM65TLWl8hG7_UDbPcPA5PxGWzPcyCA4letiCnN9MtXy7u9N_A1F3n8NyqQ/s320/Holy%20Family.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span><p></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Here are the main points of my homily this evening (May 27):</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">The Holy Spirit is the soul of the Church, the invisible soul of the visible Church. The Holy Spirit is to the Church what your soul is to your body: he is its very life. “The Lord, the Giver of life”</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;">“The more the Holy Spirit finds Mary, His dear and inseparable spouse, in any soul, the more active and mighty He becomes in producing Jesus Christ in that soul, and that soul in Jesus Christ” (</span><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Saint Louis De Montfort'sTrue Devotion to Mary #20).</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; position: absolute;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; position: absolute;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"></span></span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St. Maria of Jesus Crucified (1846-1878) was an ardent promoter of devotion to the Holy Spirit. As an ardent promoter of devotion to the Holy Spirit, Mary of Jesus Crucified also had a great love for the Church and the Pope. She sent a message to Pope Pius IX, complaining about the lack of devotion to the Holy Spirit within the Church. She composed a beautiful prayer: <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Holy Spirit, inspire me. Love of God, consume me. Along the true road, lead me. Mary, my good mother, look down upon me. With Jesus, bless me. From all evil, all illusion, all danger, preserve me.”</span></span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Just as Jesus Christ in His Incarnation is a Person-gift from the Father, so too is the Holy Spirit a Person-gift from God the Father and Jesus. This giving of the Holy Spirit as a gift to us is truly the greatest of all possible gifts.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Pope St. John Paul II wrote, <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">"Our difficult age has a special need of prayer. In the course of history-both in the past and in the present-many men and women have borne witness to the importance of prayer by consecrating themselves to the praise of God and to the life of prayer, especially in monasteries and convents. So, too, recent years have been seeing a growth in the number of people who, in ever more widespread movements and groups, are giving first place to prayer and seeking in prayer a renewal of their spiritual life. This is a significant and comforting sign, for from this experience there is coming a real contribution to the revival of prayer among the faithful, who have been helped to gain a clearer idea of the Holy Spirit as he who inspires in hearts a profound yearning for holiness."</b></span></li></ul><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily this evening.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English:<b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></b></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tWR7uSchQCXmf0TFhvSJx6ZOJmNpMG2B/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tWR7uSchQCXmf0TFhvSJx6ZOJmNpMG2B/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qK8Kl-2i2h76gWepZJ3RAKj5I0kNNJC5/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qK8Kl-2i2h76gWepZJ3RAKj5I0kNNJC5/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><a href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">God bless,</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">Father Anthony </span></span></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-52795023434820737672023-05-20T21:59:00.003-07:002023-05-20T21:59:22.932-07:00Homily for Ascension<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7YAHneSpYwjTLfTtOjtBGEa20LoUpOmEGzUf6ODN0uqdNkFaQsWrRIQaWyflh-5ID6a25d0HIvfVfym6MjHn7w14-N3OUBU5LhdAGmIMjk3W73_2J_x-1iN_LeiZLKnJXhmtedNGeFZLGQED4EMCRa_yzxN8hemmKpec1UbpQbTFhLznjg_XXz4Hyg/s710/1d579d10cb3311004871533e9a956c26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7YAHneSpYwjTLfTtOjtBGEa20LoUpOmEGzUf6ODN0uqdNkFaQsWrRIQaWyflh-5ID6a25d0HIvfVfym6MjHn7w14-N3OUBU5LhdAGmIMjk3W73_2J_x-1iN_LeiZLKnJXhmtedNGeFZLGQED4EMCRa_yzxN8hemmKpec1UbpQbTFhLznjg_XXz4Hyg/s320/1d579d10cb3311004871533e9a956c26.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Here are the main points of my homily this evening (May 20):</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Christ explicitly connects our command to evangelize with his own authority. He says, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore...”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">"Evangelization and Baptism are two sides of the same coin."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">The Catechetical Mission: The words of the Gospel do not say “teaching them all that I have commanded you,” but rather “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” Just as Christ became incarnate, so also we must incarnate the teaching of Christ— act on it, live it out. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Jesus is still with us, fully present in the Eucharist, in his Body and Blood, body and soul, humanity and divinity.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St Josemaría's advice: first of all: pray, pray, pray. Then mortify yourself for them; and in the third place: act as a witness when the opportunity comes. You have the blessing of Our Lord, the assistance of the Holy Spirit, the intercession of the Queen of the Apostles, the help of your guardian Angel and the Angels of those souls you want to help... Do you need any more guarantees of success?</span></div></li></ul><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily this evening.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English:<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wHNbe3Qs-81T61Skcj-kt8HelkGVGm25/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wHNbe3Qs-81T61Skcj-kt8HelkGVGm25/view?usp=drivesdk<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Soese_iEKa67iooVtJBTLTM9ZgZezb1/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Soese_iEKa67iooVtJBTLTM9ZgZezb1/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><a href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">God bless,</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">Father Anthony </span></span></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-91830836873365837632023-05-18T22:24:00.007-07:002023-05-18T22:24:53.814-07:00Saint Hildegard of Bingen (Prayer Group Talk)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmET7KxEfOtaPag9QTlri0ReGJBs5FLtuuPLfTWNoQtUQLWXcvmb7waJYrLBGLbcOf6cmWZpqjp7xi3WZaPFY0kULbuUaCoXnA2ov0qX32DkWoQkF8roKONRpYoUW8zFMworhZsSydc0Niq8OV7e3dkeHhN_qqtSJvFZqC345WewqcbVlLp0k9ie4e7Q/s150/Saint%20Hildegard%20of%20Bingen.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="103" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmET7KxEfOtaPag9QTlri0ReGJBs5FLtuuPLfTWNoQtUQLWXcvmb7waJYrLBGLbcOf6cmWZpqjp7xi3WZaPFY0kULbuUaCoXnA2ov0qX32DkWoQkF8roKONRpYoUW8zFMworhZsSydc0Niq8OV7e3dkeHhN_qqtSJvFZqC345WewqcbVlLp0k9ie4e7Q/w220-h291/Saint%20Hildegard%20of%20Bingen.jpeg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">For more information on Father Anthony's Fatima Prayer Group please visit:</span></div><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; 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font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/</a></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings on the <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Saint Hildegard of Bingen</b><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"> </b>from this week.</span></div><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In English (recorded on Monday, May 15, 2023): </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1djX8O4HL0UDWUuJ1CuaQbtTSAfNbUV-9/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1684560217908000&usg=AOvVaw1uR3S_f2dXsura6L2sas7J" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1djX8O4HL0UDWUuJ1CuaQbtTSAfNbUV-9/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1djX8O4HL0UDWUuJ1CuaQbtTSAfNbUV-9/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, May 14, 2023):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-f2wHDHWTpc5Zfd9DY8ALImXPsIWkceE/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1684560217908000&usg=AOvVaw17ALzFVcGA1VoFAXpz8vSq" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-f2wHDHWTpc5Zfd9DY8ALImXPsIWkceE/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-f2wHDHWTpc5Zfd9DY8ALImXPsIWkceE/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1684560217908000&usg=AOvVaw2D-Akia5I10nhcUSUZ_fdF" href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p></div><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Saint Hildegard of Bingen was born in 1098. From the age of 8, she was educated in the monastery of the Mount of St. Disibode. In spite of having always been in poor health, Hildegard lived to age 81 and died on September 17 1179. For centuries she had been honored as a saint locally. On 10 May 2012, Pope Benedict XVI gave her “equivalent canonization” and thus extending the liturgical cult of Hildegard to the entire Catholic Church. Five months later, on October 7 2012, the same pope named her a Doctor of the Church. Pope Benedict talked about St. Hildegard during two General Audiences in<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />September 2010, introducing us to the life and writings of this remarkable German mystic. </span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Hildegard was favored with heavenly visions. Fear to be a victim of illusions, Hildegard sought the advise of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, who calmed and encouraged her. In 1147, Pope Blessed Eugene III authorized Hildegard to write down her visions and to speak in public. Pope Benedict XVI commented: “This, dear friends, is the seal of an authentic experience of the Holy Spirit, the source of every charism: the person endowed with supernatural gifts never boasts of them, never flaunts them and, above all, shows complete obedience to the ecclesial authority. Every gift bestowed by the Holy Spirit, is in fact intended for the edification of the Church and the Church, through her Pastors, recognizes its authenticity.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Three famous written works of Hildegard recorded her mystical visions. These works are: Scivias (which means: You know the ways), Book of the Rewards of Life, and Book of Divine Works.