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...

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...

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 […]...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

The other day I crossed out an appointment that I wrote on my daily planner dated Friday, May 9.  It was to be a visit with Oom Kiat.  On Monday, April 28, he already moved to his eternal home in Heaven. He had longed for Heaven so much that he had been waiting for this […]...

In the wee morning hour on Monday right after Easter, God called His faithful servant, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who for the last 12 years was known as Pope Francis.  There are many adjectives that can be associated with Pope Francis but these two stand tall: simple and humble.  He was so sim...

It would be easy for us who were raised in a loving home to love; we have no reason to hate others. On the contrary, it would be hard for us who were raised in a harsh environment to love; we have lots of reasons to hate others. Corrie ten Boom was supposed to grow […]...