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The South Sulawesi Family Association (PKSS) celebrated Indonesia's 81st Independence Day at Rayment Park, Lathlain, Western Australia, on 23 August 2026. - Perhimpunan Keluarga Sulawesi Selatan (PKSS) menggelar perayaan Hari Ulang Tahun Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia ke-81 di Rayment Park, Lathlain, Western Australia, pada 23 Agustus 2026.

Delivered by Svara Nirmala and Stella from the Parish of Our Lady of Assumption Mamajang in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 2 Thessalonians 3: 6-10.16-18; Rs psalm 128: 1-2.4-5; Matthew 23: 27-32.DON'T DO HYPOCRITICAL EVIL Our meditation today has the theme: Don't DoHypocritical Evil. Jesus Christ strongly criticized the religious leaders andrabbis who used their outward appearances to mask the intentions of theirthoughts and hearts. Jesus used the analogy of the grave, which manifests itsoutward with beautiful tiles or marble and some decorations on it, but insideit is full of smell and bones. There was a girl who once used this illustration whenshe found out her boyfriend's hypocrisy, which led them to the sad end andfinally they broke-up. She was so angry to discover the  evidence of conversations on her boyfriend'scellphone, which were to prove that her boyfriend had already affair with otherwomen. The girl had a strong reason to end their relationship, because herboyfriend was really a hypocrite. He looked so nice and he showed goodimpression in his words and deeds to express his love for her, but in realityhe was already impure and unfaithful. According to the Scriptures, sin and evil come fromthe uncleanness and corrupted human mind and heart, such as pride, lies andlust. All these weaknesses generate a sinful mind and action towards others.When an evil person harms someone with whatever intention that he has, it's  clear for us to label him as a criminal. Hisword and action could be well predicted or perhaps we can immediately considerhim as a bad person, then we can prepare ourselves to face him if he might planto attack us. We normally use our humanly approach or even the law enforcementin order to help us dealing with such evil act. The problem that Jesus raisesin today's Gospel is about evil acts which are covered by hypocrisy.  People who do evil in this type are the criminals whoare actually quiet or polite, yet they are active behind the door. Their heartsand minds are filled with evil towards others. And yet, their hostilities aredifficult to detect. They can show themselves as polite, religious, neat,dignified and orderly persons. They can follow the current fashion. They can beintellectual and moralist. They can be rich and have influence. However, at aproper time they will explode with their crimes, and the consequence would befatal. So, an evil act covered by hypocrisy or a hypocritical evil is verydangerous and it should be cursed. Therefore the Lord Jesus also curses thoseacts by saying: "woe" to the evil ones. For all of us, the followersof Christ, let's never want to follow this way of life. Even if someone isalready familiar with this type of attitude, the noble advice to him or her isto return to the right and good way of life. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord Jesus Christ, You give warning andstrong condemnation for every evil hypocritical act. Guide us always to avoidall the desires and plans that comply with this evil act. Our Father who art inheaven ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Ariel from the Parish of Saint Albert the Great in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-3a.13b-17; Rs psalm 96: 10.11-12a.12b-13; Matthew 23: 23-26.THREE CROWNS WORN AT ONCE Our meditation today has the theme: Three Crowns Wornat Once. There was only one crown of thorns put on the head of Jesus, the onlyone royal crown on the head of a king, and the only crown for the winner in thebeauty world contests. However, there are three crowns being used at once,which are the crowns given to every follower of Christ to signify theirbelongingness to the Lord Jesus Christ. In today's first reading, Saint Paul was very pleasedand grateful for the growing in faith of the Thessalonians. This community ofbelievers had received baptism in the Holy Spirit in which they wereconsecrated with sanctifying grace that conceived three crowns, namely the giftof faith, works of love and perseverance of hope before God and all His powers.Faith, love and hope are the three basic virtues that one receives through thebaptism of the Holy Spirit. Our life journey in this world as faithful believersis actually guided by the light of these three virtues. The path of faithassures us of the greatness and glory of God, who does everything possible,even to unbelievable act such as to move a mountain to another place. Throughfaith we ensure that God is always with us and leads our lives in every timeand place. The work of love is to show how we love our neighborsin the world in the name of the Lord. This act of love can overcome the sinsthat we have committed. This proves to us that love never fails in its work.Through hope, we are able to withstand various challenges, difficulties,sufferings and a willingness to repent and become renewed. Living with hopemeans that we look ahead to the happiness and perfection which is our ultimategoal. The Lord Jesus Christ, our king and teacher, is our main standard and He is our source ofhappiness. When faith is not strong enough and tends to decline, it is to Jesusto whom we ask for its strength. If our expressions of love do not bring goodresults because they are merely words and promises, we must ask Jesus for theireffectivities. And if we are weak in hope or we easily give up in our life'sstruggles, we must ask Jesus for His assistance. If we want to grow healthy in these gifts of the threecrowns, then we should be able to avoid the behavior and mentality of thehypocrites and oppressors like that of the Pharisees and scribes. We do notwant to be rebuked by Jesus with a harsh statement such as this: "Woe toyou!" On the other hand, through the empowerment of these three crowns, wehope we will obtain what Jesus always said in His teaching, that we will becomeperfect like the heavenly Father who is ever perfect. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord, we ask for Your blessing so thatour lives will always be under the light of faith, love and hope in everymoment of our lives. Hail Mary, full of grace ... In the name of the Father ...

Pour cet épisode de fin d'été aux allures de rentrée, Koré et Roland reviennent sur deux sujets qui ont fait beaucoup parler d'eux ces derniers mois : la fin des jeux en support physique sur les consoles PlayStation de Sony, ainsi que les déboires du distributeur Makassar.Pour en discuter, nous recevons pour la toute première fois un invité dans ce podcast : Pierre Séry, fondateur, entre autres, de la maison d'édition Asian District. Il viendra partager son expérience personnelle, mais aussi son regard d'éditeur et de client de Makassar, afin d'apporter un éclairage concret sur cette affaire.Nous vous souhaitons une excellente rentrée et espérons que cet épisode vous plaira. Bonne écoute, et à très bientôt ! 00:00:00 Intro00:03:05 Sony et la fin du support physique sur PlayStation00:35:15 Makassar : retour sur le naufrage d'un pilier de la chaîne du livre01:38:24 On refait le monde autour du livre numérique Les liens de notre invité :⁠https://pierresery.fr⁠⁠https://www.asiandistrict.fr⁠⁠https://pleasecomics.com⁠Nous suivre :⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lasoufriere.transistor.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/la.soufriere/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/la-soufriere.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ce podcast est une émission du label Galaxie PopRejoignez nous sur le discord de galaxie pop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/CCaYh93hst⁠⁠⁠

Delivered by Cendani, Michaela and Kezia from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Isaiah 22: 19-23; Rs psalm 138: 1-2a.2bc-3.6.8bc; Romans 11: 33-36; Matthew 16: 13-20.GOD APPOINTS A LEADER The theme for our meditation on this 21stSunday in Ordinary Time is : God Appoints a Leader. There is a man who sharedhis experience on his participation in the contest of the election of chief ofthe village. He was one of the two candidates who competed in the race. He has spenta lot of money to fund the entire preparation manage by the managementconsisting of his friends, relatives and volunteers. He was well aware that moneybecomes the king in such political affair. Each voter is are paid.  This story ends in vain because that fellow after alldid not become the chief of his village. He has spent a lot of money but itdidn't benefit him. This was because his competitor had more money. He was so disappointedand regretted accepting the fact that he had lost the competition. However, hefelt more hurt because the elected leader was someone who used fraudulentmethods to become the village leader. Is the appointment of a leader in this way also occursin the Catholic Church? Basically, there is no contestation of election orappointment of leaders in the Church, for example to become parish Priest, Bishopand Pope, using such civil and democratic method. The church has a differentsystem of government from what any country or organization do. The way tochoose a leader in the Church is in nature so different. According to our readings today, there are two veryimportant elements in the process of appointing a leader both for religious andcivil life. They are education or formation and appointment. The prophet Isaiahsaid that with formation, a new leader in Eliakim was chosen by God, by not allowingunbelievers to become leaders. Only believers who can know and understand thepower of God and follow His commands. Through education or formation during a period of timewith Jesus, finally a leader was chosen in the person of the apostle Peter. Hewas appointed from a group of 12 apostles and many other disciples. The Lordalso formally appointed the apostles and disciples and giving them the key tosignify the legitimacy of the power that they should in their mission on behalfof Him. According to the scriptures, the key is used to open an access for thebelievers and to live with the Lord. The Lord Jesus wants to teach us that a leader in thisworld is a messenger of God. Even the birth of modern democracy has shaped acommon belief that all members of society represent the voice of God to electtheir leader. A leader who carries out God's will, is the one who alwaysbelieves that everything comes from God, everything exists because of God andto lead us to God.Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord, bless us and fill us with Your loveso that we will always be faithful to You. Our Father who art in heaven ... Inthe name of the Father ...

Delivered by Dwi Setyo from the Parish of Our Lady of Assumption Mamajang in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Ezekiel 34: 1-11; Rs psalm 23: 1-6; Matthew 20: 1-16a.JEALOUSY AGAINST GENEROSITY Our meditation today has the theme: Jealousy AgainstGenerosity. What we mean by heart in this reflection is not something preciselyrelated to such part of human body which is inside the stomach. We use theheart here refers to the character of human nature that defines someone as agood person or not, as a person with moral quality or not. Both jealousy andgenerosity indicate the mental situation in a person, which motivates him toact as a jealous or a generous person. The jealous person is like a mother or a wife whodoesn't like to see her neighbour housewife who has a more handsome and capablehusband. She has such hatred attitude because her own husband is not handsomeand capable. The story would be different, if she could engage in a goodrelationship with her neighbours around, and in friendship she welcomed ormingled with them, then for sure she would certainly accept that fellowhousewife as a good friend of her. Despite the fact that her neighbour'shusband is more capable and handsome, she was not dominated by negativethoughts and feelings. Their relationship as good friends could free her fromthe negative self-image. Therefore, this mother really had a generous or kindheart. Jealousy is always the opposite of generosity. Thisopposition can only stop when one of them is terminated. If it turns out thatgenerosity is missing, the life in this world is fully dark, just like theSatan's kingdom which is full of evil and sins. On the other hand, if it turnsout that jealousy does not exist, the life of this world is full with light,just like a bright light in Jesus' teaching about the Beatitudes. Jesus says:Blessed are those who are pure of heart and blessed are those who always dogood, and so on. As disciples of Jesus, avoiding to be jealous personsis our obligation. We are not encouraged by our faith observance to increasejealousy and to decline in generosity. Jesus' parable of the hired men who wereso jealous of God's generosity, intends to teach us not to be jealous likethem. The virtue of generosity that we manifest through words, actions orsymbols really needs to be respected and preserved as our sacred act. Becausewhen we practice it in truth and with faithfulness, we actually become as generousas the Lord Himself who commands us to follow His example. Our Blessed Mother, the Virgin Mary, as our generoushelper, is a sign of God's generosity. Our Lady always prays for and protectsus because she is so generous to us, so that we will be freed from the threatsof enemy who will endanger our lives. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord and our God, protect and deliver usfrom all threats of the enemy who wants to separate us from Your Kingdom .Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit ... In the name ofthe Father ...

