CBF-SEA CELEBRATING THE PENTECOST . . .

“Receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20:22)  “The Spirit restores paradise to us and the way to heaven and adoption as children of God; he instills confidence that we may call God truly Father and grants us the grace of Christ to be children of the light and to enjoy eternal glory. In a word, he [...]

THE LORD IS RISEN: HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

JESUS IS RISEN!  HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!  The pains and torture that Jesus suffered on Good Friday are finished.   He has risen from the dead and lived.  He promised to be with us till the end of time. Jesus’ mission of salvation is accomplished by his life, passion and death on the cross.  We are saved!  [...]

THE NIGHT OF ALL NIGHTS: THE EASTER VIGIL

Reflecting on the Celebration of the Easter Vigil http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/prep-eastervigil.html Darkness. The Easter Vigil begins with darkness.  The darkness itself is the first movement of the liturgy, so we begin our preparations with that darkness.  It represents all darkness, and all the meanings of darkness – devoid of light; evil thoughts, motivations, deeds; all that is [...]

LAST DAY OF THE SACRED TRIDUUM

HOLY SATURDAY http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/hw-sat.html There is no liturgy on Holy Saturday.  We spend the day reflecting upon the powerful reality of Jesus’ death.  In addition to the Daily Reflection and the Preparing for the Easter Vigil Liturgy pages, we offer a page with each of the readings for the Easter Vigil and a page with each [...]

THE SACRED TRIDUUM: GOOD FRIDAY

Reflecting on the Celebration of Our Lord’s Passion http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/prep-goodfriday.html Opening Prayer O God, who by the Passion of Christ your Son, our Lord, abolished the death inherited from ancient sin by every succeeding generation, grant that just as, being conformed to him, we have borne by the law of nature the image of the man [...]

HOLY WEEK 2012: ENTERING INTO THE SACRED TRIDUUM

Reflecting on the Celebration of the Lord’s Supper http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/prep-holythursday.html   Collect: O God, who have called us to participate in this most sacred Supper, in which your Only Begotten Son, when about to hand himself over to death, entrusted to the Church a sacrifice new for all eternity, the banquet of his love, grant, we [...]

THE POPE’S LENTEN MESSAGE 2012

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS  BENEDICT XVI FOR LENT 2012 “Let us be concerned for each other, to stir a response in love and good works” (Heb 10:24)   Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Lenten season offers us once again an opportunity to reflect upon the very heart of Christian life: charity. This is a favorable [...]

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2011

  CHRISTMAS MESSAGE It’s Christmas once again.  It’s a joyful season since it is the birthday of our Lord Jesus Christ who was sent by the Father to our world and to be one like us to be assured that the Covenant between Man and God will be fulfilled.  The birth of Jesus is Good [...]

South-East Asia Bible Link Now 4 Years in the Web

CBF-SEA WEB CELEBRATES 4TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY GREETS SISTER EMMA A HAPPY 74TH BIRTHDAY… The day after the celebration of the Exaltation of the Cross in 2007 was the birth of this website as a birthday gift for our Subregional Coordinator Sister Emma Gunanto, OSU when she turned 70.  As of today, our site have been [...]

Archbishop John Ha’s BIBLE SUNDAY MESSAGE – 2011

    Bible Sunday Message – 2011 Verbum Domini – The Word of the Lord Archbishop John Ha, DD   Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Exhortation after the XII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God (held from 5 to 26 October 2008) was published on 30 September 2010. Entitled [...]