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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (B) Mar. 17, 2024John "lets the beans out of the bag" by telling us that Jesus is actually talking about the way he will die, lifted up from the earth on a cross. Do I really want to be drawn to him there?About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com2024-03-1606 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Good Friday Apr. 7, 2023Today is also a day of commitment to be a sign of God's love. God felt it worthwhile for Jesus to die in order that I might know love. My life is worth giving in the day-to-day as well as, if necessary, in death so that others may know that love. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Holy Thursday Apr. 6, 2023Our sharing Eucharist is a service -- a service to the world. We can wash its feet, and we can bring it with us as we share union with Christ. It's all one and the same. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www...2023-04-0606 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Palm Sunday (A) Apr. 2, 2023Perhaps some of the people who demanded Jesus’ death at the end of the week had begun the week singing hosannas. Who knows how or why they changed? What would I have done?About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn...2023-04-0105 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 26, 2023The raising of Lazarus is a reminder that to be a Christian is not just to live in a certain way. Christians do have customs and commands that we obey and disobey, the chief among them being to love God and all those whom God loves. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fourth Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 19, 2023The call to Baptism is an invitation to be cured of the blindness that afflicts the world. But, why us? Why should I be chosen to know the Lord when billions of better people than I will never have that chance? About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comT...2023-03-1806 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Third Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 12, 2023To accept that love and to be baptized is to accept as well the vocation that Christ has from the Father, a vocation he chooses to share with me. That is, the vocation to be an evangelizer, a missioner. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo con...2023-03-1106 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Second Sunday of Lent (A) Mar. 5, 2023The Transfiguration reminds me of the mystery that Jesus, the fully human one, is also God. If I would know what it is to be truly human, I must look to Jesus. If I would know God, I must look to Jesus. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com2023-03-0406 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: First Sunday of Lent (A) Feb. 26, 2023Lent is, among other things, an opportunity to prepare to make that renunciation at Easter by examining myself to find out where in my life temptation finds it easy to take root. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate2023-02-2506 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Ash Wednesday Feb. 22, 2023Welcome to Lent, a time to reflect on our ashiness and our salvation. From now till the start of the Sacred Triduum we will remember that we are Cinderella sitting in sin.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn...2023-02-2106 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Seventh Sunday of the Year (A) Feb. 19, 2023I once asked a political activist what he hoped to achieve in life. His answer was simple. "I want to be holy." That is what God needs of us and what God wants of us. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.uca...2023-02-1806 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Sixth Sunday of the Year (A) Feb. 12, 2023Jesus taught the adults and blessed the children, but the Church has gotten it backwards. That was not the case in the early days of the Church. The section of Matthew's Gospel that we call "The Sermon on the Mount" was intended by Matthew as a sort of catechism for adults.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fifth Sunday of the Year (A) Feb. 5, 2023The proverb says that "one bad apple spoils the whole bunch." That may be true of a crate of apples, but in today's Gospel, Jesus tells us that it does not apply to people. Good is contagious. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please vis...2023-02-0406 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year(A) Jan. 29, 2023Poverty of spirit frees me to accept God's greatest gift, the Kingdom, because I am not holding on to any illusions that my talents, my possessions, my time, or my life are my own.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate...2023-01-2806 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Third Sunday of the Year (A) Jan. 22, 2023The Church that follows Jesus must be as willing to subordinate everything else to the proclamation of God's love. If that means downplaying or even abandoning certain ways of doing things, so be it. If it means not looking for institutional results, no problem. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.uca...2023-01-2106 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Second Sunday of the Year (A) Jan. 15, 2023Spirituality is not so much a matter of prayer as of awareness, about sensitivity in ordinary time to the ordinary events and people around me. Christ is there among them as he was among the events and people of Israel two thousand years ago. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.uca...2023-01-1406 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Epiphany (A) Jan. 8, 2023On Epiphany, we thank God for the gift of Jesus Christ, a gift given to all of us throughout the world, throughout time. Like the wise astrologers, we respond by bringing our gifts to the Lord: our ways of praying, our ways of singing, our ways of thinking, our ways of acting. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Mary, Mother of God Jan. 1, 2023Each of us is presented with the same vocation as Mary. God says to you and to me, "Make my Son present in the world. Forgive sins. Bring healing. Live with faith that my love is stronger than your death. By word and deed, assure the world of my love." About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Christmas Day Dec. 25, 2022Today we remember and celebrate the fact that we can know God's glory and power not as some sort of information, but as a person. So, on Christmas Day we move from the story to the program, from what happened long ago to our vocation today. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fourth Sunday of Advent (A) Dec. 18, 2022The one whose birth we are about to celebrate has many titles, but one name, the name he shared with so many other people in his land. It is wondrous because it is so common. The mystery that we celebrate in his birth is that the God of the universe is met in someone like us, someone with a simple name, an ordinary Tom, Dick or Yeshua. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and abo...2022-12-1706 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Third Sunday of Advent (A) Dec. 11, 2022Now as we practice the carols of "peace on earth, good will to all" it is time to renew our commitment to live as Christ who came not to condemn sinners, but to embrace and save them. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visi...2022-12-1006 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Second Sunday of Advent (A) Dec. 4, 2022"Advent" means "coming" and coming is something that happens from the future. At this time of year I remind myself that my whole life is lived in expectation of something that is coming, and that does not merely mean December 25. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo...2022-12-0206 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: First Sunday of Advent (A) Nov. 27, 2022Advent is a time to remember that we are waiting and to examine the way we wait, both in loving activity today, and in hope for the future. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Fol...2022-11-2606 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Christ the King (C) Nov. 20, 2022If I am a servant of the cross-king, of a king who does not sit, then I too must not be a sitter. I must show my loyalty to my king by moving among others as he did, as he does, not to receive homage or reward, but to serve. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (C) Nov. 13, 2022Faith is not certainty, it is a choice. I choose, because of the evidence I have experienced of God's loving help in ages past, to believe that love will not desert me. If I am right, I will know. If I am wrong, I will not know. And in that case, neither being wrong nor having lived at all will matter. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www...2022-11-1206 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year (C) Nov. 6, 2022About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanewsTo view Video features please visit https://www.youtube.com/@ucanews2022-11-0506 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Thirty-First Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 30, 2022It is important, though, to remember that penance is neither punishment nor the purchase price for forgiveness. So it should not be extreme. When in doubt, don't do it or consult with someone first. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www...2022-10-2907 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Thirtieth Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 23, 2022Love it or fear it, a new Church is being born. It will take several lifetimes, but eventually the Church throughout the world will be different because of what is happening at the back of the temple. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please vis...2022-10-2206 min
UCA News PodcastTwenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 16, 2022Those in power who fear what people — especially those who have been deprived — have to say deprive themselves of the opportunity to change their lives for the better — in other words, of the chance to repent. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucane...2022-10-1506 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year (C) Oct. 9, 2022We receive many gifts from God, but it is not the gifts nor even the recipient, but the Giver, upon whom we should focus. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM...2022-10-0806 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the year (C) Oct. 2, 2022People and situations will always appear that will need a response from this servant of God. The more I respond, the more opportunities for service will open up to me.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Fo...2022-10-0106 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year (C) Sept. 25, 2022This parable is a wake-up call to see that each and every man and woman is a child of God, and therefore my brother, my sister. Awareness can be the first step in conversion. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com...2022-09-2406 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year (C) Sept. 18, 2022Investing is a way to wealth in much of the world today. Ideally, an investment grows, leading to yet further investment. Can I do that with my possessions, putting at least some of them forward for the needy? About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute ple...2022-09-1706 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year (C) Sept. 11, 2022God keeps coming after me, offering forgiveness and wisdom. The reason could not be in myself. Someone so perverse as I cannot deserve God's searching love, but I receive it all the same. It can only be because God loves me regardless of how I act. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, vis...2022-09-1006 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year (C) Sept. 4, 2022Today, Jesus is telling us to be ready for fire so that when it comes, we will not be surprised, but resolute, knowing that the crisis today is one we took into account from the start. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www...2022-09-0306 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty Second Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 28, 2022We tend to think that reflection upon the Word of God, upon the Work of God, is something solemn, serious, and private. But, sometimes, we should be ready to hear the Word in the hustle and bustle of our lives, in the symposium of eating, drinking and gabbing that is our daily life. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-First Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 21, 2022Salvation is the state of being fully what God intends one to be. What God intends is loving communion with each of us and for us to live in communion with one another. So, whatever I do that helps my brothers and sisters know God's love and share it is an aid to their salvation.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Assumption Aug. 15, 2022Every feast of the Church is ultimately a celebration of what God has done in Jesus Christ. The Assumption is an encouraging reminder of what Christ has done for us and a challenge to live as what we have become through baptism. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com2022-08-1505 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twentieth Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 14, 2022God seems to give what we do not want, and then expects us to call 'Good News.' Do you know the answer to the question: How do you train a mule? First, you take a large plank, and hit the animal over the head to get its attention.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Nineteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Aug. 7, 2022Today's Gospel reminds us that regardless of whatever else we may do in the interim, we are waiting. The servants may have a dance party while awaiting the master's return, but they still keep an eye out for that return. So, where is he? About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.uca...2022-08-0606 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Eighteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 31, 2022The love of God guarantees life. Might it be that I am greedy because deep down I am not yet ready to rely upon the love of God? Do I really believe that this world is the whole story?About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please vi...2022-07-3006 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Seventeenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 24, 2022Jesus is telling us disciples that we need not worry that God will not understand our prayers. We do not have to use proper formulas, the right words. God loves us so much that our inadequate prayers suffice.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit ww...2022-07-2306 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Sixteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 17, 2022Today, as the attitudes toward women that subverted the practice of Jesus are changing in many places, we in the Church are being challenged to once again accept the fact that Jesus still has something to teach us that seems subversive of the so-called "normal" ordering of society and the Church.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fifteenth Sunday of the Year (C) Jul. 10, 2022As followers of Jesus, we are commissioned by him to serve any need we see, no matter what reasons we think there may be for passing by.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect th...2022-07-0905 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fourteenth Sunday of the Year (C) July 3, 2022We must teach the world's wolves a new way of living. We must teach respect for the weak and service to them. We must teach the wolves that lambs are not for devouring, but for showing us something about God.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute pl...2022-07-0206 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Thirteenth Sunday of the Year (C) June 26, 2022When the Lord calls us, it is because he wants a response in action from us now, not a minute from now, not an hour from now, not next week or next year. He does not call upon us by appointment. He will not be penciled into our over-full schedules.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
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UCA News PodcastHomilies: The Body and Blood of Christ (C) June 19, 2022God's love and blessings are not limited by the belief of the men and women through whom God chooses to work. A pagan priest-king not only has a place in the building of the Reign of God, but God uses him to bless believers.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com...2022-06-1805 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Trinity Sunday (C) June 12, 2022Our glory as Christians is that God has chosen us to carry on the mission of the Son to be the love of God incarnate in creation. Our shame is that we so often fail as a Church and as individual Christians to live that mission.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.uc...2022-06-1106 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Pentecost (C) June 5, 2022Today's feast is a celebration of our mission as Church to proclaim to the whole world that Christ is risen. Since it is also a day on which we recall Christ's gift of forgiveness, we must reflect upon the sins that might hinder that proclamation.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.co...2022-06-0406 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Ascension (C) May 29, 2022We, the new people of God, have been prepared for our vocation. We are the apostles. Christ has stepped aside so that we might step forward. The Acts of the Apostles begins with the Ascension of Jesus; they continue with us.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo co...2022-05-2806 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Sixth Sunday of Easter (C) May 22, 2022The gift of peace would be glorious in itself, but as Christians we have a special vocation. We are called not merely to find peace, but to be the means of peace for others.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate...2022-05-2106 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fifth Sunday of Easter (C) May 15, 2022Bringing the world to Christ is our vocation. Loving one another is the way to live that vocation.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.com/ucanewsTo vi...2022-05-1406 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fourth Sunday of Easter (C) May 8, 2022It is still Easter time. It is still the season of resurrection. It is still the season to recall that my life is not a matter of the merely day-to-day, but of eternity.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate...2022-05-0706 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Third Sunday of Easter (C) May 1, 2022Peter was chosen to lead the disciples, to lead the Church, not because he was bright or well-spoken or a deep thinker. He was appointed to look after the Lord's flock because he loved the Lord.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.co...2022-04-3007 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Second Sunday of Easter (C) Apr. 24, 2022God entrusts us with a great gift. Overcoming evil depends upon our willingness to forgive. It is up to us. We can forgive, or we can refuse to forgive. God will accept our decision.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate...2022-04-2306 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Easter Sunday (C) Apr. 17, 2022On this Sunday, this Easter Sunday, we remember what every Sunday is because of what happened one Sunday long ago when the mission of the Church was born in the proclamation, "The Lord is risen!"About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/do...2022-04-1606 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Good Friday Apr. 15, 2022Today is also a day of commitment to be a sign of God's love. God felt it worthwhile for Jesus to die in order that I might know love. My life is worth giving in the day-to-day as well as, if necessary, in death so that others may know that love.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Chur...2022-04-1405 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Holy Thursday Apr. 14, 2022Our sharing Eucharist is a service -- a service to the world. We can wash its feet, and we can bring it with us as we share union with Christ. It's all one and the same.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.co...2022-04-1306 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Passion or Palm Sunday (C) Apr. 10, 2022We give thanks to Christ for uniting with us, embracing the fear, pain and death that are an ineradicable part of our lives. At the worst times of my life, Christ crucified is there with me.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.co...2022-04-0906 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fifth Sunday of Lent (C) Apr. 3, 2022Sin is serious, but the most important thing in the world is the love of God that forgives our sins. The scribes and Pharisees had forgotten that.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or...2022-04-0205 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fourth Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 27, 2022Lent is a time for me to come to my senses and return to my Father. I do not need fancy words. I do not need to buy forgiveness with good deeds or intentions. All I need is to say, "Father, I have flunked."About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com...2022-03-2605 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Third Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 20, 2022We are celebrating Lent, the season of repentance. We reflect upon our sinfulness and do what we can with God's help to change our lives. Rather than punishing us, God gives us chance after chance to stop causing divine and human suffering.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo...2022-03-1905 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Second Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 13, 2022Lent is a chance to live our true citizenship. In prayer, fasting and sacrifice, we weaken our ties to the world. We withdraw from our citizenship in this world in order to focus upon our true home, our true citizenship.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute pl...2022-03-1206 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: First Sunday of Lent (C) Mar. 6, 2022It is Lent. It is good to begin the season by reflecting upon the temptations that Jesus faced and that we face that hinder us in living the Baptism commitment we renew at Easter.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate...2022-03-0506 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Ash Wednesday Mar. 2, 2022Welcome to Lent, a time to reflect on our ashiness and our salvation. From now till the start of the Sacred Triduum we will remember that we are Cinderella sitting in sin.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn...2022-03-0106 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Eight Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 27, 2022Repentance, prayer, reflection and study will remove the obstacles that keep one from being a wise guide and a clear-visioned healer for the wandering children of God looking for a vision of the love of God made real in their lives.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo co...2022-02-2605 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Seventh Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 20, 2022It is not totally impossible to do love toward an enemy. One just has to do for others what one does for oneself. That still is not easy. But, knowing we can do it for our worst enemy is an encouragement that we can do it for others.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, vi...2022-02-1906 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Sixth Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 13, 2022The Gospel presents us with a decision and a consequence. We must decide who Jesus is, and upon what authority he says some very strange things. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM...2022-02-1205 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fifth Sunday of the Year (C) Feb. 6, 2022The world is starving to hear of God's love, to see God's love. The world is swimming around in confusion, waiting to be brought into God's net. That is what counts.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Tw...2022-02-0505 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fourth Sunday of the Year (C) Jan. 30, 2022Either there is something wrong with Jesus, or there is something wrong with our expectations. We either have to abandon him as a savior or accept him on his own terms. There seems to be no other possibility.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit ww...2022-01-2905 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Third Sunday of the Year (C) Jan. 23, 2022The Word of God is, or should be, a reminder of God's presence among us. That is the reason we treat a Bible or Lectionary with special respect.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Co...2022-01-2205 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Second Sunday of the Year (C) Jan. 16, 2022Jesus the Lamb presents us with the wine of peace because he overcomes the sin of the world in his death and resurrection.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.co...2022-01-1506 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Baptism of the Lord (C) Jan. 9, 2022The difference between us Christians and the rest of the world is the knowledge that there is an answer for our anticipating hearts, and the answer is the Son of God present among us.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate...2022-01-0805 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Epiphany (C) Jan. 2, 2022If we want to see God, we need not spend years doing spiritual calisthenics or wait until we die. God has come among us as one of us. If you wish to see God, look at Jesus, the manifestation of God among us.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com...2022-01-0106 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Mary, Mother of God Jan. 1, 2022Each of us is presented with the same vocation as Mary. God says to you and to me, "Make my Son present in the world. Forgive sins. Bring healing. Live with faith that my love is stronger than your death. By word and deed, assure the world of my love."About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in...2021-12-3105 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Holy Family (C) Dec. 26, 2021As the boy Jesus "increased in wisdom and in years and in divine and human favor, " so, too, the Church grows in wisdom, years and favor.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM...2021-12-2505 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Christmas Day Dec. 25, 2021Today we remember and celebrate the fact that we can know God's glory and power not as some sort of information, but as a person. So, on Christmas Day we move from the story to the program, from what happened long ago to our vocation today.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.uc...2021-12-2405 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Fourth Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 19, 2021Christmas is, of course, much more than a child's feast. But, it is, indeed, a time for us to reflect upon children and the gifts we give them, the legacy we leave them. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateO...2021-12-1805 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Third Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 12, 2021What we really want has already been given us. We do not have to wait until Christmas Day to receive it. We do not have to wait until we start following all the good advice we have received.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit ww...2021-12-1105 min
UCA News PodcastReflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 12 Dec, 2021In the early Church, there was quite a contest between the followers of John the Baptist and the followers of Jesus about who was preeminent. But the evangelists used that contest to underline the important things they wanted to emphasize about Jesus in their communities. Whatever John’s Gospel was emphasizing always came back to two things - faith in Jesus and God’s love us and our love of one another.About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica. For...2021-12-1104 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Second Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 5, 2021Sunday Gospel Reflection by Father Bill GrimmAdvent is the season in which the Church recommits itself to living a great adventure. We are a band of companions walking through a world of marvels and dangers to a promised goal, eternal life with God.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.uc...2021-12-0405 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: First Sunday of Advent (C) Nov. 28, 2021Can I believe that when troubles come the Lord comes as well? How can I deepen my faith in that coming? The Lord's answer is "Pray constantly."About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect th...2021-11-2705 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Thirty-Fourth Sunday of the Year, Christ the King (B) Nov. 21, 2021When we say Christ is King, we say we belong to him and to no others. We cannot, then, be used or abused, since that is an attack upon his subjects and his sovereignty.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donate...2021-11-2005 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Thirty-third Sunday of the Year (B) Nov. 14, 2021Sunday Gospel Reflection by Father Bill GrimmThe Good News is not that God will make everything work out as we wish but that he is with us in a special way when it seems our world is ending. About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comT...2021-11-1305 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Thirty-second Sunday of the Year (B) Nov. 7, 2021Sunday Gospel Reflection by Father Bill GrimmThe woman knew better. She knew that what she had was nothing compared to what God offers. God offers me eternity. Can I, in gratitude, find ways to offer up my treasure of time?About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com...2021-11-0605 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Thirty-first Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 31, 2021Being a Christian is not about behaving toward others in a certain way. It is about having a special kind of relationship with God. All else follows from that.