Podcast Episodes

Homilies: Second Sunday of Advent (A) Dec. 4, 2022

Episode 767

"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 doe…

Published on 3 years ago

Homilies: First Sunday of Advent (A) Nov. 27, 2022

Episode 765

Advent 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 Mi…

Published on 3 years ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, November 25, 2022

Episode 766

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.

The decades-old liturgical dispute in India’s Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church has intensified as an archdiocese seems …

Published on 3 years ago

Homilies: Christ the King (C) Nov. 20, 2022

Episode 763

If 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…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, November 18, 2022

Episode 764

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.

Christians in India continue to face accusations and harassment from right-wing Hindu groups over alleged forced religi…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Homilies: Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year (C) Nov. 13, 2022

Episode 761

Faith 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…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, November 11, 2022

Episode 762

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.

What does war do? It destroys, it destroys humanity, destroys everything, Pope Francis said as he once again called for…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Homilies: Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year (C) Nov. 6, 2022

Episode 759

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…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

UCA News Weekly Summary, November 4, 2022

Episode 760

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.

Pope Francis’ historic, three-day apostolic visit to Bahrain aims to promote dialogue, unity, and peace. In other parts…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Observations: November, month of death

Episode 758

In the northern hemisphere, November is a gloomy month that reminds us of death. It is a month in which we pray for the dead. It is a month in which we might profitably reflect upon our personal and …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago