Many books have been written to tell of God’s love, but it seems there is always something new to tell and more to say. God’s love is so immense that it can never be captured, it is so deep that it cannot be fathomed, it is so tender that you can only feel it with […]
As I shared last time, I was baptized at the age of fourteen in St. Lawrence’s Church. One condition set by the parish priest before my baptism was to join the Children of Mary and invite the president of the Association to be my God Mother. It was to secure my faith because I was […]
During my days with the Children of Mary , besides giving interior service to the church, there were also exciting activities and charitable work to the parishioners. I was baptized in the 60s, those days, Hong Kong had accommodated many immigrants from Mainland China. These new comers mainly belonged to the labourers’ class, leading a […]
What I always cherish in my heart was the family atmosphere I experienced in my parish–St. Lawrence Church. It was first shown through the care of our parish priest, Fr. Peter Martinelli, PIME. Fr. Peter was a tall, strong-built Italian, we needed to look up or to go two steps higher on the staircase to […]
Another good pastor in St. Lawrence Parish who has influenced my growth was Fr. Marcus Chen. When I was baptized in 1962, I hardly realised his existence. During those days, he came to our parish every weekend to help. He usually came Saturday late evening, we only saw the light in his room at the […]
How God gives young people limitless strength and enthusiasm is surprising, sometimes even hard to understand. After my baptism and giving service in the parish for several years, I entered into the age of youth (during those days one was categorized as youth at the age of seventeen, much earlier than that of today). We, […]
Young people need peer group for their growth, in the group, they confirm each other’s identity, with the support from the group, they built up their confidence and self-esteem. They learn how to cooperate with others and to respect others’ ideas. The bond of the peer group can be so strong it will last for […]
God calls each one he loves from the time when he/she was in the womb of his/her mother. God has a plan for each one of us for our good. His love for the person is infinite and his desire is to have each one in full union with him and he will do anything […]
The call of God is very mysterious, he calls one his chooses without setting criteria or condition, just out of his own choice of unconditional love. His choice is beyond understanding of human minds, not following any logic or reasoning, neither calculating the response of the one called nor the outcome of the response. Pressed […]
As the call of God became an irresistible urge in me, I could not ignore it. It was also during a retreat that the Lord set me on fire with his love, I went to see the retreat director, a Salesian Priest, Fr. Chung and told him about my love story with the Lord. He […]