Faith, prayer, and service (Fides, Ora, et Labora)

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You man of little faith, why are you afraid? (Add : ‘That’s why you’re sinking!’), as Jesus said to Peter when He appeared to the disciples in the storm, as the disciples feared they would sink, and Peter sank while he attempted to reach to the Lord on the water.

That’s why, keep your faith strong! Prayers, service, and love for God and our fellow men, but most importantly, before we go out and serve others, make sure that our prayer life is good and strong. There is no Ora et Labora without the Ora, and without the Ora ‘prayer’, our service is meaningless, since we then tend to associate our actions with ourselves, becoming object of self glorification rather than give glory to God, even if we are doing good things to others.

Appreciate the beauty of prayer and worship, and seek out to learn more about our worship, our Mass, from your priests, or any qualified liturgists around, who can help all of us understand about how beauty of the liturgy of the Mass can bring heaven closer to earth, and bring God’s divine glory closer to us, unworthy men.

In our worship we bring glory to God, and we profess the glory of the Risen Lord, victorious and triumphant, and in service, we bring glory to God, the humble and suffering Lord, who through His death on the cross, brought the ultimate service and love to all.

Non nobis, Domine, sed Nomini tuo da gloriam – Not to us, o Lord, but to You, we give glory.

Yours in Christ,

Ut Omnes Unum Sint, ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam
(That they all may be One, for the greater glory of God)
+Peter Canisius Michael David C. Kang
Servus Servorum Dei

For the Victims at Boston and Victims of Hatred, Violence, and Injustice throughout the world

My prayers and love go to those who were hurt in Boston, and not only them, but also to all those around the world, suffering from daily persecution and daily injustice. May God protect them, and bless them with strength, and heal them.

We pray also for all those who had caused pain and suffering upon others, including those who caused the Boston explosion, and those who persecuted others. We forgive them for their faults, and welcome them with open hands, with the love of God, that they will come and see the truth and the light, that they will persecute others no more, that they will cause no more pain upon others, but walk in the light of God.

Spend some time to pray for the North Koreans as well, who had been suffering for the past six decades and more from repudiation of their basic rights in the name of ideology and hatred.

Monsignor Francis Hong Yong-Ho, pray for your people, and pray for us too.

86th Anniversary of His Holiness, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (16 April 1927 – present)

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I would like to convey to our Pope Emeritus, a very happy and blessed 86th anniversary today, and may God bless him and protect him all the days of his life. Ad multos annos, Your Holiness!

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You will always be our great and beloved Pope, and we will always pray for you. Thank you for reawakening in all of us the love for God through your efforts to beautify the liturgy and the Mass, and to love all men through service.

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