Delivered by Grace Larope from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Ezekiel 12: 1-12; Rs psalm 78: 56-59.61-62; Matthew 18: 21 - 19: 1.A BIG HEART THAT FORGIVES Our meditation today has the theme: A Big Heart thatForgives. There was a boy, the fifth grade primary student, who told hisparents one morning that better he would stop going to school. He was sayingthis while weeping and terrified. After searching for the reason, they learnedthat this child was afraid of being teased, humiliated and bullied once againby his friends at school. He had tried to be patient with them, played withthem, even shared snacks with them, but he was still victimized by them. He justwanted to quit the school. The parents were sad of their son's situation andtried to solve the problem with the school. This boy's sad experience should not be considered asa human error or simply something by chance, but this proved that there was avery bad social pattern existed in that school that must be removed. Perhapsyou yourself have ever been the victim of such pattern of evil behavior in yourown context. In facing such difficulty, there are some people who can solvethem on their own, but others cannot, so they need help from others to overcomeit. On the how to solve this, it can be through reactive or repressive ways,which means to fight with violence, but it can also through persuasive orfriendly ways. One of the Christian teachings that is always close tothe hearts of followers of Christ when they experience such trouble, is to havea big heart, namely to be a forgiving person and always willing to forgive inwhatever situation. The prophet Ezekiel in the first reading describes an actof forgiveness, which is to reject violence by being passive or silent. Heteaches us an attitude of making ourselves the powerless victims in the face ofthose who are against us. This is to remind them that they also will have theirown time and experience of trouble which they deserve. This way of forgivenessis the same as to say this expression: "The Lord forgives them becausethey don't know what they are doing". The Lord Jesus teaches us on how a big heart forgives,that is, through explicit statements and actions that we can give. The evilones or our enemies need to see and experience how through our words andactions we really forgive them. Such forgiveness should not be measured up tothe number of time or in quantity, and also in quality such as beyond one'spatience, fatigue, boredom, and hurt. Jesus recognized this human tendency ofputting the limits, however, He teaches His disciples and all of us to do theotherwise. Therefore, He emphasized that a big great that forgives is the onethat does not take into account the limits of both the quantity and quality. Hesays this in His famous expression, that we should be able to forgive 70 times7 times. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord, give us kind and big hearts so thatwe can forgive without limit. If we are not strong enough to forgive, give usYour Spirit and we will be strengthened. Glory to the Father and to the Son andto the Holy Spirit  ... In the name ofthe Father ...

Delivered by Erica Tanzil from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 2 Corinthians 9: 6-10; Rs psalm 112: 1-2.5-9; John 12: 24-26.GOD LOVES THOSE WHO GIVE WITH JOY The theme for our meditation today is: God Loves ThoseWho Give with Joy. Today the Church celebrates the feast of Saint Lawrence, whowas a deacon from Rome. He was killed by the Emperor Valerian in the 3rdcentury. In a particular moment, Lawrence was temporarily imprisoned andawaiting execution. He was considered the person who kept all the treasures ofthe Church, which were left by Pope Sixtus II, who had been killed four daysearlier. On the day of his execution Lawrence was ordered to bring along withhim and to submit all those riches being kept . Then he went to the place ofexecution followed by many people who were sick, lame, poor, abandoned whom hehad served every day. They were all the possessions of the Church beingdemanded by the Emperor. Saint Lawrence's life was a perfect example of givingwith joy. This means that he had given all of his life for the little and sickones, and this means that he was indeed carrying out the will of God. He wasfull with joy in doing the works that he Lord himself already did. At the timeof execution, he presented his favorite world which was a life united withthose who were absolutely powerless. So he was willing and happy to accept hisdeath sentence because after his death a spirit of giving with joyful heartwill grow in the life of those who have experienced God's love. When we give with joy, it is good that we focus on thepersons who need and who receive what we give. Our focus is not on things andgoods according to their quantity or price. If you focus your attention onpeople, you will automatically pay attention to the things they need. The focuson persons is much broader and deeper because we also include other aspectssuch as values, teachings, closeness, relations, psychology, culture and so on.It often happens that when these non-material aspects are properly attended,the material things are no longer our priority. When we give our first attention to the human person,both individual and group, the fruit of this will be our spiritualsatisfaction. The one who gives will be happy and at peace because he offersgoodness to others. This certainly gives him a positive help for growth. Theone who receives attention and goodness is also happy because he is helped tobe able to face the difficulty of life. This is really a noble and wonderfulexperience where people enrich themselves with gratefulness and mutual appreciation.God guides and blesses such expression of love and we are happy to livetogether in this way. God's love has no limits, and His most precious gift ofhappiness to us is the gift of eternal life in heaven where all of us will beunited in God.Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O most loving Father, Your Son Jesus Christteaches us to give with joy and to be motivated by love, grant that we willalways  practice this in every moment ofour lives. Our Father who art in heaven ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Johana, Clairine, Dwi Setyo and Michaela from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 1 Kings 19: 9a.11-13a; Rs psalm 85: 9ab-10.11-12.13-14; Romans 9: 1-5; Matthew 14: 22-33.GOD COMMANDS US TO FIGHT THE STORM OF EVIL  The theme for our meditation on this 19thSunday in ordinary time is: God Commands Us to Fight the Storm of Evil. There were twochildren—siblings—playing by the seashore while the waves were high andcrashing loudly against the sand. Their mother sat under the tree watching them. The mother advised themnot to go into the sea to play with the waves, because it would endanger them.They just played on the shore with the waves crashing against the sand. They hadto take care of each other while playing and running. According to Jewish tradition and belief, especiallyduring the time of  Jesus, the waves ofthe sea, the strong currents, and the wind on the surface of the sea were signsthat Satan and evil spirits were threatening to attack whoever was aroundthere. This threat was experienced by the apostle Peter when he wanted to meetJesus by walking on the water which was being controlled by this evil power.Jesus himself stepped on, trampled on it and walked to the direction of theapostles. He was on his way to bring calm and peace to His apostles who were soterrified by the threat. If the experience of Peter and the other apostles happenedat sea, the prophet Elijah's experience was on land, on mountains andespecially in the cave of the rock. The evil power also threatened the holyprophet. There were three signs of Satan's power and evil spirit, namelyhurricane, earthquake and fire. All were tempting and trying to destroy Elijah,but this holy and most faithful prophet paid no attention to those temptationsof the evil one. At last he was able to meet the Lord in a gentle breeze, andhe was given by God a mission to be the prophet for his own people. The Lord isindeed our peace. Both Peter and Elijah ended up going through serioustrials in order to meet God. It is precisely when big and terrible threatsindeed come to attack, the Lord Jesus comes for our rescue and gives usstrength so that we can fight them with confidence. If we lose faith, courage,and power that have been given to us, we will fall and perish. The storm ofevil threatens us indefinitely, because the evil power has his own wills thatwe never expect. Therefore we must stay alert and grow stronger in our faith. According to our readings today, Satan or the evilspirit threatens us both when someone is alone like Elijah or when we aretogether like the apostles of Jesus. This threat can strike us while prayinglike Elijah or when we are working like the apostles in their boat. In whateversituation and time as the threat comes, we must live with God's command, namelystepping on it and trample on it, so that we can walk freely and in peace.According to Saint Paul, we do that only for the glory of God.Let'spray. In the name of ... O most loving Father, may this Sunday celebrationstrengthen our faith and make us more obedient to Your will. Our Father who artin heaven ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Kezia from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Daniel 7: 9-10.13-14; Rs psalm 97: 1-2.5-6.9; 2 Peter 1: 16-19; Matthew 17: 1-9.EYES AND EARS ARE ON GUARD Our meditation today has the theme: Eye and Ear are onGuard. There is a young man who was in his third time falling in love and forhim this last one should bring a positive outcome. The previous two alwaysended in sadness because there were many troubles and conflicts happened. Herecognized his own weaknesses that have contributed to the failure of thoseprevious love relationships. Then he spoke about it with his parents. Hisparents advised him, saying that the decision of heart of what to say and toact depends very much on one's ability to see and to hear. Our eyes and ears must always be active in order toperceive the reality of those whom we love. When you see that the person nextto you is busy with some activities, or when you hear that the person's voiceis very weak, your heart's decision will determine what action you can take infavor of him. That young man agreed to this advise and he promised to use thisthird opportunity of love relationship be meaningful and could go on to thelevel of marriage. Today, as we celebrate the feast Jesus who revealedHis glory or commonly known as the transfiguration day, the Word of God teachesus to experience the glory and greatness of God through our eyes that see andour ears that hear. All three readings describe the physical acts of seeing andhearing that were experienced by the prophet Daniel, the apostle Peter and histwo fellow apostles. They saw the apparition of God and heard the voice thatcame directly from the heavenly Father. Such faith experience of seeing andhearing directly the Lord is indeed desired by all of us. We desire to be thereon the Mount Tabor to witness God's glory like what the apostles hadexperienced.  In our case, our faith and spiritual experiences withthe Lord are indirect events, however, they are the representations that cometo us directly. Jesus represents or manifests His glory through the Holy Father,bishops or priests, or a brother and sister who offer goodness and charity tous. Jesus is truly present as the person from heaven, yet He is made into theEucharistic Bread which we always worship and eat. Jesus also stands at thepulpit and says directly to us the divine Word yet He is represented by a preacher.Such experiences are highly esteemed, and they indeed help our faith grow. Oureyes and ears are very instrumental for the growth of our faith. If we do not listen and see with proper intention andgood attention, we will lose the experience of the glory of God present inothers, the environment, and the events of our lives.Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O most loving Lord, may we always eager tosee and hear You in every situation of our lives. Hail Mary, full of grace ...In the name of the Father ...

In this episode, the second in our series previewing the themes of the upcoming IASC conference, Michael sits down with the co-leaders of the Forests, Livelihoods, and Tenure sub-theme ahead of the conference in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia next summer. His guests are Moira Moeliono, a forest and climate researcher with more than twenty years at what is now the Landscape Alliance; Sandeep Khandekar, a commons practitioner based in India with Living Landscapes; and Jude Kimengsi, who leads the Landscape Governance and Development research group at Göttingen University. The conversation covers why forests, livelihoods, and tenure belong together as a theme. The guests discuss the unresolved tensions around carbon regimes and REDD+, asking whether programs like these ultimately serve forest-dependent communities or replicate the exclusions of earlier extractive regimes. They explore the colonial roots of state forest ownership in Indonesia and Cameroon, the limited reach of social forestry reforms, and the informal and often invisible forms of power that shape who actually benefits from forest governance. The subtheme is actively seeking submissions across multiple categories: academic papers, practitioner-academic dialogues, and policy roundtables. Topics of particular interest include innovative benefit-sharing mechanisms for forest communities, the role of technology in tenure mapping and rights claims, and research that surfaces the informal rules and hidden interests shaping forest governance. The call for submissions is now open: visit the conference website for details: https://2027.iasc-commons.org/