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or...2021-10-3004 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Thirtieth Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 24, 2021The Gospels do not hesitate to put us followers of Jesus in a bad light. We, represented by the disciples, can be so dense that we miss something that evil demons know and that even a blind man can see. That is, that Jesus is the presence of the Reign of God among us.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in an...2021-10-2305 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 17, 2021Sometimes, being a Christian means going against doing what comes naturally. The whole world does what comes naturally, and that is why it needs salvation.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at...2021-10-1605 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-eight Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 10, 2021Jesus is challenging us to live in the real world, to give up all that might allow us to avoid the truth that there is no easy way to share in everlasting life. And everlasting life is what we all really want; all our other searches are symptoms of that desire.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Ch...2021-10-0905 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-seventh Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 3, 2021Jesus defended two groups in his society that had no defense. He forbade discarding wives or denying children their right to a place among his followers. There is no toleration in the Reign of God for the bias that infected his society and infects our own.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.uc...2021-10-0206 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-sixth Sunday of the Year (B) Sept 26, 2021We companions of Jesus have an essential vocation. All men and women are called to live in the dignity of children of God.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM at : twitter.co...2021-09-2505 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-fifth Sunday of the Year (B) Sept 19, 2021We can all understand the argument the disciples had. We spend much of our lives seeking status, protecting our status, or mourning the loss of status.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Follow Or Connect through DM...2021-09-1805 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-fourth Sunday of the Year (B) Sept 12, 2021Christ's call for us to take up the cross is an invitation to learn that though suffering is always with us and may make us think God is far from us, it is actually a share in the life of God who also takes up the cross.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit ww...2021-09-1105 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year (B) Sept 5, 2021The way to make God's love present in this creation is to groan with Christ. Anyone who has tried to share God's love with the world comes to know that.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn Twitter Fo...2021-09-0404 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year (B) Aug 29, 2021Do my devotions, practices and thoughts deepen my understanding of real Christianity, or am I in danger of wandering from the truth? Have the customs I learned from my family, from my community and from the teachers of my faith begun to warp or replace that faith?About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit ww...2021-08-2805 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Twenty-first Sunday of the Year (B) Aug 22, 2021If Jesus is indeed who he and the Church say he is, then there really is no place else to go. If he is real, then any alternative is unreal. We have no choice. If we accept the truth of Jesus' divinity, we must accept the reality of the Eucharist we share.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about th...2021-08-2105 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Assumption Aug 15, 2021Every feast of the Church, no matter what its name, is ultimately a celebration of what God has done in Jesus Christ. The Assumption is such a feast, an encouraging reminder of what Christ has done for us and a challenge to live as what we have become through baptism.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in...2021-08-1405 min
UCA News PodcastReflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 10 Aug, 2021This extract from the Gospel of John comes after the declaration of John’s message through the SIGNS Jesus uses to express what he wants to say and before he goes into the long Last Supper discourse. Curiously, this short and sharp expression summarizes exactly what John is saying is the way into Jesus life and the service of his mission - letting go so God can be and do do all.About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.For ne...2021-08-0905 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Nineteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Aug 8, 2021The Eucharist we share is food like that the angel gave Elijah. It is food that enables us to persevere in our long journey to God. It is the strength of God.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo contribute please visit www.ucanews.com/donateOn...2021-08-0705 min
UCA News PodcastHomilies: Eighteenth Sunday of the Year (B) Aug 1, 2021The Lord sets a banquet before me, but all too often, I look over, under and around the table for the sort of nourishment I think I need instead of feasting on what I am offered, the only real nourishment I need.About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.com
For news in and about the Church in Asia, visit www.ucanews.comTo...2021-07-3104 min