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Fr Swann Continues Preaching
by Fr Swann Kim
Homilies for the Catholic Communities in Lumby and Vernon Area, British Columbia, Canada
Episodes
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Why he had to go? (May 16, Ascension Sunday, 2021)
Why did Jesus leave his apostles and disciples for heaven? Did he have to? Why did Christ promise to send the Holy Spirit while he departed from the earth? Could he not stay forever to govern the Church? I think that he ascended to heaven because it was the best for his people, his Church to...
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Scripture and Tradition (May 15, Saturday before Ascension, 2021)
Today’s first reading from the Acts confirms the two deposits of Christian faith – they are the Scriptures and the Tradition. A preacher named Apollos knew the Scriptures very well. And his knowledge enabled him to speak about Jesus accurately. It is because the Old Testament is in fact a...
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Why gather to decide? (May 14, St Matthias, Apostle, 2021)
The occasion of electing the 12th apostle demonstrates a few principles of administration or decision-making in the Church. First, it is the Holy Spirit who decides and operates. Peter or the assembly of the apostles and disciples could select the 12th apostle. But they submitted their will to…
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Why all these toils? (May 13, 2021, Thursday 6th Week Eastertide)
Like the disciples in today’s gospel, we might have wonder why Jesus had to come and go and come back and go back again. Without those tiresome travelling and terrible suffering, could he not save man? Why did he take all toils of birth, suffering, death, resurrection and ascension? Indeed, God...
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Kerygma on the end of the world (May 12, 2021, Wednesday 6th Week Eastertide)
From today’s first reading, we hear St Paul’s long speech to the Athenians. But towards the end of his discourse, Paul proclaims the Christian kerygma – the brief proclamation of the key elements of the Good News. “While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people...
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How the Holy Spirit convicts the world (May 11, Tuesday 6th Week Eastertide)
“When the Holy Spirit comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgment because the ruler of this world has been…
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He opened their hearts (May 10, Monday 6th Week Eastertide, 2021)
As we listen to the first reading from the Acts, we wonder how those Gentiles opened their hearts to the gospel of Christ. But the Acts does not give much explanation except saying, “The Lord opened” their hearts. Probably that is the most precise explanation. It was not the Gentiles who opened...
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Two requirements (May 9, 2021, 6th Sunday of Eastertide)
Most Christians in our times are the Gentiles to Jewish people. The first reading of this Sunday from the Acts shows the Gentiles received the Holy Spirit. The Jewish Christians of the earliest Church did not even imagine it would happen to uncircumcised people. But before their eyes, the Holy...
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World Delights (May 8, Saturday 5th Week Eastertide, 2021)
The world will be delighted if a pastor preaches that we should strive to enjoy material success and wealth because God created all these good things for us. But if the pastor encourages people to share their riches, the world will not be so excited. And if he preaches the spirit of poverty, even...
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No one knows (May 7, 2021, Friday 5th Week Eastertide)
Christian love Jesus gave his disciples as a commandment is self-giving or life-giving sacrifice. This love goes far beyond being together with someone. Even thieves and robbers spend a lot of time together and enjoy each other’s company. But Jesus teaches us to abandon ourselves for the sake of...
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Ask for courage (May 6, St Francois de Laval, 2021)
One of the constant temptations for pastors in our times is to keep silent on moral issues, especially concerning life and family. It is not because Christ or the Church does not have clear teachings on those issues. But it is because pastors have a fear that laypeople will reject them if they...
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Still need to abide in him (May 5, 2021, Wednesday 5th Week Eastertide)
We all have heard we need to abide in Christ Jesus as branches in the vine. Branches are physically attached to a vine. Then, how do we abide in Christ Jesus? How do we draw spiritual nutrients from Christ? Of course, nothing is impossible for God. He can provide spiritual nutrition in the most...