Delivered by Randy from the Parish of Christ the King in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Jeremiah 26: 11-16.24; Rs psalm 69: 15-16.30-31.33-34; Matthew 14: 1-12.DEATH FOR THE TRUTH The theme for our meditation today is: Death for theTruth. There is at a city gate, a famous statue which is called "The Childon the Mother's Shoulder" stands to give meaning to the city. In the pastthe city was defended by a young man who led the whole people to fight theenemies who wanted to occupy the city. Even though the city was successfullydefended, this young man was killed in the war. His own mother put the son onher shoulder, and while mourning for him she carried him into the city to begiven reverence by everyone and the whole city. The Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ, cared forHim, and witnessed with her own eyes the son's shameful death, then she putJesus' body on her lap (the la pietafrom Michaelangelo). The Blessed Mother witnessed firsthand the Lamb of God whowas sacrificed for defending the truth from those who were seeking to destroythe truth. Mary's nephew, John the Baptist, was also killed earlier than Jesusby an evil king Herod because this ruler was so threatened by the truth. AfterJesus and John the Baptist, there are men and women throughout generations havebeen willing to sacrifice their lives for defending the truth that comes fromGod. Heroes from our towns and countries are people who have died for thetruth. Then the question is this: does the truth have to becompensated by death? The first answer would be on those who oppose the truth,namely people of bad reputation or people who are known for their evil deeds,who seem to be very strong in this world, and their goal is to eliminate thetruth and all the elements associated with it. One of its main targets is todestroy those who fight for the truth, who defend it and who live by it. And another answer would be more on the spiritualpoint of view. Here, it is irrelevant with violence and bloodshed, maybebecause the enemy or opponent is rather weak. However, the truth remains ourprinciple point of reference in life and must be upheld. Our real challenge isto live out that truth with genuinity, to practice it and to make others livein truth as well. It is here that we should die for our laziness, boredom,indifference, selfishness, forgetfulness and other personal deficiencies thatput us away from the responsibility to live in truth. The truth, in principle, is in accordance with realityor fact. This means that it is against what is not real or lie. Truth is alsodefined according to rules, norms, morals. If you are morally recognized, youhave truth and this is contrary to acts that break the rules or moralstandards. Ultimately, truth for us believers is to do God's will and commands,therefore, everything untrue is following the will which is not from God butfrom someone else. So let us live by the truth that we are obliged to, even todefend it till our death.Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... Almighty God, may our efforts to defend thetruth and to testify it to everyone around us, will be pleasing to You. HailMary, full of grace ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Javinsen, Claire and Celine from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Wisdom 12: 13.16-19; Rs psalm 86: 5-6.9-10.15-16a; Romans 8: 26-27; Matthew 13: 24-30.THE ENEMY GIVES US OPPORTUNITY The theme for our meditation on this 16thSunday in Ordinary Time is: The Enemy Gives Us Opportunity. A high schoolstudent got praise and gifts from his parents for achieving best grades for allthe subjects in his study. This somehow surprised everyone in the familybecause they still remembered of his grades at the beginning of school thatwere far from expectation. He even got a number of red marks.                                              Why did he change so quickly with his studyachievements when he was in the second and third grade? Did he cheat duringexam in order to get satisfactory grades? These are the common questions thatwere always addressed to him. To those who asked these questions, the boyalways answered wisely, as he said: "Every friend of mine who gets bettergrades than me is my challenger in study, even I want to be better thanhim." This boy continued to follow this way until he finished high school. That teenager's experience is an example of a healthyand good competition. There is also unhealthy and bad competition, which goesthrough bad ways to pursue its goals. In every competition, each competingparty considers its counterpart as an enemy. There are enemies who becomefriends of competition and struggle, so we can be helped to achieve progressand success. Enemies of this quality are considered good enemies, because theygive us the opportunity to become better. But there are enemies who become deadly opponents, whoare moved by hatred, anger and jealousy. We are not helped to become better,instead we are led to a disaster and loss. We naturally and in following thecommon sense, want to have good enemies. God himself is in the category of ourgood enemies. We are sinners. Every time we realize ourselves as sinners, wemust be able to see God as our good enemy, who is patient with us and providesall the opportunities so that we can repent and ultimately return to Him. The parable of coexistence between the seed sower andhis enemy the weed sower, then between the seed that grows together withits  enemy the weed, is so clearly toteach us about the role of the enemy that helps us in this life. Our own familymembers, our friends and people whom we don't know can be our good enemies.Even if we cannot avoid the presence of the dangerous or deadly enemies, thiswas actually already experienced by the Lord Jesus himself and the martyrs whohave gone before us. Such enemies give us opportunities to drink the cup ofsuffering like Jesus Christ did, who is our Teacher and Savior. In this case,we should be grateful and pray for our enemies. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord, bless us so that we can live inYour truth and wisdom. Make us good neighbours to those around us. Our Fatherwho art in heaven ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Svara Nirmala and Stella from the Parish of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mamajang, in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Isaiah 10: 5-7.13-16; Rs psalm 94: 5-10.14-15; Matthew 11: 25-27.KNOWING GOD         The theme for our meditation today is: Knowing God.Joyce, a grade 2 student of elementary school who has only been to school for aweek. In religion class, the students were taught to pray the "OurFather" and other basic prayers. The teacher once asked the students tojot down the formula of Our Father's prayer. However, Joyce only wrote thetitle "Our Father", then under it she drew the face of a man withthick and curly hair, mustache and thin beard. The teacher then asked why Joyce drew that man's face.She replied in this way: "I can already memorize the Lord's Prayer, and Ieven want something more, namely the face of God the Father. Because I do notknow the face of God, I better draw the face of my father at home. He is alsoas good as God". The little girl Joyce represents all of us believerswho want to know God directly and clearly. But  like her, we certainly find it difficult toverify on what or who God looks like. There is no human being can do this, butJesus Christ, who is the Son of God, indeed does it for us. The face of Jesusis so well known to us. According Him, as we come to know Him, to see His faceand to meet Him, we indeed know and experience the existence of God the Father. Today we come to meet the Lord God who introducesHimself to us. Through the passage of the book of the prophet Isaiah chapter10, God revealed Himself as the ruler of the universe and all nations on earth.The evil power who ruled  over thegodless nations would be eventually defeated by the power of Heaven, when Godused the Assyrian Kingdom to oppress them. Indeed, the Lord wanted to make themaware of their sinfull lives and they should repent then returned to Him. Jesus introduced God the Father as the One who hadincarnated in his human form. Jesus himself knew God the Father and what Godthe Father is really like. We can only obtain this knowledge through JesusChrist who is speaking and meeting us. In His prayer to the Father, Jesus askedthat all goodness and mercy are to be given to the simple, little and sufferingones. Whereas the arrogant, the powerful and the learned people find itdifficult to recognize God in their complicated lives. Many of us truly recognize God in times of difficultyand threat of suffering, and we really need the Lord's help. We also recognizeGod when He frees us from all forms of oppression and persecution. We alsorecognize God in situations of pain and helplessness. In a simple and humblelife we ​​also know the Lord our God. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... Almighty God, strengthen us with Yourblessings, so that we can recognize You without obstacles in all situations ofour lives. Our Father who art in heaven ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Fiona from the Parish of Mary Queen of Rosary in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Isaiah 1: 11-17; Rs psalm 50: 8-9.16bc-17.21.23; Matthew 10: 34 - 11: 1.SPIRITUAL WARFARE The theme for our meditation today is: SpiritualWarfare. In one particular morning there was a girl who was quarreling with hermother. They shouted and blamed each other over something not substantial. Whenleaving home to work, she was still angry and during work she remained angryover that problem with her mother. But the mother at home was continuallypraying for her daughter. She just wanted that her daughter's anger couldimmediately go away. In the afternoon when the girl returned from work, there wasno more anger and the atmosphere in the house returned to normal as if therewas nothing just happened. Anger, like many other sins, originates from the evilone, which is the devil. When we allow ourselves to be dominated by this evilpower, any sinful act can happen as quickly as possible. Even a human personwho is good and intelligent, if he is controlled by the power of darkness, hewill be defeated and eventually perished. This evil power aims to afflict anddestroy him. This power always seizes the opportunity that is available, whichis those persons who are mentally and spiritually weak. The incident above between that girl and her mother isan example of the spiritual war. In a spiritual war, the physical violence thatinvolves tools or weapons does not occur, but people normally use words,thoughts, arguments, criticisms, advices, and the powerful force of prayer. Thespiritual warfare in its true sense is the fight between the power of good andthe power of evil. From His part, the Lord wants that truth and goodness are tobe safeguarded because the forces of evil have already inflicted chaos or haveambition to take power over the life of mankind. In this regard, the prophet Isaiah insisted theIsraelites during their exile period, that in the presence of the almighty Godthey must cleanse themselves by avoiding all the evil deeds. The sword thatJesus used in the spiritual war is the Word of God. This sword has two equallysharp sides used to defend our spirits and souls from the danger of evil, theconsideration and decision of our minds, and the purpose of  our hearts. The Word of God is actually thesword of the Holy Spirit that is used to destroy the spirit of darkness thatbrings us into sin and ultimately removes our dignity as sons and daughters ofGod. So it is Jesus Christ who leads the war that createsdivision among the relatives and friends, where the power of darkness anddestruction of human souls can be found existing there. Purification must bemade there, in order to give us sons and daughters of God an opportunity tolive righteous, peaceful, and joyful in the Holy Spirit. We should always usethe spiritual sword of Jesus Christ in our lives as Christians. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O beloved Father, we pray that may the fireof Your Spirit burn our zeal to be courageous and diligent to fight all formsof evil that at any moment can disturb and conquer us. Glory to the Father andto the Son and to the Holy Spirit ... In the name of the Father ...

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Delivered by Josephine Mercy Ho from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Hosea 2: 13.14b-15.18-19; Rs psalm 145: 2-3.4-5.6-7.8-9; Matthew 9: 18-26.THE WOMEN WHOM JESUS LOVED The theme for our meditation today is: The Women whomJesus Loved. Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the Son of God, indeed became a man likeus. He had all the characteristics like human beings in general. One of themwas that He had women who were near Him and served Him. Jesus could not justhave male friends who were evidently close to Him. There was a parish priest who said this in one of hishomilies. After the Holy Mass, the priest was questioned by several youngpeople who met him outside the church. "Who were these women very specialand so loved by Jesus?" They expected that the answer given would be likeMary Magdalene, Martha and her sister Mary or one of the women found in thescriptures. They wanted to know that Jesus Christ had really a love story likeanyone of us, men and women. The Priest said that the women whom Jesus loved andthat they were so special to Him, were those small, poor, sick, sinful, andwidowed in the society where Jesus lived. The first woman should be His ownMother Mary and our Mother too. There were many other women in the newtestament, with or without names, who can be included in this group with theBlessed Mother. Women who were so loved by Jesus had thecharacteristics or signs that made Jesus' attention went to them. The mostnatural sign should be their attractiveness as women that make them equalpartners to men. The Lord makes a woman wife to her husband. This symbolimplies that whoever we are, both men and women, if we are righteous personsand God is working in us, just like the good soil for the word of God to grow,this certainly shows that God really loves us. Another sign of women whom the Lord Jesus loves istheir weakness, their difficulties, and their pains. Jesus' choice has alwaysbeen those people like what the Gospel of today shows us, namely the daughterof the head of the synagogue who was brought back to life by Jesus and a womansuffering hemorrhages for 12 years healed by Jesus. This symbol represents allof us who are in trouble, sickness, and missing something or someone. We reallyneed the Lord Jesus to heal and comfort us. Another one sign of women whom Jesus loved is theirpiety, pure hearts and sacrifices that they offer both for those they love andfor the life in general. Saint Maria Goretti was a little girl who defended herpurity by offering her own life, and this must be an example for all of us. Byfollowing all these examples, we deserve great and wonderful love from the LordJesus Christ. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord Jesus, make us able to love ourneighbors with Your own love so that they may have a wonderful encounter withyou and may renew their lives. Hail Mary, full of grace ... In the name of theFather ...

Delivered by Heidy from the Parish of Christ the King in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Amos 9: 11-15; Rs psalm 85: 9.11-12.13-14; Matthew 9: 14-17.PARTY STYLE ANDFASTING STYLE The theme for our meditation today is: Party Style and Fasting Style. Ayoung girl celebrated her seventeenth birthday with great joy. Most of theguests were her school friends, and each brought her a gift. Her family alsoprepared a special present because she was the eldest of three children. Thecelebration was held on the beach on a bright sunny day. She was grateful andvery happy on her special day. A celebration is meaningful because people come together. Family andfriends meet, talk, share stories, eat and drink, sing, and enjoy one another'scompany. A joyful celebration is very different from fasting. Each has its ownpurpose. The essential characteristic of fasting is the experience of absence,self-denial, and sacrifice. When there is a sense of loss or longing, peopleusually set aside eating, drinking, entertainment, and other forms ofcelebration. There is no atmosphere of music, dancing, or festivity. Fastingexpresses our desire to seek the Lord more deeply. It reminds us that we longfor God's presence and wish to draw closer to Him through prayer,self-discipline, and spiritual renewal. This contrast is illustrated in today's Gospel. The disciples of Johnand many of the Jews did not recognize that Jesus, the Lord Himself, wasalready present among them. They thought of God as distant and believed thatfasting was the proper way to seek Him. In contrast, Jesus' apostles anddisciples rejoiced because the Bridegroom was with them. It was a time forcelebration, not for fasting. Jesus also taught that when He was taken awayfrom them, then it would be the proper time to fast. For us today, both fasting and celebration remain important. The Churchprovides regular occasions for fasting and for joyful feasts through theliturgical calendar. Many people also choose to fast as part of their personalspiritual discipline. Likewise, we celebrate feasts, both in large and smallgatherings, to give thanks for the gift of one another and for God's presencein our lives. The important lesson is that both celebration and fasting have theirown time and purpose. We should do each in the right way and respect those whoare celebrating or fasting. At one time we may celebrate, and at another timewe may fast. So, let us not disturb one another, but support each other inliving our faith. Let us pray.In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.Amen.Lord Jesus Christ, help us follow Your teaching on fasting and everyspiritual practice. May Your Holy Spirit guide us always, so that we may do allthings with faith, hope, and love.Hail Mary, full of grace...In the name of the Father, and of the Son, andof the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Delivered by Reinaldy and Margareth from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral and Svara Nirmala and Lukitananda from the Parish of Our Lady of Assumption Mamajang in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 2 Kings 4: 8-11.14-16a; Rs psalm 89: 2-3.16-17.18-19; Romans 6: 3-4.8-11; Matthew 10: 37-42.HAPPY TO CARRY THE CROSS The theme for our meditation today is: Happy to Carrythe Cross. Naturally, we are happy because there are things or happenings thatare good and pleasant. However, the cross is a very shameful and painful thing.The cross signifies the most severe punishment. So if we become happy to carrythe cross, this is an irony. There is a lot of irony and  something doesn't make sense to us aboutJesus Christ. The coming of the Son of God into the world and becoming JesusChrist is beyond our common sense. His choice to obey the Father's will, bycarrying the disgraceful cross and dying on it, cannot enter into our normalunderstanding. He is truly God but He has such a bad reputation. However, Jesus himself had proven that through thecross the best form of love is manifested. The cross is a symbol of sacrificeand suffering that the Lord Jesus had put on us. His own experience is enoughto teach us that we will obtain happiness after bearing our crosses in thisworld. This teaching also suits the understanding of most people in the worldin their belief that there is light after dark, there is success afterstruggle, there is money after working hard. With this concept in mind, it is appropriate for us tohave a positive understanding and attitude about the cross. We are invited onthis Sunday to be happy in carrying out whatever cross we have, however heavyit may be. There are various crosses with different weights. The sins andmistakes we have committed are certainly burdens of the cross itself and theyhave their own weight. They really affect our lives. The cross in the form of sacrifice our personalinterests and doing mortification also have its weight that often makes usdepressed. For example Jesus' command that we should love Him more than our ownparents and brothers and sisters, and that we can lose our lives because webelieve in him, these are obviously heavy crosses that we bear. The command tobe generous and do good, such as welcoming the Lord, a messenger of God, andour neighbors, is also a burden we must bear. Welcoming others, especially the strangers and ourenemies, is also our heavy burden. But in the name of love, we must sacrificeour interests and freedom so we can meet and provide services to them. All ofthis is our cross. And there is a wise advice for us is that we should be happywith these crosses. Let'spray. In the name of the Father... O Lord Jesus, may the celebration of thisSunday give us encouragement to happily carry our crosses. Our Father who artin heaven ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Dwi Setyo and Stella from then Parish of Our Lady of Assumption Mamajang in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indoneisa. Isaiah 49: 1-6; Rs psalm 139: 1-3.13-14ab.14c-15; Acts of the Apostles 13: 22-26; Luke 1: 57-66.80.HIS NAME IS JOHN The theme for our meditation today is: His Name isJohn. In the Christian Church, both in the East and the West, which is theLatin-Roman Catholic, the birth of John the Baptist is celebrated today. Wemake it a solemnity, because John had shown his very important role in relationto the mission of Jesus Christ on earth. The news about John as God's gift into the lives ofZechariah and Elisabeth was already a great news that astonished many people.This was followed by the mission that John carried out later, which was toprepare people to welcome Jesus Christ. The Messiah for Israel was a great kingwho had all the powers and was the highest hope for their peaceful andsecurity. The preparation must be very big and the best ever. The person of John from his mother's womb, followinghis birth, and his mission, was like a red carpet to the great king JesusChrist. He had astonished the world and changed it to the light for a new life,even people as evil as Herod were amazed at him. But he himself admitted thatJesus was far greater than himself. He offered himself to be a red carpet thatstretched on the ground as an open and honorable way for Jesus Christ to comeand pass over it. The birth of John the Baptist gives us the meaning ofa mission or duty that reflects the life as a calling. The name"John" attached to him means "God is full of grace".According to the book of the prophet Isaiah, the name of a person has been madesince he was in the mother's womb. A person given a name signifies he is knownand determined that following his birth there will be a specific task ormission he has to carry out. So, the birth of a child, which means all of us, isalready in God's plan. No human child is born by chance or simply aspontaneity. John the Baptist prepared the way for the source orthe master of graces to come into the world to cast away sins and to bringsalvation. We can actually use every grace bestowed by God, especially throughthe sacraments that we receive that we may be cleansed from sin, renew ourselves,and live a new life. When we enjoy a new life, we should not feel greater,arrogant, of merely having fun of it. Our new life must have a commitment tofollow the example of John the Baptist, namely to become a red carpet for theLord especially in our services to others. Let them know that God does the goodthings in their lives through us. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... Our good and loving God, may today'scelebration strengthen our zeal to share Your mercy to our neighbors,especially those who are in great need. Glory to the Father and to the Son andto the Holy Spirit ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Andre and Shendy Jost from the Parish of Saint Albert the Great in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 2 Kings 17: 5-8.13-15a.18; Rs psalm 60: 3.4-5.12-13; Matthew 7: 1-5.WHO CAN JUDGE RIGHTLY? The theme for our meditation today is: Who Can JudgeRightly? Ferdinand was a cheerful teenager and was in his first-year high school. He was elected thechairman of the altar boys group in local parish community. However heresigned  from that post a week after.When he was asked why he quit as chairman so quickly, he only replied honestlythat many of his friends gave constructive comments and inputs. But many moregave him a negative evaluation or criticism and even slander. Negative evaluation and judgment are found everywhereand made by everyone. A judgmental person can be found just near you.According to our Lord Jesus Christ, this cannot be done and is not thelifestyle of His followers. This is a sin which is in line with the lifestylein the world that always gives judgment in order to separate who is right fromwho is wrong. Today Jesus teaches us to stop the habit of givingjudgment which is to convict others to be sinners. Instead, we are taught togive priority to the best and most respected side of others, because through ithuman education occurs, love grows among people, and solidarity as God's peopleis preserved. Judgment, criticism and evaluation are still neededfor every person, group and community, but we are encouraged to do them ingentleness and love. This is our sacred duty. Parents correct and even judgetheir children about relationships between the opposite sexes they are engagingthat already worried them so much. Young religious men and women are judged bytheir superiors in the matter of the discipline of daily life that have becomedry and lost its quality. This is what we can call a sacred judgment. Then Jesus' best advice for us is that those whojudge, criticize and evaluate their neigbours well and in the spirit of lovewill be judged also in love by God. So we go back to our question: Who canjudge rightly? God is the one who does it because He is the source of love andkindness. We, as His people, also do the same in our own situation andcompetence because God uses us to do His works. On the how we can do this thing, we need to departfrom ourselves to first judge ourselves. We need to see sincerely whether weare clean or free from mistakes and sins. If we have sinned the same as thosewhom we give judgment, while we ourselves have not repented from that sin, itis the same as lying or a hypocrisy. This is a futile move, because people willdemand you to prove to yourself first if you are already clean or have changed.Our words and actions must be in one direction.Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord Jesus Christ, make us sincere andcorrect in giving judgment, criticism and input to our fellow brothers andsisters, and use us to practice the truth through our words and deeds. Glory tothe Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit ... In the name of the Father...

Delivered by Kezia, Cherilyn, and Bryan from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Jeremiah 20: 10-13; Rs psalm 69: 8-10.14.17.33-35; Romans 5: 12-15; Matthew 10: 26-33.DO NOT BE AFRAID The theme for our meditation today is: Do not BeAfraid. There is a husband and his wife who have only been married for one yearand already have a son. Each of them had a habit of fear before they gotmarried. The husband used to be afraid of blood. He could not stand to seefresh blood flowing directly from the body of human or animal. He could noteven see firsthand the birth of his son. The wife used to be afraid being aloneand in a dark place. She always had relatives or friends who accompanied herall the time. But after the birth of their first child, they bothdecided to abandon the habit of having unnecessary fear. Their decision had amotivation which is essential, namely for the education and growth of the firstchild and others to be born later. They are very aware that what are in them asparents and what they actually do will bring big influence to the children. Ifparents have unreasonable fears, they will influence children to behave in thesame way. The Lord Jesus teaches us not to be afraid, as part ofHis proclamation of the gospel. He reveals this command to strengthen our faithin Him. For this purpose, he gives us this command 365 times. If there are 365days a year, every day has one "Don't be afraid" command or warningthat we must obey and put into practice. Why is this command "Don't be afraid" soimportant for us? Because this is the real life of the Lord Jesus ChristHimself. He himself was not afraid of anyone and anything related to the worldand humans. He was not even afraid of His own death. He wants us to follow hisexample. It's useless He commands us to do, but He did not do it himself. WhatJesus did was also done by the prophet Jeremiah and Saint Paul. And we all havecommitment in faith to do it too. God's command "Don't be afraid" is meant toprevent us from being so easily afraid. This command is the most frequentlyviolated, because by nature we humans are cowards. We inherit fear from thefirst humans who had fallen into sin. We also have the nature of fear asanimals when our environment is disturbed by others. In this world and especially around us there are manytrials and threats of enemies, both visible and invisible. So the Lord Jesusassures us not to be afraid, because he leads our lives. If our lives are trulywith Him, fear becomes impossible. Let'spray. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit ... OJesus, may with this Sunday celebration, we can overcome all fears in thisworld and give comfort to one another. Hail Mary, full of grace ... In the nameof the Father ...