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In Scivias, Hildegard summed up in 35 visions the events of the history of salvation from the creation of the world to the end of time. Benedict XVI said, “Hildegard develops at the very heart of her work the theme of the mysterious marriage between God and humanity that is brought about in the Incarnation. On the tree of the Cross take place the nuptials of the Son of God with the Church, his Bride, filled with grace and the ability to give new children to God, in the love of the Holy Spirit.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In the Book of the Rewards of Life Hildegard described the vision of God giving life to the cosmos with his power and light. Benedict XVI said, “Hildegard stresses the deep relationship that exists between man and God and reminds us that the whole creation, of which man is the summit, receives life from the Trinity. The work is centred on the relationship between virtue and vice, which is why human beings must face the daily challenge of vice that distances them on their way towards God and of virtue that benefits them. The invitation is to distance themselves from evil in order to glorify God and, after a virtuous existence, enter the life that consists ‘wholly of joy’.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Regarding the Book of Divine Works, Pope Benedict XVI said, “She once again describes creation in its relationship with God and the centrality of the human being, expressing a strong Christo-centrism with a biblical—Patristic flavour. The Saint, who presents five visions inspired by the Prologue of the Gospel according to St John, cites the words of the Son to the Father: ‘The whole task that you wanted and entrusted to me I have carried out successfully, and so here I am in you and you in me and we are one’”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In the last years of her life Hildegard spoke with spiritual authority. Pope Benedict XVI said, “She called above all the monastic communities and the clergy to a life in conformity with their vocation. In a special way Hildegard countered the movement of German cátari (Cathars). They cátari means literally ‘pure’ advocated a radical reform of the Church, especially to combat the abuses of the clergy. She harshly reprimanded them for seeking to subvert the very nature of the Church, reminding them that a true renewal of the ecclesial community is obtained with a sincere spirit of repentance and a demanding process of conversion, rather than with a change of structures. This is a message that we should never forget.”</b><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-26617660427812664822023-05-18T22:21:00.002-07:002023-05-18T22:21:15.227-07:00Prayer Group Talks from April 30 to May 7<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkPGL94JCMYhXiyjpGTx963QGif0m40RxJGJ0e94lt1nVxaQOAUMyEVZr02ZTNvTzCL7wy0KidP3mP2FkiThhOnhlP_SpGs_QtRcSwX0JwwZfmYnvEjLJEsZ33V_xGFxwj6RJgnXk8AYvwKD7MrTOlp_IXWD9JYyQ4fFAb8pCaFXR6XqOGRCKSJKeHw/s815/3b37fa47dcd85598a3369be19b9d0ecf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="473" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkPGL94JCMYhXiyjpGTx963QGif0m40RxJGJ0e94lt1nVxaQOAUMyEVZr02ZTNvTzCL7wy0KidP3mP2FkiThhOnhlP_SpGs_QtRcSwX0JwwZfmYnvEjLJEsZ33V_xGFxwj6RJgnXk8AYvwKD7MrTOlp_IXWD9JYyQ4fFAb8pCaFXR6XqOGRCKSJKeHw/s320/3b37fa47dcd85598a3369be19b9d0ecf.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">For more information on Father Anthony's Fatima Prayer Group please visit:</span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; 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color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings on the <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Summa Theologiae</b>.</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In English (recorded on Monday, May 1, 2023): <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1buO8ObAPT8gN_SM88l3bBaOorFagRK8r/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1684559241296000&usg=AOvVaw0Rv5Y2PWXWotQkIBAE3cfA" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1buO8ObAPT8gN_SM88l3bBaOorFagRK8r/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1buO8ObAPT8gN_SM88l3bBaOorFagRK8r/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, April 30, 2023):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xlaSlH9HTkMDr6tstx-i8JHqla2l5L6-/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1684559241296000&usg=AOvVaw3dFYAFRgRVK3JMfYbTH2UU" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xlaSlH9HTkMDr6tstx-i8JHqla2l5L6-/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xlaSlH9HTkMDr6tstx-i8JHqla2l5L6-/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can read the summary of the talk here:</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://bccatholic.ca/voices/father-anthony-ho/aquinas-taught-the-faith-with-clarity&source=gmail&ust=1684559241296000&usg=AOvVaw2iwmqqNOg6hzTgXDPZd8HD" href="https://bccatholic.ca/voices/father-anthony-ho/aquinas-taught-the-faith-with-clarity" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bccatholic.ca/voices/father-anthony-ho/aquinas-taught-the-faith-with-clarity</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings on the <b>Blessed </b><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-weight: 600; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Duns Scotus</span>.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In English (recorded on Monday, May 7, 2023): <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/150VvD4kiG1GGosMJFwge91SOINEHDo1S/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1684559241296000&usg=AOvVaw0zvugFcH1zh2RmTyGYNrdi" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/150VvD4kiG1GGosMJFwge91SOINEHDo1S/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/150VvD4kiG1GGosMJFwge91SOINEHDo1S/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, May 6, 2023):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HVVYEwlYLOZPmZfXscDhK49nheDx6hkQ/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1684559241296000&usg=AOvVaw0QgIlXxtMkrYsI50T8eXIq" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HVVYEwlYLOZPmZfXscDhK49nheDx6hkQ/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HVVYEwlYLOZPmZfXscDhK49nheDx6hkQ/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1684559241296000&usg=AOvVaw3luvKVPv5MFByLsCY9Dyky" href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of the prayer group talk on </span><b style="font-size: large;">Blessed </b><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Source Sans Pro"; font-size: large; font-weight: 600; white-space: pre-wrap;">John Duns Scotus</span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Blessed John Duns Scotus was a Franciscan theologian who lived at the end of the 13th century. An epitaph on his tombstone states: “Scotland bore me, England received me, France taught me, Cologne in Germany holds me”.</b></span></p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Duns Scotus was probably born in 1266 in the village of Duns near Edinburgh. He joined the Franciscan Order and became a priest in 1291. He studied philosophy and theology at the Universities of Oxford and Paris. He then taught theology at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Paris.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In 1303, a serious dispute broke out between King Philip IV the Fair and Pope Boniface VIII. King Philip tried to enlist the University of Paris on his side and Duns Scotus chose voluntary exile rather than signing a document hostile to the Pope.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Friendly relations between the King of France and the Successor of Boniface VIII were soon restored and in 1305 Duns Scotus returned to Paris. In 1307, he was assigned as Professor of the Franciscan Studium of Theology in Cologne. He died on 8 November 1308 at the age of 43.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Duns Scotus was beatified by St. John Paul II on 20 March 1993. John Paul II described him as the “minstrel of the Incarnate Word and defender of Mary’s Immaculate Conception”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Duns Scotus held that the Son of God would have been made man even if humanity had not sinned. He said, “To think that God would have given up such a task had Adam not sinned would be quite unreasonable! I say, therefore, that the fall was not the cause of Christ’s predestination and that if no one had fallen, neither the angel nor man in this hypothesis Christ would still have been predestined in the same way” Pope Benedict XVI said: “In the opinion of Duns Scotus the Incarnation of the Son of God, planned from all eternity by God the Father at the level of love is the fulfilment of creation and enables every creature, in Christ and through Christ, to be filled with grace and to praise and glorify God in eternity.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />For Duns Scotus, the love of God is also manifested in the Mystery of the saving Passion of Christ and the Sacrament of the Real Presence of Jesus. The spirituality of Duns Scotus reminds me that of St. Alphonsus Liguori. A Redemptorists website states: “Three great images, basic to the Christian faith, formed the heart of Alphonsus' preaching and teaching — Jesus an infant in the crib, Jesus crucified on the Cross, and Jesus vibrantly alive and filled with love for all in the Eucharist. To this he added the image of Mary, the Mother of the Redeemer.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />18th century Marian saints such as St. Alphonsus Liguori and St. Anthony of St. Ann Galvão enthusiastically defended the Marian title of Immaculate Conception. Their defend relied on the argument of “preventive Redemption” proposed by Duns Scotus. Benedict XVI explained that according to this argument, “the Immaculate Conception is the masterpiece of the Redemption brought about by Christ because the very power of his love and his mediation obtained that the Mother be preserved from original sin. Therefore Mary is totally redeemed by Christ, but already before her conception.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />On December 8, 1854, Pope Blessed Pius IX used the argument of Duns Scotus when he solemnly defined the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary: “We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Benedict XVI commented: “Concerning the teaching on the Immaculate Conception, important theologians like Duns Scotus enriched what the People of God already spontaneously believed about the Blessed Virgin and expressed in acts of devotion, in the arts and in Christian life in general with the specific contribution of their thought.... In this sense, the People of God is the ‘teacher that goes first’ and must then be more deeply examined and intellectually accepted by theology. May theologians always be ready to listen to this source of faith and retain the humility and simplicity of children!”