A focus on vocations to the priesthood – Vocation Culture in the Family – Prayer
By Fr. Hien Nguyen 2. Vocation Culture in the Family 2.2 Prayer The only way our children can hear God’s call is to know how to listen to God and…
A focus on vocations to the priesthood – Vocation Culture in the Family
By Fr. Hien Nguyen 2. Vocation Culture in the Family 2.1 Domestic Church: The Foundation Pope John Paul II in many of his writings and homilies has mentioned numerously that…
A focus on vocations to the priesthood – Theocentric / Rational-Spiritual Level / Unitative
By Fr. Hien Nguyen Theocentric / Rational-Spiritual Level / Unitative This purgation was even more profound when they escaped from Vietnam by boat and became a refugee in Indonesia under…
A focus on vocations to the priesthood – Philanthropic Stage / Psycho-social / Illumination
By Fr. Hien Nguyen Philanthropic Stage / Psycho-social / Illumination An unexpected purification came when the war between the Communist from the North and the Republic from the South ended…
A focus on vocations to the priesthood – 1.3 A Story, a Perspective, a Development of a Call
By Fr. Hien Nguyen 1.3 A Story, a Perspective, a Development of a Call (continuation of Vocation’s reflection by Fr. Hien) Here I would like to share a story and…
A focus on vocations to the priesthood – Secondary Calling
By Fr. Hien Nguyen Secondary Calling (continuation of Vocation’s reflection by Fr. Hien) Secondary vocation, although less important than the first, is also a call from God. In this secondary…
A New Year’s Prayer
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in you we contemplate the splendor of true love, to you we turn with trust. Holy Family of Nazareth, grant that our families too may be…
A Christmas Prayer
The day of joy returns, Father in Heaven, and crowns another year with peace and good will in the Holy Spirit. Help us rightly to remember the birth of Jesus,…
What is vocation?
By Fr. Hien Nguyen What is Vocation? 1.1 Primary Calling From the discernment perspective, Vocation derives from the Latin and means a calling “Vocare”. It is a summons from God…
Why are we called to pray for the dead?
By Fr. Hien Nguyen WHY ARE WE CALLED TO PRAY FOR THE DEAD? The souls in Purgatory are completely engaged with the beautiful yet difficult cleansing of themselves, to be…