This month we are featuring a feed drop from The Penumbra Podcast one of the brilliant shows on the RQ Network. This episode is called “Knight of the Crown Lord of the Swamp Part 1 “and is from the 2nd season of the Second Citadel, a fantasy epic where friendships and romance are forged across enemy lines, which follows the fierce Sir Carolinem the first female Knight of the Crown, leading an eclectic team of warriors against mind-manipulating monsters. In this episode The Festival of the Three is the most important day of the year in the Second Citadel – or the most important three days, as the case may be. Battles and music and drink run free in Citadel's square, and nearly every knight is in attendance… which leaves very few to guard from the monsters' constant threat.Luckily, Sir Damien is on guard tonight, standing outside the Queen's chambers with his trusty bow in hand. But Sir Damien is injured, and when a monstrous threat crawls in, he may find that it's a very different sort of challenge from what he's used to.Introduction and outro by Karim Kronfli. You can listen to the next exciting episode of The Penumbra Podcast by clicking on this link, or by searching for The Penumbra Podcast wherever you find podcasts, on the Rusty Quill website and at www.thepenumbrapodcast.com If you would like to support the creators of The Penumbra and access behind-the-scenes content like production scripts, commentaries, blooper reels, and more you can find more information at The Penumbra Podcast: Special Edition.Transcript:You can find transcripts for all the episodes on the Penumbra Podcast here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLddnnYamZuglgZc8pM2gqToPOwEBccM?usp=sharingAttributions: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: http://ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657“hang_drum_310513.WAV” by miastodzwiekow http://www.freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/194584/“Ueno Shamisen – Japan” by RTB45 http://www.freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/195521/“Bhutan – Festival folk song” by RTB45 http://www.freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/179389/“Indian Ganpati Drums - Mumbai India - Track 1 – WAV” by loganbking http://www.freesound.org/people/loganbking/sounds/353143/Ganpati Drums - Mumbai India - Track 3 - WAV by loganbking http://www.freesound.org/people/loganbking/sounds/353141/“Javanese Angklung Music – Indonesia” by RTB45 http://www.freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/253962/“Pakacaping Music 1 - Makassar, Indonesia” by RTB45 http://www.freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/253616/Street_Hulusi_short.flac by Zabuhailohttp://www.freesound.org/people/Zabuhailo/sounds/194910/“20140212 - Chiang Rai mountains at night 10.wav” by LG http://www.freesound.org/people/LG/sounds/345151/“Regular Arrow Shot with Rattle” by brendan89 http://www.freesound.org/people/brendan89/sounds/321553/“Regular Arrow Shot” by brendan89 http://www.freesound.org/people/brendan89/sounds/321552/“Arrow Hit 02” by Yap_Audio_Production http://www.freesound.org/people/Yap_Audio_Production/sounds/218463/“cape-swoosh” by CosmicEmbers http://www.freesound.org/people/CosmicEmbers/sounds/161415/“Ambient battle noise: swords and shouting” by pfranzen http://www.freesound.org/people/pfranzen/sounds/192072/“Earthquake” by hiriak http://www.freesound.org/people/hiriak/sounds/187857/“Waves.wav” by juskiddink http://www.freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/60507/“dragon wings.wav” by vedas http://www.freesound.org/people/vedas/sounds/175381/“Thunderclap.wav” by shaka9 http://www.freesound.org/people/shaka9/sounds/160514/“panic” by Erdie http://www.freesound.org/people/Erdie/sounds/165613/“CR Sharktopus Roar3” by cmusounddesign http://www.freesound.org/people/cmusounddesign/sounds/126312/Content Warnings:- Sudden loud noises- Depictions and descriptions of violence and death- Close, claustrophobic spaces- Depictions of illness (poison)- GaslightingFor ad-free episodes, bonus content and more, join members.rustyquill.com or our Patreon.Pre-order FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER, a Magnus novel releasing October 27th: rustyquill.com/novelBuy tickets to a Magnus Archives Live Show in Sheffield in July: crossedwires.live Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

„Iran blockiert Straße von Hormus“ – das war Anfang des Jahres 2026 eine der Schlagzeilen, die weltweit für Aufsehen sorgte. Durch den Krieg in Iran konnte vom Persischen Golf kein Öltanker mehr durch diese Meerenge in den Indischen Ozean fahren. Die Benzinpreise stiegen – nicht nur in Europa. Ein Beispiel, warum der Indische Ozean mehr mit uns tun hat, als wir oft glauben. Seit Jahrtausenden ist dieser Ozean ein bedeutender Handelsraum und ein Ort des kulturellen Austauschs. Aber er ist auch ein Meer, auf dem der Sklavenhandel schon im Mittelalter blühte, in dem westliche Kolonialmächte wie England, Portugal und die Niederlande jahrhundertelang herrschten und das uralte Handelssystem veränderten. Und dann gibt es da noch den Indischen Ozean als Sehnsuchtsort für Millionen Touristen, die jedes Jahr auf Bali, den Seychellen oder den Malediven Urlaub machen. 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Delivered by Ariel from the Parish of Saint Albert the Great in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 2 Kings 2: 1.6-14; Rs psalm 31: 20.21.24; Matthew 6: 1-6.16-18.THE BURDEN OF HYPOCRICY The theme for our meditation today is: The burden ofHypocrisy. There is a boy of grade 3 elementary school named Prima. He has ayounger sister of 5 years old. His mother once asked Prima to look after hersister who was practicing bicycle. Prima said that he loved so much his sisterand was ready to look after her especially when she tried hard with thebicycle. However, after making promiseto his mother Prima did not look after of his sister, he instead went to playwith his friends. His sister was left alone with much difficultypracticing in which she fell several times. Then the mother reprimanded herfirst son Prima: "Prima, if you have promised to take care of your littlesister, but obviously you haven't, that's a hypocrisy. You lied to your mother,your sister, and God." Only at that time Prima for the first timeunderstood the word "hypocrisy". He then promised not anymore doingsuch thing. Today the Lord Jesus gives us a strong warning not tobe like the hypocrites. A hypocrite is a liar. They always look good and sayyes, but their actions are just the opposite. They actually bear a burden thatis not easy. Their main burden is that they always wear masks. They hide theirtrue selves, while what they show to people are their different persons. There are three points we can ponder today about theburden of hypocrisy. When we pray, we must be able to avoid the burden, whichis to receive praise and respect from others that we are prayerful people. LetGod alone know that we truly love Him. We do not need to give attention towhat people say that we pray frequently, we regularly attending the Eucharist,and we always read the scriptures etc. With regards to giving attention and helping others,let God alone know that we practice the love that He teaches us to do. We don'tneed to preach anywhere about this. The focus of our attention is the personbeing helped, because that is where love speaks and acts. The burden ofacknowledgment of others or the news announced about it are not our focus ofattention. In the case of fasting, we must also be able to avoidthe burden, namely recognition and respect from others. Let God alone know thatwe are serving Him through our acts of fasting. There is no point at all for usthat other people come to know about our fasting then making news of it,because they do not experience the meaning of fasting. We ourselves experienceit and benefit from it. If we are to avoid ourselves from the burdens ofhypocrisy, one important advice is that we should be true and sincere believersand the followers of Christ. God knows us one by one better than we ourselves,therefore, hypocrisy is only a useless burden for us.Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord Jesus Christ, help us to always livein sincerity and truth that come from you. Our Father who art in heaven ... Inthe name of the Father ...

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Delivered by Svara Nirmala and Stella from the Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mamajang in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 1 Kings 21: 1-16; Rs psalm 5: 2-3.5-6.7; Matthew 5: 38-42.GRACE AND MERCY OVERCOME JUSTICE Our meditation today has the theme: Grace and MercyOvercome Justice. There is a young man named Julio who has two younger sisters.The two sisters always quarrel over many things, even the trivial matters.Julio, who is a college student, realizes that his duty as a brother and theeldest is not only a mediator for his two younger sisters, but also to teachthem about the importance of mutual respect and love. He always advises bysaying this to them: "You are not enough to be fair or just to one another,but you must have love that overcomes any unjust treatment to oneanother". Actually what Julio does is what the Lord Jesushimself had done. The Lord Jesus is the source of grace, mercy and compassionthat complement the law of this world which is based on justice. We humansbasically need justice. Justice is both a virtue and a rule of law. As avirtue, justice leads us to the fairness in our actions according to the rightsand obligations of everyone which is a respect to our human nature. As a ruleof law, justice requires punishment for those found guilty and praise or rewardfor those who are righteous.                                                                  The system of justice that gives punishment to thesinners has its weakness, and the mission of Jesus Christ in this world was toresolve it. If it is not resolved or overcome, then the law system of "aneye for an eye", or "a tooth for a tooth" will continue toreign. Jesus used the divine grace, mercy and compassion to overcome thisweakness of justice in the world. This is commonly called misericordia, which is forgiveness and reconciliation thateventually create peace. In a peaceful life, people accept and also complementeach another. What had happened to Naboth in the first book ofKings, both to his wealth and his own life, which were taken up by the evilKing of Samaria, is an example of injustice that exists in this world. Theloser is always those little ones and weak in the society. For Jesus and we Hisfollowers, if injustice is not overcome, hatred and revenge will reign ourlives. To stop this, we need the law of love which, of course, transcends thelaw of justice. When someone is forgiven and accepted, he is no longer seen as asinner or an evil maker but a new person. He is saved by grace and mercy. Maybe now we experience how difficult to solveproblems with forgiveness and compassion, but that does not mean this isimpossible for us to do. Forgiveness, giving a smile, calmness, patience andeven prayer for those who have done wrong to us, are not acts that we need todo from zero. We are not going to start learning and practicing forgiveness orto give our smiles. We have all the virtues as God's gifts to us. We just needcourage, consistency and passion to make use of them.                                                                                                                                       Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... Lord Jesus Christ, increase our courage andstrengthen our consistency to do mercy and forgiveness as you will us to do.Hail Mary, full of grace... In the name of the Father ...

In this episode, Michael interviews organizers of the upcoming IASC 2027 conference: Yanti Kusumanto, Nurhady Sirimorok, and Micah Fisher. Together they discuss the conference's theme, sub-themes, and the significance of hosting it in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, a region with deep relevance to commons governance.   The conference website is live! For more information, go to https://2027.iasc-commons.org/ This is the first in a new series of episodes exploring each of the conference's subthemes, so stay tuned for more!

Delivered by Randy from the Parish of Christ the King in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 2 Timothy 2: 8-15; Rs psalm 25: 4bc-5ab.8-9.10.14; Mark 12: 28b-34.THE HEART OF LOVE Our meditation today has the theme: The Heart of Love.Usually love is beautiful in words. But love becomes perfect if it is done orpracticed. So love that is expressed in words and manifested in actionsfollowing their words, is actually the heart of love. But there is a problem with love here. The problem is thatpeople practice love as a theory or formula, and so they have all ideas,notions and norms of love. For example, in such expression like “Don't speakharshly”, “Don't look dirty to other people”, and many similar otherprohibitions, we see that people practice love by observing those standards. That was something made by the Jews, especially thescholars and scribes. They had more than 600 formulas of rules for people to bebetter and have faith. But it turned out that they didn't have the heart or the core of love. Too obsessed in theory and formula, thenthey forgot to practice that love. And Jesus himself taught them: the heart oflove is to love God and others, both of which are equally important and true. So, the fundamental condition is not to go to extremes,namely to be fanatical for one, while forgetting or hating the other. The Apostle Paul advised Timothy in hissecond letter that proclaiming and deepening faith about the death andresurrection of Christ is a basic method for growing in faith. The content ofthe proclamation was started by the Apostle Peter in the first days after Jesusrose. He preached before all those who believed and those who did not.  Another aspect that is also very important is livingout one's faith and understanding of that faith. The Apostle Paul continued hisadvice, that his disciple Timothy and all of us followers of Christ should alsodie with Christ so that we will live with Him. We should persevere so that wecan reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will deny us. If we are unfaithful, Heremains faithful, because Jesus cannot deny Himself. Maybe our life today is full with things in our busy daysindicating our practice of love through words, illusions, pictures, promises,theories, formulas, rules, dreams, personal ambitions, money, careers and allmatters related to the needs of the world. It can be true in reality, that theheart of love, namely the act of loving God and others is real, direct, anduseful beyond calculation. Perhaps it is also true that our minds are stilllooking for the heart of love that is already blurred or lost. Is the heart oflove now with you or far from you?  Let'spray. In the name of the Father... O Lord Jesus Christ, may we remain under theguidance of Your Spirit in faithfulness and obedience to love You and ourneighbors, through which we are able to become Your true disciples. Bless usfor this intention. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit... In the name of the Father...