</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-43386689402161650392023-05-13T22:35:00.001-07:002023-05-13T22:35:24.546-07:00Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8uBCMRICPpMVTwZUiSdLYDhcsVfDmrKMlK4tuw7wN4TXPJc8ug_UkyxD_NRzl_galRIcQjzgXMyBNXe1doyD_SxiYTYw8KLPWP5P9JrvnbuaLUhHTnfbDfv2RPMVXjqiWZXBRXHtnDfFJXBd61b7PEzF8mxKCOjG_Ke99bpqlPHzed5EvwLbP8I-2Q/s697/1d94209cd90683b3f45599b1069c1a53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8uBCMRICPpMVTwZUiSdLYDhcsVfDmrKMlK4tuw7wN4TXPJc8ug_UkyxD_NRzl_galRIcQjzgXMyBNXe1doyD_SxiYTYw8KLPWP5P9JrvnbuaLUhHTnfbDfv2RPMVXjqiWZXBRXHtnDfFJXBd61b7PEzF8mxKCOjG_Ke99bpqlPHzed5EvwLbP8I-2Q/s320/1d94209cd90683b3f45599b1069c1a53.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span><p></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Here are the main points of my homily this evening:</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><ol style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"> Love and obedience (law) are not opposites. Love is not first of all a feeling; it is a willing. To love God is simply to say, “Thy will be done,” and mean it, and live it. And that will of God is expressed by commandments.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Peter Kreeft: "Relationship with God the Father is with God above us; Relationship with God the Son is with God beside us; and Relationship withGod the Holy Spirit is with God within us. As the Incarnation of God the Son made our relationship with God more intimate, as it brought down the God who was above us to stand beside us, so the sending of the Holy Spirit brought the God who was beside us to live within us. Love always seeks more and more intimacy."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Christ's presence is first and foremost to the community of the Church rather than to us as individual Christians. The Church is neccesary for our relationship with God.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li></ol><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily this evening (May 13).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRA5ZiVu0e8-PQtQbG2HqH9cul7HWlW1/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IRA5ZiVu0e8-PQtQbG2HqH9cul7HWlW1/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="goog_620281597"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tfYX-DdxHzUGvc3f7fTzh8-c-x_K_E_H/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tfYX-DdxHzUGvc3f7fTzh8-c-x_K_E_H/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><a href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">God bless,</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">Father Anthony </span></span></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-49453234898393300532023-05-06T22:17:00.005-07:002023-05-06T22:17:58.622-07:00Homily for the 5th Sunday of Easter <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAWgQBXl4jfEpFJZ3olyEdclvU_25P29LFfDh3CbfY7qyjYv9HyPlUWsC-WJgx-YjpnFm-XUwOKQqdINeaFGu01OXLTX1VlEx0FvEe1YVJVc6XglXZ8ahxWdWY0Q_c2jIfCy2utZEsejWe0BYqmK4aAEeBtN7BKtrGJ8966N6yaILByBYnRoOUjEmGQ/s640/4f639b2399826c5530d5d72044f9082f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="444" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAWgQBXl4jfEpFJZ3olyEdclvU_25P29LFfDh3CbfY7qyjYv9HyPlUWsC-WJgx-YjpnFm-XUwOKQqdINeaFGu01OXLTX1VlEx0FvEe1YVJVc6XglXZ8ahxWdWY0Q_c2jIfCy2utZEsejWe0BYqmK4aAEeBtN7BKtrGJ8966N6yaILByBYnRoOUjEmGQ/s320/4f639b2399826c5530d5d72044f9082f.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Here are the main points of my homily this evening:</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Jesus is the way. He does not only give advice and directions. He takes us by the hand and leads us; he strengthens us and guides us personally every day. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Jesus said: ‘I am the truth.’ A person’s character does not really affect the teaching of geometry or astronomy or Latin verbs. But if someone proposes to teach moral truth, that person’s character makes all the difference in the world. Moral truth cannot be conveyed solely in words; it must be conveyed in example. Jesus is both the messenger and the message.</span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St. Peter Chrysologus: He himself has said, “I am the life.” What the soul is to the body is what Christ is to the soul. Without the soul, the body does not live. The soul does not live without Christ. As soon as the soul leaves the body, stench, corruption, rottenness, the worm, ashes, horror and everything that is loathsome to the sight take its place. When God leaves, immediately the stench of faithlessness, the corruption of sin, the rottenness of the vices, the worm of guilt, the ashes of vanities and the horror of infidelity enter the soul, and there comes to pass in the living tomb of the body the death of the soul now buried.</span></li></ul><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily this evening (May 6).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English:</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/195EN7lSlVSnI4WLaED02hsXguacqYIGo/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/195EN7lSlVSnI4WLaED02hsXguacqYIGo/view?usp=drivesdk</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L1agZluWDlqDdVMLwMBN5fpsreyRpXQ0/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L1agZluWDlqDdVMLwMBN5fpsreyRpXQ0/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><a href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">God bless,</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">Father Anthony </span></span></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-41774312837848553682023-04-29T21:38:00.000-07:002023-04-29T21:38:04.351-07:00Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZh1btb9TViZWgWnCnL1d4-mYa9ExlM1rZ4ZVosc0V8SgqGG4Pz5LRsWXvH_okgzCx0qFKtX8pz7IoTQbm4W6Xp4gOzV93a2ZArWw2sMCpqqDs7C32TRFSWXPsJozu3MqqAvTOYApM9VIUz7V7UCa-s5NFIAEV1lhBQ2MTDmTFRUMf9rVFRp-8xMWh4g/s824/202fa88ab0fb566e4bf822b7b6c2035f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="473" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZh1btb9TViZWgWnCnL1d4-mYa9ExlM1rZ4ZVosc0V8SgqGG4Pz5LRsWXvH_okgzCx0qFKtX8pz7IoTQbm4W6Xp4gOzV93a2ZArWw2sMCpqqDs7C32TRFSWXPsJozu3MqqAvTOYApM9VIUz7V7UCa-s5NFIAEV1lhBQ2MTDmTFRUMf9rVFRp-8xMWh4g/s320/202fa88ab0fb566e4bf822b7b6c2035f.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Here are the main points of my homily this evening:</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">“Good Shepherd Sunday”. Shepherding in the ancient Near East was a much more personal affair than in modern Western culture. In Eastern cultures, shepherds don’t “drive” the sheep; they lead them.</span></b></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Jesus stresses strongly that being a member of His flock (the Church) is defined first and foremost by our relationship with Him. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Jesus warned His disciples that not everything that sounded like the voice of God was actually God's voice. Many doors may look the same but not all open to the same home. Jesus is the only door to happiness, to eternal life, to peace and hope. </span></b></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; position: absolute;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"></span></b></span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">How do we recognize Christ's voice? There is only one way: by prayer, by the practice of talking to him and listening to him in our hearts.</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li></ul><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily this evening (April 29).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In English:</span></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YKog0Iuxgvpbol0yyV29onFG_tgJu5Ie/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YKog0Iuxgvpbol0yyV29onFG_tgJu5Ie/view?usp=drivesdk</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ypo9J4o4OzHw7Ol_fU4XHOE-U54APaUv/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ypo9J4o4OzHw7Ol_fU4XHOE-U54APaUv/view?usp=drivesdk</a></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;" /><a href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; font-size: large; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;">God bless,</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;" /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;">Father Anthony </span></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-74648513470289730932023-04-26T14:58:00.002-07:002023-04-26T14:58:06.310-07:00St. Thomas Aquinas on Faith and Grace (Prayer Group Talk)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbFuqVhlesjX7roYZ_j8UDrH2wAtQpAR8fFIo3b0CdJ_WqM1G3r2MattpZreDBYwA2HF0ALptUUHbqojYf4LmsZa3ent9GllixfATFVLMIVU-maSDmVbgDCOhhaj3tGxG1gYCWQ1I_-c5b_6I76IUTswOf2YJNqEgaVvC_2YOpCP6OiQS7cmfNCGqtA/s580/3cb17fac3c24c0e23a1098e8384ad6b3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbFuqVhlesjX7roYZ_j8UDrH2wAtQpAR8fFIo3b0CdJ_WqM1G3r2MattpZreDBYwA2HF0ALptUUHbqojYf4LmsZa3ent9GllixfATFVLMIVU-maSDmVbgDCOhhaj3tGxG1gYCWQ1I_-c5b_6I76IUTswOf2YJNqEgaVvC_2YOpCP6OiQS7cmfNCGqtA/s320/3cb17fac3c24c0e23a1098e8384ad6b3.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">For more information on Father Anthony's Fatima Prayer Group please visit:</span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p></div></div></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/</a></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br style="font-size: 14px;" /></p></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings of our talk on <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. Thomas Aquinas on Faith and Grace</b></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />I would like to invite those who were not able to join and those who want to review the talks to listen to the audio recordings:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, April 24, 2022): </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eRW_kEH038jAEYszTfCl8L2KluyrLS7A/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eRW_kEH038jAEYszTfCl8L2KluyrLS7A/view?usp=drivesdk</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, April 23, 2022):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qrkexn0ytgI55kMjyWSVH7n0QIQ0Kkl3/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qrkexn0ytgI55kMjyWSVH7n0QIQ0Kkl3/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St. Thomas Aquinas made significant contributions to the dialogue between reason and faith, between philosophy and theology.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Faith and reason support each other. Benedict XVI said, “Faith, in fact, protects reason from any temptation to distrust its own abilities, stimulates it to be open to ever broader horizons, keeps alive in it the search for foundations and, when reason itself is applied to the supernatural sphere of the relationship between God and man, faith enriches his work. According to St Thomas, for example, human reason can certainly reach the affirmation of the existence of one God, but only faith, which receives the divine Revelation, is able to draw from the mystery of the Love of the Triune God.