This Lunar Year is the Year of the Goat (Sheep). It is also a year to reflect on the virtue of Gratitude, and to live Gratitude.
The mild goat, sheep or ram is one who knows gratefulness to the one who provides and protects so that it can live in restfulness and contentment having all its needs taken care of.
Looking back at the tumultuous Year of the Horse in 2014, we recalled with pain the tragedies, wars and persecutions, the countless and needless loss of life, the ravages of diseases, the economic and political instabilities, the religious wrangles, the recessions, the dissatisfactions, etc, while at the same time, let us also be grateful for our health, our life, our family and our freedom today. Let us be mindful that there will come a day when we too will encounter the constraint of physical realities. Yet that reality does not lessen the gratitude we feel today, and we need to believe that even when we are weak or sorrowful or dejected, we will still be grateful for those blessings we have had.
TAWAU – More than a thousand Filipino parishioners gathered to celebrate together with other communities the annual event of the Feast of Infant Jesus, marking its 17th year with the theme: Faith, Hope and Love,at Holy Trinity Church Jan 18 . The feast is also known as Feast of Santo Nino De Cebu. The image of the infant Jesus symbolizes hope and protection.