Delivered by Fabian Lukitananda from the Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mamajang, in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 2 Peter 3: 12-15a.17-18; Rs psalm 90: 2.3-4.10.14.16; Mark 12: 13-17.TAKING THE FACE OF GOD The theme for our meditation today is: Taking the Faceof God. We the followers of Christ are like coins. The image of God was put onus at the moment of our Baptism. We have been sealed and bound by the HolySpirit through the Sacrament of Confirmation. This image and seal confirm tothe world that we really belong to God. Like cows and buffaloes marked on their bodies bytheir owners, people who saw Roman coins would immediately said of who theyreally were or who they belonged to. The face of the Emperor was put on everyRoman coin. Therefore, when Jesus saw the coin that people brought to Him, heimmediately said that it belonged to the Caesar, therefore, devotion and honorshould be given to the Caesar, the emperor. Taxes and all state bills should besubmitted to the Emperor. Whereas we who have been branded and sealed with theimage of God, we should give attention, dedication and worship to Godthroughout our lives. This means that we display and present to the world theimage of God: especially before the emperor, the ruler and the power of thisworld, that there is a God that has a different and even a higher quality thanall those of this world. Coins can be seen and desired every where, dependingon human activities. They have prices from the cheapest to the most expensiveone, from buying a piece of paper to billions for buying land or house. Likethose coins, we who are branded in the likeness of God must also be able toreach and act every where in the world, in various places and situations tobecome the salt and light to the world. For example, the face of a merciful God who forgivesis present and working in you as a true follower of Christ, when a publicpolicy or a state institution launches a specific rule that will unfairly treatyour personal rights. It is here that the act of forgiveness will be verynecessary before the law establishment that implements its own course inupholding justice and truth for many people.                               If the world or most people do not give theirattention or not practicing forgiveness, peace, and tolerance, perhaps becausetheir lives are controlled by the power of emperor of this world. Whereas thecoin for the followers of Christ, namely the face of God, should shine morebrightly so that His Kingdom can rule the entire world and every human person,and will ultimately save them. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... Lord Jesus Christ, we are aware that theimage of your Father is in you and we also take the same image because we havechosen to follow you. May we continue to be enthusiastic and diligent in usingYour face in every moment of our lives, now and for ever. Glory to the Fatherand to the Son and to the Holy Spirit ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Josephine Mercy Ho from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 2 Peter 1: 1-7; Rs psalm 91: 1-2.14-15ab.15c-16; Mark 12: 1-12.BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD FRUIT Our meditation today has the theme: Between bearinggood and bad fruit. The Gospel of St. Mark that we have just heard describes aparable of the workers or tenants, which refers to the religious leaders ofJesus' day. The point is to warn them to accept Jesus as the Son of God and notto accuse and slander with various negative perceptions. Jesus himself experienced firsthand how they resistedthe love that He taught and did. They were so hostile, then persecuted, andeven killed all of God's messengers, including Jesus himself. They felt theyhad done good by upholding their Judaism law.  That was in the days of Jesus Christ. What's happeningnow? We do not have the same attitude as the brutal tenants toward the LordJesus. Instead, we accept and acknowledge Him as a real God. We do not let ourhearts betray Him, because if were to deny Him, in vain we persevere every dayto hear and meditate on His words. One thing so important is this, that after we havebeen poured out by the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, Jesus wants toremind us that under the guidance and teaching of the Holy Spirit we should beable to bear fruit and that the fruits are expected to be good, not the otherway around. If the Holy Spirit lives with us, our fruits must indeed be goodand useful both for ourselves and for others.  The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit must be the targetof what kind of fruits we are. May we strive to bear good fruit in wisdom,understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, piety, and the fear of God. If weneglect one or two of these gifts, we may become as brutal and wicked as thosevineyard tenants.  For example, if you don't have good wisdom,understanding and knowledge, it's very likely that you'll replace it withanger, win yourself and act blindly towards others. If a person may appear tobe pious, but has no fear of God, he may become a vengeful who will secretlyexplode and be very dangerous.  So the gift of the Holy Spirit, at least one of theindications that if we want to bear good fruit, we have to submit and bediligent in the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Letus pray. In the name of the Father... O almighty God, thank you for this newday that gives us the opportunity for one more day to pursue this life in theguidance of Your Spirit. May our minds and hearts always be open to welcomethrough the words conveyed to us. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to theHoly Spirit ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Jovinson and Grace from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral and Dwi Setyo from the Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mamajang in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Genesis 34: 4b-6.8-9; Rs psalm: Dan 3: 52.53.54.55.56; 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13; John 3: 16-18.THE TRIUNE GOD The theme for our meditation on this Sunday, Solemnityof the Most Holy Trinity is: The Triune God. Mario, a 5th gradeelementary school student, was doing homework but because he couldn't find ananswer, he asked his father: "Dad, God is one but has three person, whatdoes that mean?'" The father was silent for a moment and replied,"That's very difficult to answer, son. Ask your mother there." Marioapproached his mother, "Mom, 'God is one but has three persons, what doesthat mean?'" Mom replied, "I can't answer, there is still a lot ofwork. You just study there!" The next day at school, Mario reported to the teacher,"Teacher, there is no answer. My father and mother could not answer. Sinceyou are a teacher, what is the answer?" The teacher was silent for amoment, then replied: "I will answer later, Mario. It's better for us tocontinue the lesson." Mario was disappointed. In his notebook he answeredthe question himself more or less like this: We keep asking about the meaningof the Holy Trinity, the answer is not necessarily available now, or perhaps wedon't need to know either. The important is we can say His name andbelieve." A common difficulty for believers is that they do notfully know and understand what the Trinity is like. One God, three persons arein our lessons and memory. We mention His name in prayers and worship. Wecelebrate His solemnity and feast. We have faith in Him since baptism and are confirmedby Him in the Sacrament of Confirmation. But our knowledge of Him is limited.We have heard and learned here and there, but we are still not satisfied. Sothe answer doesn't have to be now, or maybe we don't need to get a reallysatisfying answer. How or what the circumstances and real life of one Godof the three persons are exactly unknown to anyone. There is no scripture andtradition of their own. We only know in a certain definition because the LordJesus Himself says and teaches in the Gospels. He says that it is the greatmystery of our faith, the inseparable communion of the trinity. Jesus' task isto reveal the glory of God to us: God the Father, God the Son, God the HolySpirit, and to unite us all with God in one fellowship of love. The fellowshipof love in the world is the Church. The final goal that we believers will achieve is toenter into perfect communion in the eternal glory of the Trinity. The messageof Jesus and the Holy Spirit is the same, because Jesus told the disciples andall of us that it is the Holy Spirit who will teach us in all truth. This meansthe truth about God, the great mystery of the Holy Trinity. Although ourknowledge of the Holy Trinity is limited, the important thing is that we mustnot lose our faith and faithfulness to Him. Letus pray. In the name of the Father... O  most Holy Trinity, may God the Father protectand fill us with all graces, may God the Son unite and save us as one flock ofYour beloved people, and may God the Holy Spirit continue to teach andenlighten us in all truths about the greatness of Your glory. Glory to theFather and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Svara Nirmala and Stella from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 1 Peter 4: 7-13; Rs psalm 96: 10.11-12.13; Mark 11: 11-26.BE A SHARER OF GOD'S GRACE Our meditation today has the theme: Be a Sharer of God'sGrace. There was an elderly priest who died some time ago at the age of 100 inthe local parish rectory where he had worked for the past 45 years. He was aspecial priest and was entrusted to work in that parish for a long time untilthe end of his life. There are so many interesting stories told byparishioners. His life is engraved in the hearts of every parishioner. There was a parishioner who shared his story likethis. In his family, there were 5 levels of lineage whose marriage was blessedby the Priest. Other sacraments such as infant baptism, First Communion,Sacrament of Confirmation and Marriage are also served by the Priest. The storyof this one family is also the same as many other families in the parish. Fromhis hands, families received an outpouring of grace from God. From his mouth,they heard and received God's Word that illuminates life. From his heart,parishioners get every sense of love and appreciation as people living in aspirit of peace. In short, this late Pastor was a sharer of God's grace likeJesus Christ. The priest died and went to the heaven leaving behindhis fame, especially his fragrant name and his extraordinarily good deeds. TheFirst Letter of Saint Peter in today's first reading speaks about love thatshould be shared sincerely and freely, because love really covers a lot of sin.Love demands nothing more than the necessity of sharing God's grace withothers. Today's Gospel reading encourages us to share gracewith our neighbors and what is asked is the grace of forgiveness of sins. Noone escapes the fact that one, two or more people have already been guilty ofus. Mistakes big and small have had negative consequences for us. However,those of us who are victims or those who are harmed never run out of Allah'sgrace. God always bestows His grace on us through our various types ofspiritual activities and experiences every day.  So it is not difficult for us to share the grace offorgiveness with those who have wronged us. May we not delay the opportunity toforgive others who have wronged us. The Lord Jesus advises us, that "Whenyou stand praying, first forgive if there is anything in your heart againstanyone, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive your trespasses."Never forget to forgive as a result of too often and long delays to do so.Otherwise, sin can freeze and rust inside you. Letus pray. In the name of the Father ... O Allah most gracious, may we trulybecome true distributors of Your mercy through the spirit of always forgivingour neighbors. Our Father who is in heaven... In the name of the Father ...

We take a look at another 'lost' story featuring Richard E Grant's Doctor from Scream of the Shalka. Paul Cornell's story for Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor in the 2006 Doctor Who Annual, The Masks of Makassar, started life as his proposed sequel to the animated adventure. We take a look at the story - with a full reading of the annual adventure - and see how it would have worked as an animated story, for a different Time Lord.

Delivered by Stella from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. 1 Peter 1: 10-16; Rs psalm 98: 1.2-3ab.3c-4; Mark 10: 28-31.REPENTANCE THAT IS NOT IN VAIN Our meditation today has thetheme: Repentance That Is Not in Vain. Saint Peter as the leader of the earlyChurch had a very big responsibility to maintain and defend the faith of his fellowChristians. The members of the Church that were increasing day by day hadbecome the new baptized Christians. They came from other beliefs or ideologies,most of whom were considered pagans by the Jews. Their choice to abandon their old beliefs or ideologiesand embraced Christ-led Christianity was generally seen as a form ofconversion. The apostle Peter taught and guided them to repent sincerely whichmeans to have a repentance not in vain. Peter was not speaking without reason aboutrepentance not in vain. Its basis was his own experience with the companions ofthe apostles and the first disciples of Jesus. At first around Galilee in the area of ​​Judea, Peter andhis companions were Jewish ordinary people. They were like all other Jews. Someof them were fishermen in the sea of Galilee. They had the books of the Mosaiclaw and all its religious traditions. But Jesus Christ came and brought achange in their lives. The new life brought by Jesus had indeed completed whathas been handed down by Judaism and its traditions. It was then later calledChristianity. Peter and his companions experienced repentance for themselves,and that repentance was not in vain. What is meant by repentance not in vain? The evangelistMark today gives one definition. Repentance is not simply leaving an old lifeand acknowledging the new one. It is the same as a person leaving one place andarriving at a new destination. It is simply as that. In a new place he didn'tknow what to do or what to behave. This is not a repentance requested by theLord. It is tantamount to futile repentance. On the other hand, the apostle Peter and his companionsmade a repentance with the content of self-denial and all that is attached tooneself even like family members, then what is even more challenging is willingto endure suffering and persecution. This is a very meaningful repentance. So,someone who is truly converted is he or she who remains as a human person inthe world but with the clothes, body, and attitudes of Jesus Christ. A personwho follows his or her culture and traditions, but whose heart, mind, will,pattern of life, and spirit of life is Jesus Christ. It is a genuine repentanceor a radical new life. It is this repentance that revives the Church throughoutthe ages. Let'spray. In the name of the Father... Our Father in heaven, bless us so that thefaith we profess in Christ endures from now to the end of time. Our Father whoart in heaven... In the name of the Father...

