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Recollection by Fr Simon Yong

‘God, free me from all my misconceptions of you as God’

Contributed by Vera Chin THE outreach team from the Ministry for Pastoral Care visited the Sabah Cheshire Home, a home for the disabled, in Likas, on April 16. Several Neophytes also took part in the visit. Rice and other essential items were contributed to the home after which the visitors had a fellowship brunch withContinueContinue reading “Outreach visit”

(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”

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”

Holy Week Schedule 2016

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”