“What makes for real worship?” This was the question that parish priest, Fr Martin Arlando, put to the congregation that came to celebrate mass on the 29th September, 2015 for CDM’s fifth anniversary as a church and the second year as a parish. Referring to the First Reading of the
Continue readingNITA NG – Retreat & Spiritual Guide at Penang Diocese’s new St. Joachim Spirituality Centre (located at St Anne’s Church Bukit Mertajam). She has served in this ministry for 9 years. Her books include “My Little Meditations Book” and “Meditations with Icons” (available at St Anne’s Church’s shop). She promotes
Continue readingIn line with tradition of all auspicious events at the Church of Divine Mercy, Penang (CDM) it rained on the 30th August. It had rained at the first mass at CDM and also at the installation of the church and first parish priest. As with all other events, the rain
Continue readingRev. Fr. Martin Arlando, the parish priest at the Church of Divine Mercy (CDM) Penang decided some months back that His Holiness Pope Francis’ Papal Bull of Induction of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Misericordiae Vultus (The Face of Mercy), which was issued on the 11th April 2015, needed to
Continue reading(Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy) Here's how the Pope opens the bull: Jesus Christ is the face of the Father's mercy. These words might well sum up the mystery of the Christian faith. Mercy has become living and visible in Jesus of Nazareth, reaching its culmination
Continue reading“Discouragement is part of life” said Rev. Fr Martin Arlando at the begining of his homily on the Mass for Men at the Church of Divine Mercy, Penang (CDM) held on the 18th June. He continued to say that discouragement and life go hand-in-hand. This often happens when we work
Continue reading“Have you ever been in love?” asked Fr Martin Arlando, parish priest of the Church of Divine Mercy (CDM), Penang, at the beginning of his homily during the Women’s Mass on the 8th May, 2015. He admitted he had fallen in love himself. He relates that when one is in
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