Fr. Alphonse Aung Ko Latt, parish priest of St. Francis Xavier Parish, acknowledged the challenges, noting that the church and Marian Shrine had sustained damage in an earthquake and required repairs.
The Cross is not a sign of defeat, but the ultimate expression of a divine love so profound it willingly embraces utter humiliation for our sake.
The overwhelming mercy of Christ that saves us, and the call to build a life that radiates that mercy in return.
The Word of God today speaks directly into our personal history, offering us the healing gaze of Divine Mercy and the gentle, firm call to allow that mercy to transform us from the inside out.
Bishop Henry Eikhlein issued a direct call to the young generation, urging them to embrace the future by following the example of missionaries who “sowed the seeds of faith, often at the cost of their very lives.”
Jesus commands us to love not only our neighbors but our enemies. He calls us to a love that is proactive, not reactive: “Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”
We are invited to nothing less than a complete reorientation of our lives—to shift our gaze from the temporary to the eternal, from the earthly to the heavenly.
Myanmar Cardinal delivered a message of steadfast resilience. “Myanmar, the Lord is with you. Mothers of Myanmar, the Lord is with you. Families of Myanmar, the Lord is with you,” he asserted. “This is your strength, your dignity, your hope.”
We lack nothing! In Him, we have been brought to fullness.
For the birth of Mary is the first glimmer of the rising sun, the sure and certain promise that the long night of waiting is almost over and that the Light of the World is on His way.
