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Beloved Parishioners,

I wish to conclude the reflection I started last week on the Rosary and October devotion. October also shines as the month of the Holy Rosary —a devotion Pope Leo XIV calls “the heartbeat of a Church that prays.” The Rosary remains one of the simplest yet deepest ways to draw near to Christ through the eyes of His Mother.

Beloved Parishioners,

As the month of October is gradually coming to an end, I wish to share some reflections on the rosary and the origin of this beautiful prayer said in the month of October. Every October, just like this, the Church invites us to appreciate more deeply two treasures that never lose their glow—the Holy Rosary and Saint Joseph, the humble guardian of the Redeemer and protector of the Church.

Beloved Parishioners,

I continue my reflection in this forum on some doctrines which I started last week. Today I reflect on heresies and the church’s response. Every age has its peculiar fake news, counterfeits, and scams. Today, we deal with online fraud, pyramid, or ponzi schemes, and misleading headlines that spread faster than the truth.

Beloved Parishioners,

Today in this forum my intention is to touch on one of the doctrines of our faith, Jesus Christ true God, and true man. In the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, which we profess at Mass, there is a section on the Son that I want us to meditatively reflect on and it reads:

Beloved Parishioners,

Everyone can testify that truth is a beautiful yet costly treasure. The Greek philosopher Plato once observed, “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.” History and Scripture confirm this sobering reality: to stand for truth is often to stand against the tide of comfort, convenience, and compromise.

Beloved Parishioners,

Each year, in the month of June our diocese marks a joyful rhythm as it is — the season of priestly and religious ordinations. In this month in the diocese new priests are consecrated, deacons ordained. In my own country the month of July and August across the length and breadth of the country is marked by many priestly ordinations and religious professions as well.

Beloved Parishioners,

Today my reflection is centered on the cost of discipleship. Discipleships have never been cheap as you see even from last Sunday’s reading. It has never been a walk in the park. Jesus Himself declared: “If anyone wants to be my disciple, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23). Elsewhere He adds: “Anyone of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:33).

Beloved Parishioners,

I feel I need to remind us again that we are still in the context of the Jubilee Year of Hope. A Jubilee Year is a sacred reminder that we are on a journey. We are not settlers; we are pilgrims. The Church calls this year the Jubilee Year of Hope because hope is the pilgrim’s lamp — the light that keeps us walking when the road is long and the night feels deep.

Beloved Parishioners,

As we come to the end of this month my reflection in this Pastor’s Corner is centered on Faith. My prayer is that God increases our faith in him that we do not doubt his power in our lives.

“Faith is being sure about what we hope for, and certain about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1).

Beloved Parishioners,

I conclude my reflection started last week on our missionary identity. As I mentioned in last week’s Pastor’s Corner and during the Masses, beginning in September we will embark on an evangelization process in our parish.

Beloved Parishioners,

In the last two weeks I said in all the Masses that beginning from the month of September we would embark on missionary outreach and evangelization in our parish. It is a call Jesus gives everyone of us as a Christian and Catholic to step out and invite someone to come to him. This motivates the topic for today’s Pastor’s Corner.

Beloved Parishioners,

I reflect with you “who is my neighbor”. This theme appeared in Luke’s gospel passages we read a few weeks ago. In Luke 10:25–37, Jesus responds to a lawyer’s question — “Who is my neighbor?” — with one of the most unsettling and revolutionary stories in all of Scripture: the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Beloved Parishioners,

Have you ever considered that your baptism was not just a ceremony, but a consecration—a setting apart for something sacred? Today, beloved parishioners, I wish to draw our hearts to this powerful truth, namely: that we are a people consecrated to prayer. This consecration began the day we were plunged into the waters of Baptism.