Tag Archives: 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”

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”

Lenten reflection: Week 2

‘The greatest of all mysteries is the mystery of Jesus Christ’ “AS Catholic Christians, there is a word that we must understand. That word is ‘mystery’. It is mentioned in every Mass; it is a very important word to St Paul in all his letters; it is a word we find in all Church prayers -ContinueContinue reading “Lenten reflection: Week 2”

Lenten reflection: Week 1

Jesus is Lord – the Lord of Mercy During the Lenten season in the Jubilee Year of Mercy, the St Simon Church Likas rector Fr Cosmas Lee’s sermon/catechesis will be published online to help the people understand God’s mercy and the faith better. Below is his sermon: – “WHEN the committee discussed about how bestContinueContinue reading “Lenten reflection: Week 1”