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I have been watching an old Korean drama for the last few weeks. One of the main stories of the drama is about the Korean education system. The parents push their children too much to study for so many hours, most of the day. When the child complained about it, the mother shouted at her son. Saying like this. "Do I do this for myself? No, I'm doing this for you, not for me! I' have been sacrific..

20221101 Solemnity of All Saints Mt 5:1 - 12 "For all Unsung Saints" Today, Solemnity of all saints, we remember all saints and determine ourselves to live following them. We especially celebrate those saints in Heaven who are not on our saint list. We can tell they deserve more respect from us because they did not restore their treasures in this world but in Heaven. That life is what I want to ..

20220130 Homily of the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lk 4:21-30 "The meaning of the Cross" Not doing things we can do is more challenging than doing things we can not do. Because we tend to evaluate one another from what we have done, are doing, can do, or will do. That seems fair and sound standards. That is true unless we consider the meaning of the Cross. I found the meaning of the Cross fro..

People say that the furthest distance you will ever travel is the distance between your head and your heart. I totally agree with it, and the more I live as a religious, the more I can convince it. I can feel the distance between my heart and head getting further and further, and it never stops. As I learned, prayed, and discovered about me more, I had to find my hands further and further placed..

Death might be the last word people want to face in their life. Even though we don't have our own death experience, we tend to feel fear or darkness or limitation from the word death. I believe none of us has ever written Death on our New Year's resolution. If you have ever done that before, you don't need to listen to my speech. I can't call you my master. There are many wisdom quotes about Dea..

20210811 Wednesday of the 19th week in Ordinary time - living in a community - From my homily for the Missionaries of Charity sisters - For the last few days, our congregation has had an International Provincial Superior conference. We call it the General Conference, which we hold every two years. We have over 30 provinces in over 50 countries so that it takes nearly 50 years to have the Confere..

- From my homily for the Missionaries of Charity sisters - You, sisters, might well know the meaning of the homily that I am about to deliver today. Because it is about the luggage people are carrying in their life. In our seminary house in GangWha island, seminarian brothers change their rooms every half year. While doing that, they are supposed to throw away unnecessary things or share them wi..

Maturity and Happiness Opening Today I would like to talk about "How we can mature ourselves and make ourselves happy."There are so many ways around us that we can try for it. we can find the way from books, Youtube, and offline classes. however, it seems like it takes more time for choosing the way than actual practice. So today I am going to introduce a very clear but deep, simple but effectiv..

20210112 Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time - the priesthood of the baptized - Today I read an interesting and joyful article on Vatican news website. With the Motu proprio Spiritus Domini, Pope Francis institutionalized that the ministries of Lector and Acolyte are to be open to women. I think introducing this article is good enough for the homily of today's Gospel. Because today's Gosp..

" Wow, where did those things come from?" The father next room was smiling at the door of my room with his eyes big. I was sitting in a small area between my bed and desk, and small pieces of stuff were scattered around me. "Well.. in a twinkle..." I tap the box in my hand smiling awkwardly. Less than 1 year of my days here in Seoul, those things came and filled the corner of my room. I got some..