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Stories by Father Richard Ho Lung

Published:Thursday | December 28, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

Here it is, the most celebrated season of the year. Jesus is born. We visited two prisons; the prison for women (150), on South Camp Road, and the prison for men (1,500) at Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre.In prison, there are the greatest...

Published:Thursday | November 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

If you listen to the music in our people's voices, if you see the imagery in the language; if you hear the storytelling in the chatter and the gossips, and, finally the powerful and emotional preaching in the churches, you come to know that Jamaica...

Published:Thursday | October 5, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

Diana Yee Sang has passed from Earth to heaven. God has called her home. We love her, she loves us, we are happy for her, we are sad for ourselves.Aubrey, her husband and Francine, her daughter, were the unit that brought so much joy into the world...

Published:Thursday | September 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

My birthday was September 17. It was a surprise what happened. I asked Fr Hayden Augustine and other brothers to please keep it quiet. I wanted to fast and abstain. I wanted to pray all day. I wanted to give thanks to God for all He has given me and...

Published:Thursday | September 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

By the kindness of Butch Stewart, we have been allowed to use Dragon Bay in Port Antonio, Portland, for our annual holiday for about 10 years. It's just perfect for us. It's on a large property hidden away from the public road, maybe about 200 acres...

Published:Thursday | July 13, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

In times like this, it is good to remember the love that the Lord has for us. "Do you love?" "I love you, Lord." "Do You really love Me?" "Yes, Lord, You know that I love You", "Are you sure that you love Me?" I answer, "There is nothing else I'm...

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

Christ not only rose from the dead and walked the Earth. He ascended into Heaven; He was lifted up by God to the dwelling place of the Father. Whereas all of us belong to Earth. Jesus opened the doors of Heaven where His Father is, and where He...

Published:Thursday | May 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

Will we rise to Heaven?Yes, we will! How do we know that is so? We have put on Christ. We have lived by His word. We have done His deeds. We believe in Him. We have done our best to obey His every word and command.We have been weak. We have been...

Published:Thursday | April 27, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

A lawyer friend told me about a case of his."There is a man, 80 years old, with Alzheimer's. He is somewhat senile. He lives alone, lonely and sad. His daughter, 40 years, has sued him. She accuses him of having money that he has stashed away, which...

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

My dear brothers and sisters, blessings.Thank God for Easter! Thank God, He has risen from the dead! Thank God that He has called us to communion with His crucified-then-risen body. Yes, all will be well though we are made of clay, weak, and so full...

Published:Friday | April 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

Not everything from the heart is good, that instrument of good, the heart can lead us astray. Not everything from the mind is either, what is from the mind must be tested before the idea is put into practice. Judas Iscariot makes us shudder with...

Published:Thursday | January 19, 2017 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

The year has come to a close, a new year has arrived, and I move wearily on towards the future.O Lord, forgive me my wrongs. I am sorry and distressed for having offended you and my neighbours. From the depths of my being I cry out, "forgive me Lord...

Published:Thursday | December 8, 2016 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

"It's a fabulous production. It's done to the highest professional level."Let me tell you, I am blown away! Moses, you are Moses (as he turns to Wynton Williams), excellent! Excellent! The message is clear, the singing was superb, the acting was...

Published:Thursday | November 17, 2016 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

Hurricane Matthew mercifully went by us, and now, Hurricane Moses is back!We will be at the National Arena Saturday, November 26 at 7 p.m. and Sunday November 27 at 4 p.m. All tickets will be honoured that were for October 1 and 2. Everyone should...

Published:Thursday | October 6, 2016 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

The last two shows of Moses have been rescheduled for November 25-27, one school show on Friday at 10 a.m., one on Saturday at 7 p.m., and one on Sunday at 4 p.m. We really believe all events turn out for the good for those who love and serve Him.It...

Published:Thursday | September 29, 2016 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

Rewriting Moses has been a joy. Today when I watched over 6,000 students shouting and yelling for freedom and justice, I felt that the National Arena had become a temple of God. In our first five days, I could feel the thousands come alive with the...

Published:Thursday | September 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

In the past 12 years that have passed, the production of Moses, that had drawn some 60,000 people, has been sleeping like a great treasure in the depths of myself.This magnificent patriarch, Moses, had a vision of, and understanding of, the Kingdom...

Published:Thursday | September 1, 2016 | 12:00 AMFather Richard Ho Lung

In Monroe, North Carolina, our brothers have an MOP (Missionaries of the Poor) home quite different from Jamaica and other missions we have overseas. It is still the same in matters of our monastic life but the apostolate is different, it being in...

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