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />The Holy Father continued: “Moreover, it is not only faith that helps reason. Reason too, with its own means can do something important for faith, making it a threefold service which St Thomas sums up in the preface to his commentary on the De Trinitate of Boethius: ‘demonstrating those truths that are preambles of the faith; giving a clearer notion, by certain similitudes, of the truths of the faith; resisting those who speak against the faith, either by showing that their statements are false, or by showing that they are not necessarily true’ (q. 2, a.3).”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Spiritual reading and the studying of faith are important means to strengthen our faith. We also have a moral obligation to protect our faith by avoiding reading materials that are dangerous to faith.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />There are a number of wonderful Podcasts and Youtube channels that give valuable intellectual support to the faithful. Here are a few recommendations: “Pints with Aquinas”, “Reason and Theology”, and “Philokalia Ministries”. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Reason is perfected by faith whereas nature is perfected by grace. Benedict XVI said, “Divine Grace does not annihilate but presupposes and perfects human nature. The latter, in fact, even after sin, is not completely corrupt but wounded and weakened. Grace, lavished upon us by God and communicated through the Mystery of the Incarnate Word, is an absolutely free gift with which nature is healed, strengthened and assisted in pursuing the innate desire for happiness in the heart of every man and of every woman. All the faculties of the human being are purified, transformed and uplifted by divine Grace.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Due to our wounded and weakened human nature, our efforts to cooperate with grace are a spiritual battle. The Eastern spiritual classic, The Philokalia, frequently mentioned two spiritual weapons for spiritual combat: watchfulness and stillness.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />According to the glossary in the English edition of The Philokalia, watchfulness “signifies an attitude of attentiveness, whereby one keeps watch over one’s inward thoughts and fantasies, maintaining guard over the heart and intellect.” In the West, spiritual masters teach us to sanctify daily activities through “custody of the heart”, “guarding of the heart”, and “purity of intention”. St. Josemaría Escrivá wrote, “Purity of intention. The suggestions of pride and the impulses of the flesh are not difficult to recognize … And you fight, and with grace, you conquer.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />The glossary of The Philokalia defines stillness as “a state of inner tranquillity or mental quietude and concentration which arises in conjunction with, and is deepened by, the practice of pure prayer and the guarding of the heart. Not simply silence, but an attitude of listening to God and of openness towards Him.” In the West, spiritual masters wrote about “interior silence” and “spirit of recollection”. St. Faustina wrote, “In order to hear the voice of God, one has to have silence in one's soul and to keep silence; not a gloomy silence but an interior silence; that is to say, recollected in God.” The saint also wrote, “A silent soul is strong; no adversities will harm it if it perseveres in silence. The silent soul is capable of attaining the closest union with God. It lives almost always under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. God works in a silent soul without hindrance.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />St. Thomas Aquinas prayed: “Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you”.</b><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-9513387573917598632023-04-22T21:49:00.004-07:002023-04-22T21:49:21.007-07:00Homily for 3rd Sunday of Easter <p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Xqnv4Wpt451xlVfvf81chcfub082kOadSy0u2mtNvxRsNWOR1fIEAQ-bUqZHMya0E3XWjHZmORFxz3b4sTwqRiyZhsqn_lxsyRnnPzISRcQZ1oUBuW3fDqoBcZOw_xPyfCLIqNRxEpDXKE6mS9hfXzpH_MWrcbtngSP496brpCSAvfv-37zvw-oNyw/s688/0ee7d5a332aa05ac9682b4012321e61f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Xqnv4Wpt451xlVfvf81chcfub082kOadSy0u2mtNvxRsNWOR1fIEAQ-bUqZHMya0E3XWjHZmORFxz3b4sTwqRiyZhsqn_lxsyRnnPzISRcQZ1oUBuW3fDqoBcZOw_xPyfCLIqNRxEpDXKE6mS9hfXzpH_MWrcbtngSP496brpCSAvfv-37zvw-oNyw/s320/0ee7d5a332aa05ac9682b4012321e61f.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Thank you for the many messages these few days since the announcement of the pastoral appointments. </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Here are the main points of my homily this evening:</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">A brief explanation of the pattern of Sunday Readings in the Easter Season<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Jesus shows us the importance of being a compassionate friend first and a challenging friend second (He accompanied the 2 disciples)</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Allow the Lord to be the Host not only the guest<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Announcement of my new pastoral assignment </span></div></li></ul><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily this evening (April 22).<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In English:</span></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FQY0F1PZB5gjpaOlo6IxVFpDVtXTDuHb/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FQY0F1PZB5gjpaOlo6IxVFpDVtXTDuHb/view?usp=drivesdk</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JOGSym-RPjMqeqmi1-9H8PH9eQE0xbHN/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JOGSym-RPjMqeqmi1-9H8PH9eQE0xbHN/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><a href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />You can watch the weekend Masses and listen to my Sunday homilies on YouTube:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />SJA YouTube<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><a href="https://bit.ly/SJAParishVancouver" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/SJAParishVancouver</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />God bless,<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Father Anthony </span></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-49864784521345853622023-04-18T10:22:00.003-07:002023-04-18T10:22:30.214-07:00St. Thomas Aquinas' Teachings on Prayer (Prayer Group Talk)<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiqC8TGgMP8PMsvZ9Kx1bqw-Qr6j1rcJLJPTMZwdU7dzjKYL8YkI7ZQ6Ooj8XPvesZLjpxA4_oETQ1Kgvln0wcGBV1Ki22L4Md3Bo6G_iGagJyaiuO6HEuM1_oInREW9tA2AqNv7gL8BrEIOak6LvFdUfKAEEQsYXp1zwRkUGPqRlj-nb2NIWj0sAYw/s697/1d94209cd90683b3f45599b1069c1a53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p></div></div></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/</a></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings of our talk on <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. Thomas Aquinas' Teachings on Prayer</b></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />I would like to invite those who were not able to join and those who want to review the talks to listen to the audio recordings:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, April 17, 2022): </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="goog_378298906"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OX-ykMCg_iV89VfWG9ygPAEAh0GB7fe1/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OX-ykMCg_iV89VfWG9ygPAEAh0GB7fe1/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, April 16, 2022):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LcrhN8C_TXagxh2JjSIWvPIGfEyG30Xh/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LcrhN8C_TXagxh2JjSIWvPIGfEyG30Xh/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">According to the Baltimore Catechism “Sacramentals are holy things or actions of which the Church makes use to obtain for us from God, through her intercession, spiritual and temporal favors.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />The chief kinds of sacramentals are blessings, exorcisms, and blessed objects.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />The liturgy is the public worship given to God by the Church. The first purpose of worship is to glorify God, and its second purpose is to sanctify man.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Liturgy of the Church includes: the Mass, the sacraments, the Divine Office (Liturgy of the Hours), and the sacramentals.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Prayer is the lifting up of our minds and hearts to God.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />The reasons for and the ways of prayer can be summed up by A-R-T-S: “A” for adoration, “R” for reparation, “T” for thanksgiving, and “S” for supplication. In short, we pray because God is God and we are we.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">In the Gospels, Jesus teaches us that we should not only pray much, but also pray well. The qualities of good prayer can be summed up by P-A-T-H: “P” for perseverance, “A” for attention, “T” for trust, and “H” for humility.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />“How to pray? This is a simple matter. I would say: Pray any way you like, so long as you do pray.” —St. John Paul II</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">___</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">The Our Father is the prayer that Jesus taught us, and it is the pattern of all our prayers. St. Augustine said, “If we pray rightly and fittingly, we can say nothing else but what is contained in this prayer of Our Lord”.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />St. Thomas Aquinas pointed out that in the Our Father we ask what we ought to desire in the right order. Hence, this prayer, “not only teaches us to ask, but also directs all our affections”. The seven petitions of the Our Father remind us of our end and the means directed to the end.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In the first two petitions of the Our Father, we expressed that our end is God. St. Thomas pointed out that our affections tend to God in two ways: first, by our willing the glory of God (love God in Himself), secondly, by willing to enjoy His glory (love ourselves in God). We express the first way by praying, “Hallowed by Thy name”, and we express the second way by praying, “Thy kingdom come”, by which we ask to come to the glory of His kingdom.