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Sep 6: Be Opened Spiritual deafness remains a serious disease in the world and it is spreading among many Christians. Chinese text

August 30: The Law of Freedom
The new law fulfills, purifies, exceeds and improves the old law      Chinese text

August 23: Grumbling or Faith: choose today
The Church has no right to come out with new doctrines to please the world.      Chinese text 

August 16: True Food and True Drink
By eating this food with faith and love, we are being united to Christ and transformed into Him. St. Thomas Aquinas said that this food is capable "of making us divine and inebriating us with divinity".    Chinese text

August 2: Food that gives life
Enjoying material things, people are not aware of spiritual food. Yet this food possesses real power
Chinese text  

July 26: Not that kind of king
When you stop asking for signs  and stop searching for worldly wisdom, then you are ready to follow Christ crucified, the wisdom and the power of God        Chinese text 

July 19: The Great Shepherd of the Sheep
The time without a shepherd has come to an end. Like the people from today’s Gospel, we have found the true shepherd      Chinese text 

July 12: Come to your senses
Lawmakers legalize sinfulness. God demands conversion.     Chinese text 

July 5: More than you know
We see Catholics either indifferent or hostile to their own Church and her teaching. Shallow knowledge or familiarity blind to the truth.          Chinese text  

June 28: Where to find Jesus
Like Jairus, we come to our Lord, present in the sacraments, with faith, and it is this faith that brings miracles to our lives.
Chinese text 

June 21: Adventure of Faith A life of faith is like a trip across the sea of Galilee.
You never know when a storm will hit.         Chinese text 

June 14: Walk by faith, not by sight
How to be aware of the sun in the midst of the stormy weather? The sun is always here shining, the storm lasts but for a moment. How to be aware of the presence of the Son in the midst of dark moments of life?     Chinese text   

June 7: Eucharistic Christians  
We can engrave the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone, but not on our hearts. More than the blood of bulls is needed to transform a human heart.     Chinese text 

May 31: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
The Holy Trinity is One God and there is no other. Therefore, we shall be grateful for the Spirit of adoption, love our Heavenly Daddy, and live up to our new identity of being brothers and sisters of Christ, the Lord         Chinese text  

May 24: The Paraclete       Chinese text   
Without the Holy Spirit all our efforts are pointless, without His guidance our mission will not succeed    

May 17:   Mark 17
Today it is our turn to go forth everywhere and preach the message. It is here that the 17th chapter of the Gospel of Mark begins. This chapter is being written by us, the twenty-first century Christians     Chinese text  

May 10: From Friendly Relationship to Selfless Love
"Love one another as I have loved you" is the main homework Jesus has left us to do. Its completion will determine where we spend eternity           Chinese text

May 3: The Vine and the Branches
It took Mary, the daughter of John, nine months to set her father free from his addiction to drinking. The method was so simple that till now few people believe that it truly happened   Chinese text 

April 26: We are God's children
St. Therese of the Child of Jesus left us this parable: Think of a little child that is learning to stand but does not yet know how to walk        Chinese text 

April 19: Now is the time for turning
Now is the time for turning. Let us hear the call of Peter to repentance and turn back to a holy way of living. Let us firmly believe in the authority of Christ who alone can blot out all our sins and raise us up to new life.   Chinese text  

April 12: The Quality of Mercy
The quality of mercy practiced by Christ's believers has always contributed to the steadfast growth of Christian faith in the world   
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April 5: You will see him there 
 Each of us has his or her own Jerusalem. It is the site of our bitter cry "my God, why have you forgotten me", the site of our defeat. We do not like to go there. We would rather spend our days in Galilee where success follows success.        Chinese text  

March 29: The Centurion's Faith 
Jesus is confessed as the Son of God at the moment of his tragic death. Not at his highest but at his lowest, his true identity shines to those who have eyes to see.          Chinese text

March 22: Drawing to Himself
When the ruler of this world heard the news that the Son of God came to this world he could not believe it. In his rage, he annihilated the messengers of the news. For days no demon dared to approach him.   Chinese text 

March 15: Whoever believes 
"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life". God, rich in His mercy, offers us His Son as the way to life and light.   Chinese text

March 8: God's Dwelling Place
We are God's temple, God's dwelling place on earth. The crucified and risen Christ is our power and wisdom. Even if the world threatens us and tries to destroy us, we do not waver, because we believe that the cross leads to resurrection.
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March 1: God's Love
We have a lot to learn from Abraham and a lot more to learn about God. The action of Abraham proved his trust. The Cross reveals God's love for us   (Chinese text)

Feb 22: The medicine for our wayward heart 
The time has come to make a decision. We can come to our senses and experience the joy of reunion with our Creator and Savior, or miss the chance and regret it for life  (Chinese text)

Feb 15: Jesus and the leper
The Law of Moses stated: “Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening”. And yet, moved with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the unclean leper 
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Feb 8: Not a Drudgery but a Miracle
We are being recreated.  Loved, forgiven and healed, we carry His wholeness-giving word to the world. Let those around us realise that life is not a drudgery but a miracle.   (Chinese text)

Feb 1: Setting people free
Our sermons succeed in putting demons to sleep. Greed, corruption, lust, envy, jealousy, desire for power and money fill our hearts. Yet  no preacher dares to shake the ground under our feet. We are not afraid of hell and do not long for heaven. All is grey, all is dull. There is no spark of passion for sharing the Gospel within us. Yet the world outside longs for its power

Jan 25: The power of repentance
A sincere "sorry" combined with a change in life-style can do wonders for a strained relationship

Jan 18: Serving the Lord without knowing him
Unfortunately our churches are filled with people who never heard a word from God

Jan 11: The meaning of John's Baptism

Jan 4: Who do you worship?
The priests knew the Scripture well, but they did not go with the Magi to pay homage to Jesus