Fr. Dominic Thawm Hlei Hnin reminded the congregation of the core Christian belief that “We are the temple of God,” urging them to remain steadfast in their faith and to bear witness to Christ through their daily lives and actions.
The Kingdom of God is not a matter of external observation, but a hidden reality of grace already active among us, and the key to perceiving it is the gift of Divine Wisdom.
The Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood was officially inaugurated at Mary Land parish in the Diocese of Pathein during a special Mass held on Sunday, November 9, 2025.
Power is not a right for personal gain, but a sacred trust to be exercised with holiness and justice, for “the Holy One knows all your thoughts.”
“When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’”
“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”
The Word of God today speaks a powerful, counter-cultural word of hope. It is not a naive optimism, but a hope forged in the fires of persecution and grounded in the very nature of the living God—a hope that assures us our suffering is not meaningless and our end is not the grave.
“A human being is like a clock,” Bishop John Mung Ngawn La Sam said, reflecting on life’s fragility. “It keeps going until the battery runs down. From the moment we are born, we already carry a death sentence — for one day, we all must die.”
The Lord is not encouraging corruption, but revealing a spiritual principle. “Dishonest wealth” (or “mammon”) refers to all worldly riches, which are fleeting and often tempt us to dishonesty.
“The seed that begins in humility is meant to become a great tree,” His Eminence Cardinal Charles Bo, SDB, of Yangon Archdiocese, proclaimed, emphasizing the importance of unity among missionaries.