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Bitter pill of persecution (May 4, 2021, Tuesday 5th Week of Easter)
Today’s first reading from the Acts briefly describes the second half of the missionary trip of Paul and Barnabas. Because we do not know the lands and seas of Asia Minor or the cultural details of the time, it is challenging for us to feel or understand what the apostles had to suffer during…
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Apostolic balance (May 3, 2021, Sts Philip and James, Apostles)
The Apostolic Tradition and the Bible are the two deposits of the Christian faith. These two sources of faith have authority not from any human origin but the divine. In other words, the Christian faith comes from divine revelation. When St Paul explains what Christians received from the Apostles...
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Spiritual nutrients vs Spiritual junk food
Where do we draw our daily nutrients for our souls? You probably heard these sayings: You are what you eat, You are what you read, You are what you love and so on. Because we cannot exist on our own, we need nutrients. And the kinds and qualities of nutrients have a significant influence on our...
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Poor carpenter's work was enough (May 1, 2021, St Joseph the Worker)
Only about two hundred years ago, most of the world's population was under hereditary class systems. The value of a person was determined according to his social class. We all agree that a hereditary class system is not the best way to promote human equality or dignify human labour. People wished...
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Creator before Redeemer (April 30, 2021, Friday 4th Week of Eastertide)
Recently I received a question concerning the necessity of Christ for salvation. The question was whether God gave all people to Jesus or only some people. The answer to this question may be found in the last statement of Jesus in today’s gospel from St John. “No one comes to the Father except...
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Missing half of it (April 29, 2021, Thursday 4th Week Easter)
When we think of religion, we might associate it with rituals, devotions, or moral codes. However, generally, at least, half of the religious practice is about words or scriptures. In other words, proclamation, teaching, discussion and understanding take a fundamental role in religion. All major...
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Christ is the only way (April 28, 2021, Wednesday 4th Week of Easter)
In the first reading today from the Acts, we see how Paul and Barnabas are selected for the evangelization of the Gentiles. It was the Holy Spirit who commanded evangelization. As Jesus commanded all his disciples to go out and proclaim the Good News and baptize, evangelization is a divine...
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He gathers (Tuesday 4th Week of Easter, April 27, 2021)
Leaders of the Church daily have to make judgments for practical matters of the faith. And it is not always clear to discern according to the will of the Lord. As we heard in the first reading from the Acts, the first Jewish Christians did not understand how the Gentile can receive God’s grace....
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All should ask her (Our Lady of Good Counsel, April 26, 2021)
Leaders of the Church daily have to make judgments for practical matters of the faith. And it is not always clear to discern according to the will of the Lord. As we heard in the first reading from the Acts, the first Jewish Christians did not understand how the Gentile can receive God’s grace....
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Realism of Communion (April 21, 2021, Wednesday 3rd Week Easter)
Many Christians feel that St John’s gospel is difficult because it has more theological discussions than the other three gospels. And St John uses many symbolic languages and abstract ideas. As we read in today’s gospel, the discourse of the Eucharist sounds not so much related to our daily life....
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Nature of martyrdom (April 20, 2021, Tuesday 3rd Week Easter)
John the Baptist proclaimed the coming of the Messiah. He prepared the way for Christ. But his voice and word alone did not accomplish the preparation. It was his blood that finished his witness to the Saviour. And the precursor’s martyrdom suggested the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. From…
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False accusations (April 19, 2021, Monday 3rd Week Easter)
“We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” “This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed on to us.” These are the...
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The risen body (April 18, 2021, 3rd Sunday of Easter)
Our generation thinks man can define his nature. I do not think so. However, in the sense that man shapes the state of his spirit, a man prepares his nature for the life to come. It depends on him how to build virtues or vices. And according to the last state before his death, God will judge and...
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To be with the Holy Spirit (April 17, 2021, Saturday 2nd Week Easter)
Christians wish and pray that the Holy Spirit always accompanies them. However, we do not have a simple method to tell his presence quickly. When we experience mysterious blessings, we may contribute them to the work of the Holy Spirit. But we cannot prove it. Jesus said, “The wind blows where it...