Delivered by Chendani from the Parish of Our Lady of Assumption Mamajang, Maria Delie and Kezia from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Acts of the Apostles 2: 1-11; Rs psalm 104: 1ab.24ac.29c-30.31.34; 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-7.12-13; John 20: 19-23.BLOWING OF THE DIVINE BREATH The theme for our meditation on this Pentecost Sundayis: Blowing of the Divine Breath. There is a husband and his wife who are over60 years old. Their children and grandchildren live in their respective homesleaving this couple enjoying their happy retirement. The wife suffers fromcataracts in both eyes which makes her not being able to see at all. Thehusband must accompany and help her in all times. Children and grandchildrenoften take turns serving as well. The woman can recognize and mention exactly the nameof the person at her side who helps her. She smells the person who helps andshe knows that the smell of every helper is different. The husband gives her adifferent smell from the children, children-in-laws, and grandchildren. Eventhough the person who is serving not speaking any words to her, she canascertain who exactly that person is by recognizing the odor that comes from thatperson's presence. According to her, this ability is not a sign of her extraordinaryquality as human person, but it is really the fruit of a habit she has beenpracticing all the times since the beginning of her blindness. Our relationship with the Holy Spirit is like that ofa blind mother with the family members who serve her. We cannot and will notsee what the Holy Spirit looks like. In the Early Church of Jerusalem it wastruly occurred that the believers witnessed with their own eyes the risen Jesusstanding in their midst, He was talking with them, sending them to the wholeworld, and breathing His Spirit upon them. Our situation today is verydifferent. We can only know the Holy Spirit by feeling its presence, which isHis wonderful smell that attracts all of us to God.                                                                                                                                        The smell of the Holy Spirit is actually the smell ofGod's love. The Holy Spirit gives us the breath of God's love so that we arefilled with a new spirit and have an ability to speak the language of lovewhich is understood by many people, especially when we are in the moments oftrouble and hardship. We, therefore, carry out the duty to breathe into thisworld, that every one can find for one's life a wonderful fragrance of God'slove and mercy. In this world there is a mixed smells of love andhatred, diligence and laziness, courage and fear, intelligence and foolishness,humility and pride, kindness and stubbourness. This is found in differentsituations from one person to another, from one place to another or from oneoccasion to another. But the breath of God's love is only one, which is theblowing of the Holy Spirit to unite and animate all. The blowing of humanhatred is overcome by the blowing of God's love. The blowing of laziness andhopelessness are overcome by the divine love that pours out a new spirit forrenewal and a new life. And there are still much more. So, the divine breath isthe Holy Spirit who blows on us the love of God that all of us really need. Let'spray. In the name of the Father... Almighty and ever living God, we are gratefulfor this Pentecost Sunday, which brings us right in the presence of Your HolySpirit, and grant that we may continue to commit ourselves under His guidancenow and forever. Our Father who art in heaven ... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Fiona from the Parish of Mary Queen of Rosary in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Acts of the Apostles 28: 16-20.30-31; Rs psalm 11: 4.5.7; John 21: 20-25.THE NECESSARY INTERVENTION Our meditation today has the theme: The NecessaryIntervention. There is a 7 years old boy who was playing with his new bicycle.He enjoyed going with his bicycle through the small aisles near his house,before returning home. When he was about to enter the yard he lost his balanceand fell into the ditch. He managed to get out from the ditch but he could notlift his own bicycle out from there. He did not cry and tried to bear the pain. He was justspeechless and continued to look at his bicycle down there bathed in mud. Hedid not want to shout to his father who was at the side of the house and wasworking on something because he was afraid of being scolded. When the fathernoticed that his child was having a problem, he came in haste to him. The boybegan to cry when his father approached him. Then the father took the bicycleout  from the ditch. What the father did was an example of giving a hand oran intervention at the right or appropriate moment. His son really was in needof help, and at that moment he came to help. For the apostle Peter, it is clearthat he was rebuked by Jesus because he interfered in the affair of thedisciple who was loved by the Lord and Jesus' own affair as well. According toJesus, Peter should just take care first his own business, before he could giveattention to another one's business. In other words, the apostle Peter was notin a right moment to intervene. This also happened with the Roman authority andthe Jewish leaders who were in conflict of interests over the hardships andsufferings of the apostle Paul while he was undergoing the trial in Rome. Our interference in the interests of others isbasically inevitable. That's part of paying attention to others' lives. But inorder to make an intervention positive and also as a form of service, we shouldbe able to avoid the two extremes that make one's interference wrong and bringbad consequences both for ourselves and others. The first extreme is an unnecessary intervention. Itis an overacting interference which is done out place and time. A person who isso distress and sad, but we with or without intention involve him in theconversation or discussion on the issues that make him more difficult andoverburdened with the problem he is facing at the moment. And the secondextreme is to do nothing or not doing intervention at all. A friend was verysorry for not being able to help his friend, when in fact he could do the help.In consequence, his poor friend suffered a more severe accident. We, therefore,by avoiding these two extremes, we have one choice remains, namely, thenecessary intervention. And what is it? It is an intervention at the right timeand place according to needs or interests of others.Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... Listen to our prayers that we invoke toYou, O Lord, and grant that we may always give attention to one another'sproblem so that we can improve the quality of our lives for our betterrelationship and cooperation among us. Hail Mary, full of grace... In the nameof the Father ...

Delivered by Fiona from the Parish of Mary Queen of Rosary in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Acts of the Apostles 25: 13-21; Rs psalm 103: 1-2.11-12.19-20ab; John 21: 15-19.OUR JUSTIFICATION FROM THE LORD Our meditation today has the theme: Our JustificationFrom the Lord. There is a teenager, a junior high school student named Thomas,who is known to be very naughty both at home and at school. He has receivedvarious types of punishment. Almost everyone consider him a bad boy. Only hisparents still have hope that Thomas can change one day. His mother oftenadvises, that when he goes to and returns from school he has to pray in theChurch for he always passes in front of the church. One day there was a commotion in the classroom andonce again Thomas was accused of being the main cause of the problem, but infact it wasn't like that. He was cornered and he knew well that it was aslander. All blamed him. When the classes hour finished he entered the churchand prayed. He cried out to God: "O my Jesus, I am naughty and I am verysaddened by all my actions. But not all mistakes come from me. It's only that Iam very easily accused of all the mistakes and chaos. I want to leave all thisto God as my true judge, because in this world not all judgments are true". This experience of Thomas was also the experience ofJesus Christ and Saint Paul in each of their difficult moments. They did notfind justification from this world, so they came to God who has the absolutetruth, to whom they could complain about injustices inflicted on them. Theyjust wanted to see the real truth that should be upheld. The justification ofthis world is really contrary to the Lord's justification, because theinterests and aims of justice in this world are often influenced by world desiresand human temporary gains. In short, if we in this world maintain thejustification from God, we will definitely bear all the sufferings of thisworld. There is also another type of trial experienced by St.Peter, the first apostle of Jesus. Jesus personally brought Peter into a momentof judgment. If Jesus Himself prosecutes the matter, it will come a directknowledge to everybody present who is the right person or the one justified andwho is not. Peter was interrogated about his sincerity, his faith and hiscommitment to follow Christ. He must face that trial to prove his commitment toHis Lord and to make himself ready for the important mission he shouldundertake. Every process of trial in the court must obey itsfundamental condition, namely objectivity. It is the conscience of many peopleand will of the public that shape that objectivity. Whereas the voice of one ortwo persons will be very subjective and they cannot represent the truth desiredby all. Our faith teaches that God's will is acquired through what the HolyChurch says and acts, which are facilitated by her leaders. This is where wefind justification for our growth in faith. For instance, when you receiveabsolution in the Sacrament of Reconciliation given by the Church through aconfessor, that is a form of justification that you deserve. So in essence, Godjustifies us in this world through the sayings and actions of the Church. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord of goodness and truth, increase ourcourage and wisdom so that we can face various kinds of difficulty and evilinfluence of this world. Hail Mary, full of grace ... In the name of the Father...

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Polisi berhasil menangkap pelaku dugaan penyekapan dan pemerkosaan terhadap seorang mahasiswi di Makassar saat hendak melarikan diri ke Surabaya. Dari hasil penyelidikan, pelaku diduga menjebak korban menggunakan modus lowongan kerja palsu yang disebarkan melalui media sosial, lalu menyekap dan melakukan kekerasan seksual di sebuah rumah kontrakan. Bagaimana kronologi penangkapan pelaku dan pengungkapan kasus ini? [Talk] : Kapolrestabes Makassar, Kombes Pol Arya Perdana

Delivered by Vici from the Parish of Saint John the Baptist in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Acts of the Apostles 19: 1-8; Rs psalm 68: 2-3.4-5ac.6-7b; John 16: 29-33.THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS US TO CARRY THE CROSS The theme for our meditation today is: The Holy SpiritHelps Us to Carry the Cross. A student asked his teacher in one the religionclasses: "We are in the Easter season and awaiting with joy of the comingof the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, but why is our lesson about thecross and the suffering? Where's the joy here, Miss?" The lady teacher responded him by using the analogy ofa pregnant mother. This coincided with the boy's mother who was pregnant withher second child which was a daughter. "All of you at home are happilywaiting for your sister's birth, right? That is the good news. But your mothercarries a heavy burden every day, and it will be more painful during the birthof your sister. All of these are about the cross and suffering. But after thebirth of your sister, your family will be happier than you are now." The boy was quiet and agreed with his teacher. We allalso agree that the Lord gives every one of us the cross according to one's ownability, and this is indeed a burden that one should carry. We must carry itevery day, and when time comes, we will rejoice because the cross gives usconfidence to achieve happiness in God. At the end of suffering and the crossthere is happiness which is already promised by the Lord. The Holy Spirit has a duty to teach us in all truth.One of the elements of this truth is the cross. What we mean by the truth ofthe cross is that our suffering and sorrow with Jesus Christ become ourjustification, because through this cross we are freed from sin and we areallowed to enter into the glory of God. The cross is a victory and glory aswell. We should not see it as a futile suffering, foolishness or a scandal.Jesus had taken up the cross and with that He conquered the world. So we don'thave to worry or be ashamed of the cross. Jesus gives us the best gift, namely His own Spiritand this means that we are baptized in the Holy Spirit. We have all receivedthe Holy Spirit through the sacrament of Baptism. The person named Apollos andhis friends, stated in the first reading today, received the same gift of theSpirit that enabled them to do the evangelization of the Early Church withgreat success. This Spirit filled experience then followed by the laying on ofhands to signify the reception of the Sacrament of Confirmation that makes aperson fully anointed with Holy Spirit. We the followers of Christ and membersof the one Church will renew the moment of the outpouring of the Holy Spiritupon us on the Day of Pentecost which is to be celebrated coming Sunday. The Holy Spirit indeed makes us able to face manyobstacles and difficulties already waiting for us. The Holy Spirit is presentwith us and always accompanies us as we each carry our own cross. It is thesame Holy Spirit who remains with us in all our joy and success, after weendure the difficulties and sufferings that come along our journey in thislife.Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... God the almighty Father, may we remain inthe hope and zeal to welcome your Holy Spirit, and we thank you for Jesus yourSon as our only way to come to You. Hail Mary, full of grace ... In the name ofthe Father ...

