A Weekly Reflection

Shepherd's Corner Articles

The Shepherd's Corner - July 13, 2025
There are many ways to be reminded of our age.  Well, here is one of them: The other day, when Santy and I were at our daughter’s home, one of our grandsons said to me, “Kung Kung, let me read to you.”  Apparently, it was not a request but an order, because he just took […]...
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The Shepherd's Corner - July 6, 2025
Last Friday we celebrated our adoptive country’s 249th anniversary as an independent nation.  On July 4, 1776, in the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, fifty-six men put their signatures on a piece of document that altered the direction of this country: Independence!  But by putting ...
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The Shepherd's Corner - June 29, 2025
Last Wednesday in our Bible Study Fellowship we learned about Nicodemus, about his big heart and humility.  It’s that character that enabled him to come to Jesus and to hear what He had to say to him.  Based on that we concluded that spiritual growth cannot be separated from mental and e...
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The Shepherd's Corner - June 22, 2025
St. Francis Medical Center, in Lynwood, is of course named after St. Francis of Assisi, whose primary calling and mission was to serve the poor. In keeping with the purpose, St. Francis Medical Center has faithfully served the poor Angelinos, not only the model citizens but also the troubled ones. O...
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The Shepherd's Corner - June 15, 2025
It is not always easy to admit to our mistakes; our natural tendency is to explain away our mistakes and shift the blame to something or someone else. But it is almost equally difficult to be gracefully right. When we are right, we usually demand that others acknowledge it and if they don’t, we ge...
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The Shepherd's Corner - June 8, 2025
Today is the Day of Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Easter, the day when the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples of Jesus. Two thousand years ago today marked the beginning of a new era, a new way of God’s guiding His people to live in His will. His Holy Spirit is now in us […]...
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The Shepherd's Corner - June 1, 2025
Our Lord was “taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God (Mark 16:19).  It was then that the disciples began to worship Him, as recorded by Mathew and Luke.  Resurrection was enough to make them believe that Jesus, their so-called rabbi, was divine, but Ascension made them ...
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The Shepherd's Corner - May 25, 2025
In his devotional book, Victorious Living, E. Stanley Jones, former US missionary to India, has seen hundreds of missionaries come out to India to serve the Lord there.  He observes that after serving for a year or longer, some become more self-giving, but some become more self-centered and eve...
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The Shepherd's Corner - May 18, 2025
Last week we celebrated Mother’s Day, the day when we show our love and appreciation to not only our mothers but also all mothers.  They who bore us and carried us around for nine months, they who raised us and took care of us, and they who’ve never stopped loving us no matter how undeservi...
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The Shepherd's Corner - May 11, 2025
Today we rejoice with our Catholic brothers and sisters because God has appointed a new Pope to replace the beloved Pope Francis. Pope Leo XIV, born and raised in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost has been elected to sit in the chair of Peter the apostle, as the 267th Pope.  Our faith is bult u...
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