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Let the truth speak for itself (April 16, 2021, Friday 2nd Week Easter)
The episode of the council of the Jews in today’s first reading from the Acts sheds light on Christian struggles in our times here in Canada. Here in Canada, Christians or even other traditional religions are threatened to abandon religious truths and teachings, particularly about sexuality…
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A simple reminder from SJB (April 15, 2021, Thursday 2nd Week Easter)
John the Baptist gives us a simple reminder today, which is fundamental to the Christian faith. It is this: what Jesus speaks, teaches, and acts are heavenly revelation. That is, what we read in the Bible is the divine revelation. And what the apostles and disciples of Jesus received from Jesus…
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Choose salvation now (April 14, 2021, Wednesday 2nd Week Easter)
“Those who believe in him are not condemned,” Jesus says in today’s gospel of John. Immediately after this statement, Jesus continues, “but those who do not believe are condemned already.” These two statements need qualification. First, what does it mean to believe in the Son of God? Satan...
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Sharing in the Holy Spirit (April 13, 2021, Tuesday 2nd Week Easter)
Regarding today’s first reading from the Acts of the Apostles, some commentators point that the first Christian community members shared their properties because they thought the end of the world was coming soon. That is why they sold and entrusted their properties to the apostles, those...
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The book of the Holy Spirit (April 12, 2021, Monday, 2nd Week Easter)
During Eastertide, we read the Acts of the Apostles at weekday Masses. The title of the book might be misleading. The book is, in fact, about the Holy Spirit. The Acts of the Apostles describes how the Holy Spirit works through the apostles and disciples of Christ. If it were the biographic…
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Source of Peace (April 11, 2021, Divine Mercy Sunday)
When Jesus came in and stood among the disciples on the evening of his resurrection, probably not all of them immediately felt joyful. Why did they gather at the house? And why did they lock all the doors? They were fearful of the Jews who had executed their teacher. They likely gathered to…
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Communal faith of the Resurrection (April 10, 2021, Easter Saturday)
The culture of individualism affects religion. People tend to think religion is a personal, private, and individual choice. Religious practices become more and more individual instead of communal. We can hardly see any communal religious expressions such as processions or religious festivals....
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He still gathers and nourishes (April 9, 2021, Easter Friday)
The Latin word for the Church is Ecclesia. And this word ecclesia has the meaning of ‘gathering of the summoned’. As well shown in her name, one essence of the Church is the gathering of the faithful. It is well demonstrated in the book of Exodus. God called the people of Israel out of Egypt to...
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Heaven and Resurrection (April 8, 2021, Easter Thursday)
It seems almost natural for man to believe in an afterlife. And no one is offended when they hear heaven. I have never seen people arguing about heaven. People use their imagination for heaven. And they fill their heaven with good things. Everyone is happy there. No one is against happy heaven.…
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Before you read the Bible (April 7, 2021, Easter Wednesday)
It is always beneficial to read and study the Bible. But it is prudent to know our purpose of reading it before we begin. The answer is in the Bible. As Jesus speaks to the two disciples on the way to Emmaus, he teaches us the whole Scripture is about himself. In other words, the primary purpose…
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Time for a new growth (April 6, 2021, Tuesday 1st Week Easter)
No one questions if Mary Magdalene loved Jesus. She was one of the most ardent disciples. Jesus liberated her from seven demons and forgave her sins. Through it, she deeply experienced the grace of the Lord. And she dearly loved Jesus. Nevertheless, she could not recognize the risen Jesus when he...
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Meet the risen Jesus (April 5, 2021, Monday 1st Week Easter)
During Lent, the Church encourages Christians to walk with Jesus on his way to Calvary. Probably you have heard words with this intent from your pastors, Lenten books, and church websites. Now, Lent is over. Jesus has risen from death. His tomb is empty. Then, in Eastertide, what do we do? After...
