2020 – Page 3 – St Simon Catholic Church Likas

Receive the Holy Spirit

Pentecost is the awesome reversal of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1-9) where tongues and peoples and nations were divided because man challenged to dethrone God from His heights…

Go and make disciples of all nations

At the Ascension, as the disciples were fixated looking at the Risen Lord being lifted up to heaven and disappearing into the clouds, they were told that Jesus would come back in the same way they saw Him going up (at the end of time).

‘He will give you another Advocate’

The God who gives us the Way, the Truth, and the Life, to whom we bear witness, is of course the HOLY SPIRIT given us by Jesus risen from the dead.

Ascension Mass (May 23/24) and day of fasting (May 14)

Archbishop John Wong issued a Pastoral Communique exhorting the faithful to join the Ascension Day livestream Mass on the weekend of May 23/24. The prelate also urged the people to unite in prayer, fasting and almsgiving on May 14 in response to Pope Francis’ call during the pandemic

How is our spiritual life in this pandemic?

Parish Pastoral Council Chairperson Anne Wong, in a May 9 statement, addressed the spiritual life of the faithful and suggested ways to keep the faith alive

‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life’

Jesus shows He knows and feels the troubles and anxieties in the depth of our heart – the terrifying fear of getting nowhere and getting lost…

‘I am the gate of the sheepfold’

The ultimate definition of a GOOD Shepherd is that He gives His own life that His sheep may have life.

‘Their eyes were opened’

From earliest times, the real presence of the Risen Lord in the Eucharist, preceded by the Word He speaks, has become the norm and rule of Christian life.

Rector thanks donors

“We are thinking particularly of the poor and needy in these most difficult times. Remember, we will never outdo the generosity of God.”

Covid-19: Votive Mass

“This Votive Mass is to pray for the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, for those dying, for all first responders and medical front-liners, for the safety of our country and the whole world.”