This week’s episode features Mr. Cheung’s sermon during the Stations of the Cross today.

Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Today we are invited to examine our lives and how we have spent our time. What does the account of our stewardship look like? Have we been faithful stewards and safeguarding God’s creation or have we been unfaithful ones, squandering the gifts God has given to us?

In the first reading today we hear from Third Isaiah, where we hear about the Israelites coming back from Exile. They find themselves face-to-face with a Jerusalem that is no longer recognizable. A devastated land, a land that was not filled with milk and honey. Yet, God tells them to rejoice and exult! Why? How? Later we hear Jesus sending disciples into the towns and villages like sheep among wolves to proclaim the Kingdom, to be true laborers for the harvest. Join me in diving deeper into this week’s readings.

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In this Sunday’s readings, there is a common theme of “yokes.” Elisha’s yokes of oxen. St. Paul’s reference to the yoke of slavery. Jesus’ analogy of placing one’s hand on the plow and looking back. These yokes can be likened to the attachments that hold us back and keep up from following the Lord reservedly and living the life for which we have been made — freedom, true freedom. What are the “yokes” that hold us back? Let us ask the Lord to break us free from them.

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Today the Church celebrates “Corpus Christi Sunday” or the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. As Catholics we believe that the Eucharist is not simply a symbol of Jesus’s body or that it is merely a reminder of what Jesus did for us. Rather, the Eucharist, the bread and wine that has been transformed is the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Our Lord. Jesus is really and truly present in the Eucharist. Join Philip in reflecting upon this great gift.

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On this episode of the Beloved Son Ministry Show, Philip is joined by his two older sisters and they discuss faith, life, and their late father.

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Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Blessed Trinity, the great mystery of the Trinity, the mystery of Love, the mystery of God’s love for each one of us. As Catholics we believe in the Trinity, that is, there are Three Divine Persons in One God. We do not believe in three gods, but only One God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is a mystery, but not one that warrants our solving or deciphering. Rather, the mystery of the Trinity is one to be pondered and one that ought to fill us with awe. Something so incomprehensible and yet so personable. Something so divine and yet something in which we have been made partakers because God has taken on our human flesh. The Trinity is a community of love, the love with which we have been created, the love for which we have been created, and the love which makes us one, the Body of Christ, that which points us to heaven. Join Philip in reflecting upon this great mystery.

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“Peace be with you,” “As the Father has sent me, so I send you,” “Receive the Holy Spirit” are three phrases that Jesus spoke to the disciples when they were hiding behind locked doors for fear of the Jews. Yet, Jesus appeared to them and spoke with them. Weeks later, the disciples along with Mary are once again in the upper room, but not in fear or hiding, but awaiting the Holy Spirit. Join Philip in reflecting on this great solemnity.

"I am going fishing" said St. Peter, and the other disciples who were there said "We also will come with you." At this point, Jesus had appeared to the Apostles several times already. They were no longer hiding in the locked room. But instead of spreading the Good News that Jesus had risen from the dead, Peter went back to fishing. Jesus encounters Peter individually after His Resurrection, asking him three times, "Do you love me?" What might Our Lord have been doing?

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Blessed Divine Mercy Sunday! On the Second Sunday of Easter, the Church celebrates in particular the Divine Mercy of Our Lord. In the Gospel reading we hear Our Lord appearing to the disciples who were hiding behind locked doors for fear of the Jewish leaders. Jesus does not reprimand His disciples for abandoning Him in His time of need, but shows them His wounds and offers unto them, not once, not twice, but three times (signifying many times) His peace. Let us give thanks for this great gift, the gift of God Himself and His infinite mercy.

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