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…
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…
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 divine law of love towards God and neighbor commands us that we not only do good to our neighbor but also avoid doing evil. One of the greatest evils to the other person is to kill and thus deprive the person’s right to live. Hence the Fifth Commandment says: Read more…
So far, I enlightened you about the first three of the Ten Commandments, which comprise our duty to God as our supreme ruler. In the First Commandment, He requires from us worship and fidelity; in the Second, reverence and in the Third, service. The remaining Seven Commandments contain our duty Read more…
We are commanded to adore only God, who exists as Father, Son and the HolySpirit, three in persons but one in Godhead. He is the Triune God. The secondCommandment states that we reverence Him in word. The third Commandment demands that we reverence God in action: “Remember that you keep Read more…
It was suggested to me in the last Pastoral Council Meeting that I write in my bulletin column explaining the Ten Commandments. Hence, I started explaining the first Commandment in the bulletin before the Holy Week. Now I would like to continue giving you an idea of what each Commandment Read more…
By his death and resurrection, Jesus has conquered sin and death. “This is the day the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad” (Psalm 118:24). “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile… But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits Read more…