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />The Catechism of Catholic Doctrine states: “In this one phrase [Thy Kingdom come] we pray for three great graces: for the spread of the Church, for our own increase in grace, for our own entry into Heaven.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In the next two petitions, we pray for the means to attain our end. A means can be useful in two ways: directly (principally) or instrumentally. We are directed to beatitude directly by obeying God, and hence we pray, “Thy will be done”. And we are directed to beatitude instrumentally by “our daily bread”, which help us to obey God. According to St. Thomas, “our daily bread” can mean both the sacramental Bread (the chief Sacrament) and the bread of the body (the chief food). The petition, “Give us this day our daily bread” is at the center of the Our Father, and saying this prayer at Mass reminds us that Jesus Himself is our daily Bread.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In the last three petitions of the Our Father, we pray for the removal of obstacles to our attainment of beatitude. These obstacles are sin, temptation, and evil. In the last three petitions, we ask God to forgive our sins, to protect us from being conquered by temptation, and deliver us from the present penal state.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />“It is better to say one Our Father fervently and devoutly than a thousand with no devotion and full of distraction.” — St. Edmund<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">___</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">In the Summa Theologica, Aquinas outlines four conditions that must “concur” in order to ensure that our prayer requests are granted.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />1. It must be necessary for our salvation.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Aquinas quotes St. Augustine on this point: “He who faithfully prays God for the necessaries of this life, is both mercifully heard, and mercifully not heard. For the physician knows better than the sick man what is good for the disease.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />2. For yourself. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t pray for others. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />3. Do it piously. </b></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">"It makes sense that we’d need to pray in a reverent and worshipful manner. But Aquinas appears to have more than this in mind. Aquinas explains that good works are considered to be part of piety.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />4. Do it perseveringly. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Aquinas appeals to Augustine: “For some things are not refused, but are delayed till they can be given at a suitable time” (Tractate 102 on John 16:23-28).</b><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />___</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-7248742334752681332023-04-11T22:37:00.007-07:002023-04-11T22:37:55.309-07:00St. Thomas Aquinas (Prayer Group Talk)<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; 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transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/</a></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings of our talk on <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. </b></span><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Thomas Aquinas</span></b><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />I would like to invite those who were not able to join and those who want to review the talks to listen to the audio recordings:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, April 10, 2022): </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HyhrNh8WUbrsoU9HZeLXhc6bq8AYTyFH/view?usp=drivesdk<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, April 9, 2022):</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">https://drive.google.com/file/d/13X8UVnuJ9wTLHBstmVHuBUm6gVmDzlGe/view?usp=drivesdk</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk. </span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. Thomas Aquinas was born between 1224 and 1225 at Roccasecca near Aquino. He studied with the Benedictines at the nearby Monte Cassino. He later moved to Naples and learnt about the Greek philosopher Aristotle. It was in Naples that Thomas discovered his vocation to the Dominican Order.</b></span></p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Thomas’ family frantically opposed his Dominican vocation. They confined him for a while, and his brothers even secretly introduced a prostitute into his chamber to entrap him into sin. Thomas snatched up a firebrand and drove her out of the chamber. After this triumph over temptation, God granted Thomas the special grace of never experiencing temptations of the flesh for the rest of his life. Pope Beneidct XVI said, “He was also called the Doctor Angelicus, perhaps because of his virtues and, in particular, the sublimity of his thought and the purity of his life.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />As a Dominican, Thomas studied under St. Albert the Great in Paris and Cologne. Thomas himself taught and preached at Paris, Orvieto, Rome, Viterbo, and Naples. The Dominican Reginald of Piperno was a companion and disciple of St. Thomas. The saint formed true and deep friendship with both Albert and Reginald. Benedict XVI said, “This is a characteristic of Saints: they cultivate friendship because it is one of the noblest manifestations of the human heart and has something divine about it, just as Thomas himself explained in some of the Quaestiones of his Summa Theologiae. He writes in it: ‘it is evident that charity is the friendship of man for God” and for “all belonging to him’ (Vol. II, q. 23, a. 1).”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Like his mentor, Albert the Great, Thomas harmonized human wisdom with divine faith. Benedict XVI said, “He made a thorough study of Aristotle and his interpreters... He commented on most of the Aristotelian opus, distinguishing between what was valid and was dubious or to be completely rejected, showing its consonance with the events of the Christian Revelation and drawing abundantly and perceptively from Aristotle’s thought in the explanation of the theological texts he was uniting. In short, Thomas Aquinas showed that a natural harmony exists between Christian faith and reason. And this was the great achievement of Thomas who, at that time of clashes between two cultures that time when it seemed that faith would have to give in to reason showed that they go hand in hand”.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />St. John Paul II wrote, “Thomas recognized that nature, philosophy’s proper concern, could contribute to the understanding of divine Revelation. Faith therefore has no fear of reason, but seeks it out and has trust in it. Just as grace builds on nature and brings it to fulfilment, so faith builds upon and perfects reason. Illumined by faith, reason is set free from the fragility and limitations deriving from the disobedience of sin and finds the strength required to rise to the knowledge of the Triune God.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Father Augustine Kalberrer pointed out: “Though [St. Thomas Aquinas] constantly wrote on controversial topics, there is a remarkable serenity in his work; for he made a point for not writing in the first person, thus avoiding the word ‘I’, and he never mentions contemporaries by name but simply states the various opinions currently held on the matter under discussion.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Pope Urban IV commissioned St. Thomas Aquinas to compose the Proper for a Mass and an Office honouring the Holy Eucharist. The familiar hymns “O Salutaris Hostia” and “Tantum ergo” which were usually sung during Eucharistic Adoration were composed by the saint.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Benedict XVI said that the life and teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas could be summed up in the following episode: “Thomas was anxiously asking whether what he had written on the mysteries of the Christian faith was correct. And the Crucified One answered him: ‘You have spoken well of me, Thomas. What is your reward to be?’. And the answer Thomas gave him was what we too, friends and disciples of Jesus, always want to tell him: ‘Nothing but Yourself, Lord!’.”</b></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-83080781403449900062023-04-11T22:37:00.005-07:002023-04-11T22:37:42.403-07:00St. Albert the Great (Prayer Group Talk)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPPG-WXPVkuXXJWNLRoiyRzioZpdvni327Wpt78B8IXwy6WdyvFhL4QNr7D53xcebRaQ5ca7-Nzb2v4FD7eOHAN-y2etydpQ33W7oNS6fdZhQJ8MTyQa5VZhBD9tTVmx8AXzOwU5rEMrlsmq25umayiD-6VNyu2ht1E1TgBNKNiao1GGSDYw7-vf9Nw/s400/albert-366x400.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="366" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRPPG-WXPVkuXXJWNLRoiyRzioZpdvni327Wpt78B8IXwy6WdyvFhL4QNr7D53xcebRaQ5ca7-Nzb2v4FD7eOHAN-y2etydpQ33W7oNS6fdZhQJ8MTyQa5VZhBD9tTVmx8AXzOwU5rEMrlsmq25umayiD-6VNyu2ht1E1TgBNKNiao1GGSDYw7-vf9Nw/s320/albert-366x400.jpeg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; 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color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/</a></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dear brothers and sisters,</span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings of our talk on <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. Albert the Great.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />I would like to invite those who were not able to join and those who want to review the talks to listen to the audio recordings:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, April 3, 2022): </span></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kc7xqte7QP_cmpvFHmVRY4uC05wKVoja/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1681363677174000&usg=AOvVaw2WhoKY3zuHD_0eiy6u4tcm" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kc7xqte7QP_cmpvFHmVRY4uC05wKVoja/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kc7xqte7QP_cmpvFHmVRY4uC05wKVoja/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, April 2, 2022):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AwMDpGuq6Xaix2ZqByY-PTYal-iZIMNk/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1681363677174000&usg=AOvVaw2rFGbC5jYFDAIy7ahFu_jK" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AwMDpGuq6Xaix2ZqByY-PTYal-iZIMNk/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AwMDpGuq6Xaix2ZqByY-PTYal-iZIMNk/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1681363677174000&usg=AOvVaw0bsRgdycexfZzDC4_apxh6" href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Each year, the Church commemorates St. Albert the Great on November 15 with this prayer: “O God, who made the Bishop Saint Albert great by his joining of human wisdom to divine faith, grant, we pray, that we may so adhere to the truths he taught, that through progress in learning we may come to a deeper knowledge and love of you.