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(2016) 'We must be Easter people'

‘If we live like dead people, then other people will never find the Risen Lord. We must be Easter people… even when it becomes so obvious that everything is becoming worse and worse.’

Good Friday 2016

Jesus crucified an example of unconditional act of faith KOTA KINABALU: In the wee hours of Good Friday, Sabahans had some respite from the prolonged El Nino as light shower came down from the heavens. With the skyline clear of smog, St Simon Church Likas was filled with eager churchgoers – filling up the mainContinueContinue reading “Good Friday 2016”

Holy Thursday 2016

Eucharist a ‘family affair’: Rector in historic washing of feet of six married couples KOTA KINABALU: The Holy Thursday service at the St Simon Church Likas parish saw a historic washing of feet ceremony that for the first time included women on March 24. Recently Pope Francis allowed the option to include women in the ceremony, parishContinueContinue reading “Holy Thursday 2016”

Palm Sunday 2016

‘We have raised our palms high to proclaim Jesus our personal Lord and Saviour’ KOTA KINABALU: The parish community began the Holy Week with the celebration of Palm (Passion) Sunday which saw the Morning Mass churchgoers congregating at the hall ahead of the procession into the main Church. In his brief homily, the rector Fr Cosmas LeeContinueContinue reading “Palm Sunday 2016”

Lenten reflection: Week 5

‘Jesus is the resurrection and the life’ “MY dear elect, brothers and sisters in the Lord, Scripture says ‘our life is over like a breath’… Our life lasts for 70 years, and 80 for those who are strong. In the last month or two, so many of our senior parishioners, the blue blood parishioners ofContinueContinue reading “Lenten reflection: Week 5”

Session with readers & commentators

Holy Week: Fr Cosmas gives practice session to readers Contributed by Gerry Benjamin IT is not often that we, Readers and Commentators of this parish, have an opportunity to meet as a group. However, at the initiative of our Rector Father Cosmas Lee and PPC member Cecilia Funk, we met not just to rehearse forContinueContinue reading “Session with readers & commentators”

Outreach visit to Tuaran

THE parish Pastoral Care Ministry’s outreach team visited the Tolumis Care Centre in Tuaran in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration on Feb 20. The trip was part of an ongoing visit to the centre by the dedicated group led by its leader Vera Chin.

Lenten reflection: Week 4

‘We walk by faith, not by sight’ “NOW the Gospel story is pretty straight forward. There’s a climax to the story – and it comes when the man makes the profession of faith in Jesus. So very simply, his journey is from blindness to sight; from darkness to light – symbolising the journey from unbeliefContinueContinue reading “Lenten reflection: Week 4”

Lenten reflection: Week 3

‘We are thirsty for God’ ‘BROTHERS and sisters in the Lord, This is the eighth time I am preaching at St Simon (Church Likas) on the Third Sunday of Lent, preaching on the same readings, preaching on the Samaritan woman. The common reaction to something that is repeated regularly: Is there something new? Does it haveContinueContinue reading “Lenten reflection: Week 3”

Red Mass 2016

Archbishop to lawyers: The sun shines on the good and bad KOTA KINABALU: Some 70 members of the Catholic legal fraternity heard about two sides of justice at the fifth annual Red Mass on Saturday (Feb 20). The Mass, held at the St Simon Catholic Church Likas, was presided by Archbishop John Wong and concelebratedContinueContinue reading “Red Mass 2016”