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Faith in resurrection grows (April 4, 2021, Easter Sunday)
For most Christians, the news of the Lord’s resurrection is no longer some news. Many will not even remember when they heard it for the first time. Nevertheless, I still question myself if I have any faith and understanding of resurrection – both the resurrection of Christ Jesus and the...
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A whole new reality (April 3, 2021, Easter Vigil)
Have you thought about a world without change? Have you imagined a world without decay? If nothing would perish, we would have a completely different reality. But it is not simple and easy even to guess what it would be. Can I speculate on existence beyond change and decay? All I know change and...
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All contributed to the culture of death (April 2, 2021, Good Friday, Holy Week)
It was not one man who decided, planned, arrested, tried, judged, sentenced, and executed Jesus on the crucifix. As we hear the Passion narrative, we realize many people involved themselves in condemning and executing Jesus. But we also notice many people denied or ignored Jesus or simply watched...
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Washing by humiliation and self-sacrifice (April 1, 2021, Maundy Thursday, Holy Week)
The Passover of Christ demonstrates the priesthood of Jesus Christ. The priests of the Old Covenant offered sacrifices of animals. But Christ Jesus offered himself. He becomes the victim and the priest at the same time. The priests of the Old Covenant could not remove sins with their power. They...
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Because of only thirty pieces of silver (March 31, 2021, Wednesday of Holy Week)
Mary did not save three hundred denarii for anointing Jesus. She spent her life savings within a few minutes only in anointing Jesus. The three hundred denarii were at least a year’s income. In contrast, Judas sold Jesus only at thirty shekels of silver. Judas traded the Son of God with a value…
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The suspense at the Last Supper (March 30, 2021, Tuesday of the Holy Week)
Many Christian homes find artwork of the Last Supper in their dining rooms. When you look at them, how do you find the atmosphere of the Last Supper? Peaceful? Calm? Joyful? Loving? Perhaps opposite to our impression, Jesus felt troubled in spirit as St John wrote in his gospel. Because Jesus…
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Learn to be wasteful (March 29, 2021, Monday Holy Week)
When it comes to offering to God, human reason wants to show how useless it is to offer anything to God. And the reason may insist on why we should not offer anything to God. Indeed, God does not lack anything. He has all. Moreover, whatever material offering would not be useful to God because he...
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The Young Man in a linen cloth (March 28, 2021, Palm Sunday)
The four gospels in the New Testament often share similar stories. The first three – Matthew, Mark, and Luke – share many episodes in common. It is also true for the Passion narrative - the preparation for the Passover, the prediction of Judas’ betrayal, the Institution of the Eucharist, the...
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Caiaphas' Reasoning (March 27, 2021, Saturday 5th Week Lent)
“It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you, but for blasphemy, because you, though only a human being, are making yourself God.” Although they are not the chosen race, many people of the world threaten Christians with the words with which the Jews blamed Jesus. They accept many...
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Modern blasphemy (March 26, 2021, Friday 5th Week Lent)
“It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you, but for blasphemy, because you, though only a human being, are making yourself God.” Although they are not the chosen race, many people of the world threaten Christians with the words with which the Jews blamed Jesus. They accept many...
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Leap of faith (March 25, Annunciation, 2021)
“How can this be, since I am a virgin?” It was not a rhetorical question. The Blessed Virgin Mary did not doubt the power of God. She was sincerely asking what would happen to her. In the meantime, looking at her humble conditions, she probably questioned herself how she could carry out the...
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To Remain in his word (March 24, 2021, Wednesday 5th Week Lent)
We all know, by experience, that ignorance and confusion bring about regrettable results and consequences. It is why we often say to ourselves, “If I had known, I would have not done it.” Regarding moral decisions, ignorance and confusion perpetuate sinful actions and behaviours. If you have a…
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