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">St. Albert the Great was born in Germany at the beginning of the 13th century. As a young man, he went to Padua, Italy, to study “liberal arts”: grammar, rhetoric, dialectics, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music. He attended the church of the Dominicans in Padua, and eventually entered the Dominican Order in 1223.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Albert did theological studies in Germany and was ordained to the priesthood. For the next seven or so years, he taught theology in different Dominican houses of study. In about 1241, he went to the University of Paris to perfect his theological studies. He then moved to Cologne in 1248 to open a theological studium. Among his Cologne students was St. Thomas Aquinas.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Albert became provincial (1253–57) of the German Dominicans, and was he was named Bishop of Regensburg in 1260. After two years, Albert resigned as Bishop of Regensburg in order to return to teaching and writing.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Joseph Tylenda wrote, “During his lifetime, he was regarded as a man superior in every branch of learning and was called the wonder and miracle of his age. In addition to his philosophical and theological writings, he wrote treatises on physics, meteors, minerals, sleep, breathing, and botany. In recognition of his theological expertise, he was invited to attend the second Council of Lyon (1274). He died in Cologne on November 15, 1280. Pope Pius XI canonized him in 1931 and declared him a doctor of the Church.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Benedict XVI said, “St Albert shows that there is no opposition between faith and science... The Bible speaks to us of creation as of the first language through which God who is supreme intelligence, who is the Logos reveals to us something of himself.... With a classical similitude in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance one can compare the natural world to a book written by God that we read according to the different approaches of the sciences.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">We are created to know, love, and serve God. Our Creator gives us the gifts of reason and understanding so that we can know Him. God has revealed Himself to us in two ways: naturally and supernaturally.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Natural revelation is the knowledge that we acquire about God by human reason through the wonderful works of His creation. Supernatural revelation is the knowledge God discloses in a special way about Himself.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">A person can know the existence of God by looking both outward and inward. Looking outward, a person sees the wonderful works of creation, which manifest the power, wisdom, and goodness of God. Inwardly, a person hears the voice of conscience and has the desire for perfect and eternal happiness.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">The voice of conscience gives us a sense of right and wrong. The source of this voice is beyond us. Some people have tried to ignore the voice of conscience but have not succeeded. This voice is not merely from our parents and teachers, for they themselves are subject to this voice. The voice is from God, and it leads us to Him.</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Inside us is also the desire for perfect and eternal happiness. Nothing on earth can satisfy our desire. Only God can satisfy us. St. Augustine prayed, “You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” </span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “When he listens to the message of creation and to the voice of conscience, man can arrive at certainty about the existence of God, the cause and the end of everything.”</span></b></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p></div></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-12476929852392545812023-04-01T22:52:00.007-07:002023-04-01T22:52:43.747-07:00Homily for Palm Sunday<p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjat14-p4Nc72cZXmhVxvB9ccnmJyDbSW2VLHbIkywWJRbxdnEM1fK2p3QqMev6fUZASEc7b8nsI5LeenKDJXpMM7jhV_zmFgfGAjPJ15GWkMH90qqZyNmwQZzX3D_p2IjtJyQ5GG_aoLlfjilnKEGy98Zh4kpsRg0KG-F72XktFbQlkRgFCQq4R10VSg/s395/2a3feaf051fe8a0891c6f1f3c609c71e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="262" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjat14-p4Nc72cZXmhVxvB9ccnmJyDbSW2VLHbIkywWJRbxdnEM1fK2p3QqMev6fUZASEc7b8nsI5LeenKDJXpMM7jhV_zmFgfGAjPJ15GWkMH90qqZyNmwQZzX3D_p2IjtJyQ5GG_aoLlfjilnKEGy98Zh4kpsRg0KG-F72XktFbQlkRgFCQq4R10VSg/s320/2a3feaf051fe8a0891c6f1f3c609c71e.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Here are the main points of my homily for this evening (April 1, 2023):</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;">St.Maria Faustina: </span>March 21, 1937. Palm Sunday. During Mass, my soul was steeped in the bitterness and suffering of Jesus. Jesus gave me to understand how much He had suffered in that triumphal procession. “Hosanna” was reverberating in Jesus’ heart as an echo of “Crucify.” Jesus allowed me to feel this in a special way.</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Venerable Fulton J. Sheen: </b>There is an intrinsic connection between the soldier piercing the Heart of Christ on the Cross, which drew forth Blood and water, and the rending of the veil of the temple. Two veils were rent: one, the purple veil of the temple which did away with the Old Law; the other, the veil of His Flesh which opened the Holy of Holies of Divine love tabernacled among us. In both instances, what was holy was made manifest; one, the Holy of Holies, which had been only a figure; the other, the true Holy of Holies, His Sacred Heart, which opened to the guilty access to God. The veil in the ancient temple signified that heaven was closed to all until the High Priest sent by the Father would rend the veil and open its gates to all.</span></div></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;">Saint Alphonsus: </span>If any one wishes to make sure of being inflamed with love towards Jesus Christ, let him often try to meditate on his Passion. It was revealed to a holy solitary, that no exercise was more efficacious in enkindling love, than the consideration of the sufferings and ignominy which Jesus Christ endured for love of us. I say it is impossible that a soul, meditating often on the Passion of Christ, should be able to resist his love. </span></div></div></li></ul><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily this evening.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In English:</span></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xHM7EJEyVkqOER1fksin_km4EopnUUNP/view?usp=drivesdk<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dmAi9DoARoExAT3b06RdqHWJjtdyjIGQ/view?usp=drivesdk<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><a href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />You can watch the weekend Masses and listen to my Sunday homilies on YouTube:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />SJA YouTube<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><a href="https://bit.ly/SJAParishVancouver" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/SJAParishVancouver</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br /></span></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-80834416565792677862023-03-28T22:27:00.002-07:002023-03-28T22:27:12.567-07:00St. Bonaventure's Primacy of Love (Prayer Group Talk)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvFFHXaDFk6eIpxU4v5Wmqgn_NpwnjWxh2iQSfdpu3dzZScagGiBlZhB9evRjJvH2IdQfX-4DQv23ppa_RY4F9TQC6lVgdGuzqdbx28TZZz3erz38dMcHrMhl1MSBDk2EDNq_Ambr938jg5PyKt5Y4QRC6nAezQtL9vrTXiYKy_4ex_PLBEq94VIf9Q/s353/2ed0f92186c963a528e196d62f145e6d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="229" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirvFFHXaDFk6eIpxU4v5Wmqgn_NpwnjWxh2iQSfdpu3dzZScagGiBlZhB9evRjJvH2IdQfX-4DQv23ppa_RY4F9TQC6lVgdGuzqdbx28TZZz3erz38dMcHrMhl1MSBDk2EDNq_Ambr938jg5PyKt5Y4QRC6nAezQtL9vrTXiYKy_4ex_PLBEq94VIf9Q/s320/2ed0f92186c963a528e196d62f145e6d.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">For more information on Father Anthony's Fatima Prayer Group please visit:</span></div><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://fatheranthonyho.wordpress.com/prayer-groups/</a></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div><p><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings of our talk on <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. Bonaventure's Primacy of Love.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />I would like to invite those who were not able to join and those who want to review the talks to listen to the audio recordings:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, March 27, 2022): </span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/15tJvzQ1yq48NAu7mnm_mnpU-GHJCDXp7/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/15tJvzQ1yq48NAu7mnm_mnpU-GHJCDXp7/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, March 26, 2022):</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rz12xDpcWpCtUW2ec6yJFno3fwST5rB4/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rz12xDpcWpCtUW2ec6yJFno3fwST5rB4/view?usp=drivesdk</a></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">During the General Audience on March 17, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI pointed put the many similarities between St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure. The Holy Father said, “Both scrutinized the mysteries of Revelation, making the most of the resources of human reason, in the fruitful dialogue between faith and reason that characterized the Christian Middle Ages, making it a time of great intellectual vigour, as well as of faith and ecclesial renewal, which is often not sufficiently emphasized. Other similarities link them: Both Bonaventure, a Franciscan, and Thomas, a Dominican, belonged to the Mendicant Orders which, with their spiritual freshness... renewed the whole Church in the 13th century and attracted many followers. They both served the Church with diligence, passion and love, to the point that they were invited to take part in the Ecumenical Council of Lyons in 1274, the very same year in which they died; Thomas while he was on his way to Lyons, Bonaventure while the Council was taking place.”</span></b></p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">The Holy Father went on to point out the difference between the two saints. St. Thomas emphasized the primacy of knowledge in theology. We must know God and then to act in accordance with God.