
The joy of Easter continues to unfold, and today the Church gives us two encounters with the transforming power of the Resurrection.

The stone is rolled away, the tomb is empty, and the world has been turned upside down.

The long vigil of Holy Saturday has given way to the dawn of the Resurrection.

More than one hundred priests of the Archdiocese of Yangon gathered at St. Mary’s Cathedral on Holy Thursday morning, April 2, to celebrate the Chrism Mass and renew their priestly vows before His Eminence Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon Archdiocese.

This is the night! This is the night when darkness yields to light, when death is swallowed up in victory, when the ancient story of God's saving love reaches its climax.

We gather not around a table, but before a cross.

Jesus gives us three inseparable gifts: the gift of the priesthood, the gift of the Eucharist, and the gift of humble service.

Today, we are forced to look upon two faces: the face of betrayal, and the face of perfect trust.

On this solemn evening, the Word of God presents us with a profound contrast: the eternal, faithful call of God, and the fragile, faltering response of humanity.

The Episcopal handover ceremony and Chrism Mass of the Hpa-An Diocese took place at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral on March 28, marking the official transfer of pastoral authority from Bishop Justin Saw Min Theid to Bishop Stanislaus Min Ko.