Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife I would like to resume explaining last two of the Ten Commandments, in order to give you a whole picture of what God wants of His people and how our way of life should be regulated. The continuity was broken, because of the Read more
In the Gospel today we hear the Apostles returned from their missionary journey Jesus had sent them on. They were tired but excited and shared their stories with Jesus and the other Apostles. These are the first missionaries of Jesus, and like them we each have a story to tell Read more
Cordial welcome to all our Parishioners and guests for the Weekend Masses, free from any restrictive practices, which we have unfortunately experienced for more than a year. Thank God, we are able to come together again as God’s family to worship and pray together in the Holy Mass. Moving forward, Read more
St. Peter’s Parish gives thanks to God for His immense love and mercy, as to prepare you through many years of formation, to sanctify you as his Priest and to set you to be His minister for His people. One this happy occasion, we rejoice with you and congratulate you Read more
In this weekend’s Gospel we hear that Jesus calms the storm on the sea. The Apostles who were with Him in the boat feared for their lives and woke Jesus believing He could help them out of this dire situation. After Jesus calms the storm He asks them two questions; Read more
Thou shalt not bear false witness The Lord, who has forbidden to cause injury to the neighbor by deed (the sixth Commandment), demands in this Commandment not to cause injury by word, stating, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor”. False witness may occur either in the court Read more
The seventh Commandment forbids us to do anything wrong to the goods and the property of our neighbor stating: “Thou shalt not steal”. There are two points we need to reflect, in connection with this Commandment: The Right of Possession Obligation to restitution Every person has the right to possess Read more
The sixth Commandment states: “Thou shalt not commit adultery”. It is fundamentally based on the Divine Will: “… a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24). From this we understand that marriage is a union between man and Read more
In my previous column I explained about the 5th Commandment: “Thou shalt not kill”, and shared briefly about “why suicide is a sin.” This may raise a doubt, whether every case of suicide is equally culpable and a mortal sin. Hence, I want to explain in this column, what the Read more