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />According to St. Bonaventure, “wisdom seeks contemplation (as the highest form of knowledge), and has as its intention that we become good, especially this: to become good.” The saint added: “faith is in the intellect, in such a way that it provokes affection. For example: the knowledge that Christ died ‘for us’ does not remain knowledge but necessarily becomes affection, love.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />One day, St. Thomas Aquinas visited St. Bonaventure and asked him in what books he had learned his sacred science. Bonaventure pointed to the crucifix and said, “This is the source of all my knowledge. I study only Jesus Christ, and him crucified.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Benedict XVI said, “St Thomas and St Bonaventure define the human being’s final goal, his complete happiness in different ways. For St Thomas the supreme end, to which our desire is directed is: to see God. In this simple act of seeing God all problems are solved: we are happy, nothing else is necessary.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Instead, for St Bonaventure the ultimate destiny of the human being is to love God, to encounter him and to be united in his and our love. For him this is the most satisfactory definition of our happiness.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Along these lines we could also say that the loftiest category for St Thomas is the true, whereas for St Bonaventure it is the good. It would be mistaken to see a contradiction in these two answers. For both of them the true is also the good, and the good is also the true; to see God is to love and to love is to see. Hence it was a question of their different interpretation of a fundamentally shared vision. Both emphases have given shape to different traditions and different spiritualities and have thus shown the fruitfulness of the faith: one, in the diversity of its expressions.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />God is Truth and God is Love. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “He is the Truth, for ‘God is light and in him there is no darkness’; ‘God is love,’ as the apostle John teaches.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />A traditional catechism states: “To gain the happiness of heaven we must know, love, and serve God in this world.” The sequence is: know, love, and serve. We cannot love someone deeply unless we know the person. And service springs from love. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Benedict XVI pointed out that for St. Bonaventure, “love goes beyond reason, it sees further, it enters more profoundly into God’s mystery.” Hence the saint wrote, “If you seek in what manner these things occur (that is, the ascent towards God) interrogate grace, not doctrine, desire, not understanding; the groan of praying, not the study of reading … not light, but the fire totally inflaming, transferring one into God”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />According to St. Bonaventure, true and good theology does not prompt by intellectual pride but is motivated by love. “One who loves wants to know his beloved better and better”. </span></b></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-30744837734450291172023-03-25T23:58:00.006-07:002023-03-25T23:58:54.864-07:00Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGIGLGJLriwuZT0_OjgtC6Xfdf4Uuzpa8J_aIN9euceZIdCCEoY9AkP0Rsu1g7ybhp-br5og8rcSPe01dnBCKbQkyqaPcwLMhf1dr5vJOGAA9x4eWfABJcw1Dcu2F9d7SI__4r6c3ifdKBTmxPZ9k3YI3CeiWMp3BI4R46hpJBm3ASMTg2Bg6NjYtTA/s739/0ce99f2e9f58274707566f3188c0fdec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="473" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGIGLGJLriwuZT0_OjgtC6Xfdf4Uuzpa8J_aIN9euceZIdCCEoY9AkP0Rsu1g7ybhp-br5og8rcSPe01dnBCKbQkyqaPcwLMhf1dr5vJOGAA9x4eWfABJcw1Dcu2F9d7SI__4r6c3ifdKBTmxPZ9k3YI3CeiWMp3BI4R46hpJBm3ASMTg2Bg6NjYtTA/s320/0ce99f2e9f58274707566f3188c0fdec.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Here are the main points of my homily this evening (March 25, 2023):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Our future must be determined by faith in Jesus and not governed by the certainty of death.</span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">When God makes a saint out of a sinner, or makes a greater saint out of a lesser one that is an even greater deed than raising a dead body and creating the universe out of nothing, becuase a dead body and nothingness have no power to resist his word, but a human soul has free will and it can hold back.</span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God delays answering our prayers. God answers all prayers. But his timing is better than ours. We want instant answers, and they are not usually what is best for us. In his wisdom God knows this, knows that in the end it will work out better for us and for those we pray for if he uses his power in his time, not ours.</span></li></ul><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily this evening.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In English:</span></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q20WLcWF38w1jfny879v9VZT-loQupIJ/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1679900101280000&usg=AOvVaw1xm-ja3W3XKl6U39eaK07Z" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q20WLcWF38w1jfny879v9VZT-loQupIJ/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q20WLcWF38w1jfny879v9VZT-loQupIJ/view?usp=drivesdk</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ysI21XXwnlYRv7eFbThJFfXoHfNaudIn/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1679900101280000&usg=AOvVaw0gokzdFm36nYgOguG_YLxV" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ysI21XXwnlYRv7eFbThJFfXoHfNaudIn/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ysI21XXwnlYRv7eFbThJFfXoHfNaudIn/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://bit.ly/sunmass23&source=gmail&ust=1679900101280000&usg=AOvVaw1azwJMn4kN89j36KKFY-wX" href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />You can watch the weekend Masses and listen to my Sunday homilies on YouTube:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />SJA YouTube<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://bit.ly/SJAParishVancouver&source=gmail&ust=1679900101280000&usg=AOvVaw1I0tvnQsTUhQs4cYjyYjaV" href="https://bit.ly/SJAParishVancouver" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/SJAParishVancouver</a></span></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-82542215544667801932023-03-21T14:55:00.004-07:002023-03-21T14:55:49.007-07:00The Theology of History in St. Bonaventure (Prayer Group Talk)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUXnHhQy6oZl3eQDVungKaFz1CbXbFHRhnfgxrrb04FiVOsX9O5X4dDe3Tj1LYtQJt9aEA8KcmfsYP1qTXEXu4THyNltnYNzQBK8-HAp6tzkW3HKrivdRaRBf2SHaQ1zYBRM-4LugEoJWFlzgspbNCzmfT0fFTVNPpSGgNoQ3T4W6n7pVISceC-_xhQ/s320/Our%20Lady%20&%20Popes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="186" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUXnHhQy6oZl3eQDVungKaFz1CbXbFHRhnfgxrrb04FiVOsX9O5X4dDe3Tj1LYtQJt9aEA8KcmfsYP1qTXEXu4THyNltnYNzQBK8-HAp6tzkW3HKrivdRaRBf2SHaQ1zYBRM-4LugEoJWFlzgspbNCzmfT0fFTVNPpSGgNoQ3T4W6n7pVISceC-_xhQ/s1600/Our%20Lady%20&%20Popes.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">For more information on Father Anthony's Fatima Prayer Group please visit:</span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Dear brothers and sisters,<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio recordings of our talk on <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">The Theology of History in</b> <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">St. </b><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Bonaventure</b><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />I would like to invite those who were not able to join and those who want to review the talks to listen to the audio recordings:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />In English (recorded on Monday, March 20, 2022): <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-wvYaDzs5et4A769rT361T3lkssEHfkA/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-wvYaDzs5et4A769rT361T3lkssEHfkA/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese (recorded on Sunday, March 19, 2022):<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d0EORYHlMQEOLMaBjxeIN9_p07-CAhyZ/view?usp=drivesdk">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d0EORYHlMQEOLMaBjxeIN9_p07-CAhyZ/view?usp=drivesdk</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can review our past prayer meetings on my blog:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://fatheranthonyho.blogspot.com/</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />____<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are some highlights of our last prayer group talk.</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In the 13th century, the erroneous views on salvation history threatened to tear the Franciscan Order apart. Benedict XVI described the crisis: “In St Bonaventure’s day a trend among the Friars Minor known as the ‘Spirituals’ held that St Francis had ushered in a totally new phase in history and that the ‘eternal Gospel’, of which Revelation speaks, had come to replace the New Testament. This group declared that the Church had now fulfilled her role in history. They said that she had been replaced by a charismatic community of free men guided from within by the Spirit, namely the ‘Spiritual Franciscans’. This group’s ideas were based on the writings of a Cistercian Abbot, Joachim of Fiore, who died in 1202. In his works he affirmed a Trinitarian rhythm in history. He considered the Old Testament as the age of the Father, followed by the time of the Son, the time of the Church. The third age was to be awaited, that of the Holy Spirit. The whole of history was thus interpreted as a history of progress: from the severity of the Old Testament to the relative freedom of the time of the Son, in the Church, to the full freedom of the Sons of God in the period of the Holy Spirit. This, finally, was also to be the period of peace among mankind, of the reconciliation of peoples and of religions. Joachim of Fiore had awakened the hope that the new age would stem from a new form of monasticism.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />As Minister General of the Order, Bonaventure studied the erroneous teachings of Joachim of Fiore and responded by setting down a correct view of the theology of history.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Benedict XVI summed up Bonaventure’s view in the following points:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />“1. St Bonaventure rejected the idea of the Trinitarian rhythm of history. God is one for all history and is not tritheistic. Hence history is one, even if it is a journey and, according to St Bonaventure, a journey of progress.”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />“2. Jesus Christ is God’s last word in him God said all, giving and expressing himself. More than himself, God cannot express or give. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Father and of the Son. Christ himself says of the Holy Spirit: 'He will bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you' (Jn 14:26), and 'he will take what is mine and declare it to you' (Jn 16:15). Thus there is no loftier Gospel, there is no other Church to await. Therefore the Order of St Francis too must fit into this Church, into her faith and into her hierarchical order.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />“3. This does not mean that the Church is stationary, fixed in the past, or that there can be no newness within her. 'Opera Christi non deficiunt, sed proficiunt': Christ’s works do not go backwards, they do not fail but progress, the Saint said in his letter De Tribus Quaestionibus. ”<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Benedict XVI pointed out some erroneous views in modern times: “Today too there are views that see the entire history of the Church in the second millennium as a gradual decline. Some see this decline as having already begun immediately after the New Testament. In fact, ‘Christ’s works do not go backwards but forwards’. What would the Church be without the new spirituality of the Cistercians, the Franciscans and the Dominicans, the spirituality of St Teresa of Avila and St John of the Cross and so forth?.... And while this idea of decline is repeated, another idea, this ‘spiritualistic utopianism’ is also reiterated. Indeed, we know that after the Second Vatican Council some were convinced that everything was new, that there was a different Church, that the pre-Conciliar Church was finished and that we had another, totally ‘other’ Church an anarchic utopianism! And thanks be to God the wise helmsmen of the Barque of St Peter, Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II, on the one hand defended the newness of the Council, and on the other, defended the oneness and continuity of the Church, which is always a Church of sinners and always a place of grace.”</span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">"4. In this regard, St Bonaventure, as Minister General of the Franciscans, took a line of government which showed clearly that the new Order could not, as a community, live at the same “eschatological height” as St Francis, in whom he saw the future world anticipated, but guided at the same time by healthy realism and by spiritual courage he had to come as close as possible to the maximum realization of the Sermon on the Mount, which for St Francis was the rule, but nevertheless bearing in mind the limitations of the human being who is marked by original sin."<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />Benedict XVI described the style of leadership of Bonaventure: “For St Bonaventure governing was not merely action but above all was thinking and praying. At the root of his government we always find prayer and thought; all his decisions are the result of reflection, of thought illumined by prayer.” <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">The Holy Father said: </span></b></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">The last words of St Bonaventure’s Itinerarium, which respond to the question of how it is possible to reach this mystical communion with God, should be made to sink to the depths of the heart: “If you should wish to know how these things come about, (the mystical communion with God) question grace, not instruction; desire, not intellect; the cry of prayer, not pursuit of study; the spouse, not the teacher; God, not man; darkness, not clarity; not light, but the fire that inflames all and transports to God with fullest unction and burning affection.… Let us then … pass over into darkness; let us impose silence on cares, concupiscence, and phantasms; let us pass over with the Crucified Christ from this world to the Father, so that when the Father is shown to us we may say with Philip, ‘It is enough for me’ ”</span></b></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">___<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God bless,</span></p><p style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Father Anthony</span></p></div></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3271492168075210766.post-30582600787012625022023-03-18T20:37:00.000-07:002023-03-18T20:37:06.512-07:00Homily for the 4 Sunday of Lent<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUQy_obthopmAy0Yzbvj3T6hdcN5sU-3kg8yGDR1Y6LVuc0jMLYaR54S3MDef-YUTmgGejPhQXM9GLuTvF7nu9FfoYBFka1WgrH1YCjcgPp8UbItvkH03rRBZrRU3VCMp_31xxYwiYz-U0h5EzWxsBTOJ9uv1ZdF-Zl26E5241B8tFcQQv75ZGGHrbQ/s400/12a07987caef99656db45d9cccd4e4f2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUQy_obthopmAy0Yzbvj3T6hdcN5sU-3kg8yGDR1Y6LVuc0jMLYaR54S3MDef-YUTmgGejPhQXM9GLuTvF7nu9FfoYBFka1WgrH1YCjcgPp8UbItvkH03rRBZrRU3VCMp_31xxYwiYz-U0h5EzWxsBTOJ9uv1ZdF-Zl26E5241B8tFcQQv75ZGGHrbQ/s320/12a07987caef99656db45d9cccd4e4f2.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;">Here are some highlights of my homily this evening (March 18, 2023):</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">The Gospel tells us that the man was blind from birth. Actually the Greek text says that he was blind from his “genesis”. That has a double meaning of both birth and creation. Jesus comes to establish a new creation, a new Genesis, and He does it through touching the man’s eyes with mud and having him wash in the waters of Siloam, which means the “Sent One”. These are all images of the Sacrament of Baptism.</span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"> Love and truth go together because the ultimate truth is that God is love. And sin and spiritual blindness go together too. <br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Catherine of Siena saw how God is supreme eternal Goodness, and how through love alone he created us and redeemed us with the blood of his Son. It is with this very love that he gives what he gives and permits. Trials and consolations and all other things are given for love and to provide for our salvation, and for no other purpose. </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God the Father told St. Catherine: “They are blinded, as it were, by their selfish self-centeredness, taking scandal with great impatience. These people judge as bad and hateful and for their harm and destruction what I do in love for their own good, to deliver them from eternal suffering and to win for them and give them eternal life.</span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Light naturally signifies or symbolizes truth, knowledge, understanding, wisdom.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Just as the opposite of love is indifference, the opposite of honesty and light and truth is not usually outright, deliberate lies but indifference, sleepiness, comfortable vagueness, shadows.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">If you can’t believe it when you are face to face with Christ, the light of the world; if you can’t believe it when you know you are about to die and meet God and you can’t escape the light of truth, and you have to be totally honest—then don’t believe it now, or ever.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div></li><li style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">God the Father told St. Catherine: “Know that on the final judgment day the Word my Son will come in my divine majesty to reprove the world with divine power.... His glance will be such a torment and terror to the damned that words could not describe it. But for the just it will be a cause for reverent fear and great rejoicing. Not that his face will change—for he is one with my divine nature and therefore unchangeable, and even in his human nature his face is unchangeable since it has taken on the glory of his resurrection. But it will seem so to the eyes of the damned. For they will see him with their terribly darkened vision. A healthy eye looks at the sun and sees light. But a sick eye sees nothing but darkness when it looks into such lightsomeness—and it is no fault of the light that it seems so different to the two; the fault is in the sick eye. So the damned see my Son in darkness, confusion, and hatred, not through any fault of my divine Majesty with which he comes to judge the world, but through their own fault.”</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div></li></ul><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">Below are the audio links to my homily this evening.<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In English:</span></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LSR03c0WRLZRX9CKqtAbThHu9fUGhfMa/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1679283343946000&usg=AOvVaw2vYpnML4pMAgVWkwwwByui" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LSR03c0WRLZRX9CKqtAbThHu9fUGhfMa/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LSR03c0WRLZRX9CKqtAbThHu9fUGhfMa/view?usp=drivesdk</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; white-space: normal;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">In Cantonese:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k6pRTBhYVQWH1hJxwv_RGKyE56eHuasB/view?usp%3Ddrivesdk&source=gmail&ust=1679283343946000&usg=AOvVaw3NDwl0FUNizN8F_vvcVVT9" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k6pRTBhYVQWH1hJxwv_RGKyE56eHuasB/view?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k6pRTBhYVQWH1hJxwv_RGKyE56eHuasB/view?usp=drivesdk</a></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: large;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can access my recordings on this site (view files according to "Last modified" instead of "Name" might be easier to locate files):</span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://bit.ly/sunmass23&source=gmail&ust=1679283343946000&usg=AOvVaw1vVxx4UiiAgYVYDktjq8Bb" href="https://bit.ly/sunmass23" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sunmass23</a><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-size: medium;">You can watch the weekend Masses and listen to my Sunday homilies on YouTube:<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" />SJA YouTube<br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://bit.ly/SJAParishVancouver&source=gmail&ust=1679283343946000&usg=AOvVaw2jwSZVrVKXC52DAzqhckkh" href="https://bit.ly/SJAParishVancouver" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: #1a73e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/SJAParishVancouver</a></span></div></div>fatheranthonyhohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13689040393898400630noreply@blogger.com