Delivered by Greg and Kezia from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral and Dwi Setyo from the Parish of the Assumption of Mary Mamajang in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Acts of the Apostles 1: 12-14; Rs psalm 27: 1.4.7-8a; 1 Petrus 4: 13-16; Yohanes 17: 1-11a.ALL IS ONE HEART IN PRAYER The theme for our meditation on this 7thSunday of Easter is: All Is One Heart in Prayer. There were a dog and a catalways gathered as friends behind the church. Leftover food from the rectorykitchen and the parish canteen made them together. But when renovations wereunderway at the rectory and parish canteen, all cooking and food salestemporarily stopped. So there was no more food for the dog and cat. The cat asked his friend, "How can I get food,because the kitchen and canteen are barely stocked? Where are the mothers andsisters who usually cook and sell food in the canteen?" The dog,understanding the cat's plight, immediately replied, "Don't you know? Theyalways order food online. That's the online world. So you have to be onlineuser too and diligently follow them wherever they go, and you'll getfood." Animals can experience our loss. We normally move fromthe church or chapel to the public space of online media. In the today'slifestyle, we constantly interact online. Even spiritual activities likeprayer, faith sharing, Holy Mass, and catechesis can be done online. The smallchurch is the heart of every one of us and online media has become a virtualchurch that bring us together to express their faith. Our spirit of prayer after the Ascension of Jesus and in waiting the day of Pentecost continuesto grow with joyful expectation. We all become one heart in prayer to prepareourselves for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We follow the example of theapostles and Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, who gathered in prayer togetherin a room in the city of Jerusalem, more than 2000 years ago. Our preparationfor welcoming the Holy Spirit must be in the way of prayer in one hearttogether, and not the activities and undertakeings that do not provide spacefor prayer.                                                                                                             Today the Lord Jesus teaches us about praying with allour hearts, and in unity with our brothers and sisters in the same faith. Aprayerful person who is faithful and holy will contribute to a fervent andfruitful prayer of the community of the people of God. This way of our prayerswill certainly help shaping our community prayers pleasing to God. The presenceof the Virgin Mary as Mother of the Church in every moment of our prayertogether is a best offering that our Church can give to the Lord. This is avery lovely active participation of all beloved children of God in the makingof one heart of all faithful in prayer. Virgin Mary as a caring mother willremind or reprimand us if our disposition in prayer is not in line with whatthe Holy Church practices. We are supposed to do what Jesus says in the Gospeltoday, namely: We should know the Father as the only true God and the One whomthe Father sent, Jesus Christ, if we remain in this spirit of prayer. The HolySpirit helps us to grow in this spirit of prayer. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O most loving Father in heaven, make usprayerful people so that we become the members of Your Church who alwaysglorify You with our prayers. Our Father who art in heaven ... In the name ofthe Father ...

Pemberangkatan calon jemaah haji terus berlangsung dari berbagai embarkasi di Indonesia termasuk Jakarta dan Makassar. Suasana haru dan antusias terlihat saat para jemaah bersiap menuju Tanah Suci untuk menjalankan ibadah haji tahun ini.

Delivered by Ariel from the Parish of Saint Albert the Great in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Acts of the Apostles 1: 1-11; Rs psalm 47: 2-3.6-7.8-9; Ephesians 1: 17-23; Matthew 28: 16-20.PERFECT AT NUMBER 40 Our meditation today has the theme: Perfect at Number40. A man celebrated his 40th anniversary of his birth and hiseldest 10-year-old daughter wrote a little note to him. The note was affixed tothe gift parcel prepared by her mother. It reads like this: "Father isperfect at number 40!" Her father asked about the purpose of that writing,and the girl revealed a hope that her father should be the best father and thebest husband for the family. In the scriptures, 40 is a very important number. Thenumber 40 means completeness and it's a very beautiful thing to enjoy. Moseswent to the mountain and enjoyed his meeting with God for 40 days and 40 nights.After that he received the 10 commandments from God.  The Israelites wandered for 40 years ofpreparation to enter the promised land. Elijah walked 40 days in the middle ofthe wilderness to the mountain of God then he met God there. For 40 days afterresurrection, Jesus appeared to his apostles, and after sending them into thethe world, He ascended to heaven exactly on the 40th day. Our key word here is completeness. We normally arehappy and satisfied when everything and everyone is complete. This means thatwe are already fully booked by God with tickets for our pilgrimages on earth asfollowers of Christ. With that, we will walk with confidence towards heaven.The Ascension of Jesus into heaven gives us assurance of the booking tickets.On each ticket are written several spiritual menus of food that make us happyto enjoy the pilgrimage. The first menu says: "The risen Lord is alwayswith us now and forever." He ascended to heaven but he will always bepresent with us at all times in a different form. His presence is in the HolySpirit. The second menu says: "The risen Lord strengthens us to continueHis works". We carry out our duties, ministry and profession with theenergy of Jesus Christ, the style of Jesus Christ, the heart of Jesus Christand the face of Jesus Christ. The third menu says: "You are my witnesses to allcorners of the world". Through the activities of preaching the Good Newsof the Lord which is supported by the media communication today, everyone inthe world can easily be reached with the Gospel. And the fourth menu says:"Everyone of us are official messengers of Jesus Christ". We must beconsistent with this "official" status in order to distinguish itfrom those who are already using the name of Christ for non-Christian and nonecclesiastical ends. We hope that with these fully booked tickets we areincreasingly excited to welcome the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day ofPentecost and ready to be guided by Him in every moment of our lives. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O most loving Jesus, grant us the grace ofjoyful expectance in looking always forward to heaven as our ultimate goal.Hail Mary, full of grace... In the name of the Father ...

Delivered by Kezia from the Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Acts of the Apostles 15: 1-6; Rs psalm 122: 1-2.3-4a.4b-5; John 15: 1-8.ABUNDANT FRUITS IN JESUS Our meditation today has the theme: Abundant Fruits inJesus. In this Easter season, besides we have interesting themes on "theBread of Life" and "the Good Shepherd", we have also anothervery interesting theme, which is "the True Vine". The Lord Jesusreveals His identity through various symbols or images, and one of them is thetrue vine. In essence, God Himself always unites with His peopleand grants His precious gifts to every believer. Thus, we as individuals andthe community of God's people too, can pursue our lives on this world accordingto His plan, by using all the gifts we have and make them bear fruits. Thetrue vine is an appropriate symbol to teach us in this point of our reflection.Jesus is the true vine, we are its branches, and the Father in heaven is theowner. The fact that there are always differentunderstandings and attitudes among the people in the Church, it is part of thedynamic of the branches which are often shaken because of wind and rain. Thesedifferences or maybe criticisms and protests from within will not ruin the lifeof this Holy Church because there is the vine, which is the Lord Jesus Christas the only head and leader who protects it. All problems are directed to findtheir solutions in Jesus Christ alone. So instead of bothering ourselves with thedifferences, it is more important to give our attention to the abundance offruits as the outcome of our life in Jesus Christ, from which we strengthen theunity among the believers and enrich one another with the love of the Lord.These fruits certainly sustain our journey of faith. First is the fruit ofholiness and evangelization. We as individuals and the People of God or theChurch professes that holiness is our goal. We want to see ourselves that thisgift of holiness is also reaching out others through our works ofevangelization. Second is the fruit of will and courage to removethose branches that are already dry and useless, to be gathered and burned.This is the fruit of correction, improvement, repentance and renewal ofoneself. Third is the fruit of opportunity for growth and the new life ofpersonal and community achieved after the process of correction or renewal.Fourth is the fruit of happiness and thankfulness for being connected withJesus as the true vine, because apart from Him will be very dangerous for us. Fifth is the fruit of becoming one always with Jesusand we will be abundant. The fruits will never come from other trees, exceptfrom Jesus Christ our true vine. Sixth, we therefore, have a valid reason toalways praise and glorify our God and Father. Seventh is the fruit of ourdignity as sons and daughters of the Father as a very special and precioushonor for us. Eighth is the fruit mission, which is our duties as persons sentby God to go and to produce many fruits. And ninth is the fruit of patience-endurancethat will be the cloth we wear when we encounter difficulties and sufferings. Let'spray. O Lord, make us always able to bear fruits that can benefit us and alsoour neighbors. Our Father who art in heaven... In the name of the Father ...

Sebanyak 393 jemaah calon haji Kloter 17 Embarkasi Makassar kembali masuk Asrama Haji sebelum diberangkatkan ke Tanah Suci. Dari jumlah tersebut, dua jemaah merupakan penyandang difabel yang akan mendapatkan pendampingan khusus selama perjalanan dan ibadah.

Delivered by Jeril from the Parish of Saint Joseph in the Archdiocese of Makassar, Indonesia. Acts of the Apostles 14: 5-18; Rs psalm 115: 1-2.3-4.15-16; John 14: 21-26.WITH DILIGENCE, SUCCESS IS GAIN Our meditation today has the theme: With Diligence,Success is Gain. There was a husband and his wife often quarrel each other overhow to educate and raise their two children who were still in grade 4 and 1elementary school. The wife wanted thechildren to be smart and intelligent. They must take seriously extra tutorial learnings outside the school hours. Forher, the excellent people are the successful ones. But the husband was notconcerned with intelligence. He preferred his children to be diligent in theirlearnings and their daily activities. To such situations like this one, the Lord JesusChrist especially through the Gospel of today tells us that diligence is morenecessary. Jesus says that the Holy Spirit sent to us is our Comforter andTeacher. And we who are guided by the Holy Spirit are children or disciples whomust diligently follow and learn under His guidance. We are not encouraged to be smart and intelligentpeople as the Holy Spirit teaches us. Because if we all become smart andintelligent, many of us might want to compete the Holy Spirit, or even the HolySpirit Himself is confused to guide and teach us one by one. So, the virtue that is more important for us accordingto the scripture readings today is diligence or perseverance, rather thatintelligence or excellence. The life of the Early Church proved that theapostles were not smart and intelligent people. But because they were diligentand committed to Jesus Christ, the true Master, they became capable, mature and qualified in all knowledge and wisdomabout Jesus Christ and His teachings. Paul and Barnabas determined to fully commit to JesusChrist and His gospel even though they were dealing with intelligent and verycritical persons from various cultural backgrounds that were totally differentfrom the Christianity. Their perseverance and Christian commitment were so firmin their testimonies, so as to convince all newly baptized Christians to reallybelieve that through diligence and perseverance as Christians their success infaith was a gain. Diligence must start from oneself because in it thereis a will to achieve the goal expected. Through a combination of hard work,focus and passion, one can achieve the desired result. Those who are good inmathematics have their beginnings and stories of much labor and pain in thisfield. A soccer player has pursued from the simplest techniques along withongoing physical training with a lot of sacrifices before he becomes a greatplayer. Likewise, if we commit ourselves as diligent sons anddaughters of God in our following of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, we willsucceed in enjoying what Jesus says today, which is to occupy a place in theFather's house in heaven that has been provided for each one of us. Let'spray. In the name of the Father ... O Lord Jesus, may we always be diligent andfaithful in the guidance and teaching of the Holy Spirit in order to becomeyour true disciples in all situations of this life. Glory to the Father and tothe Son and to the Holy Spirit ... In the name of the Father …

The tamarind tree, which has significant meaning in the culture of the Bugis people of South Sulawesi and Indigenous Australians of the Northern Territory, is a highlight of the exhibition in Australia. - Pohon asam, yang memiliki makna penting dalam kebudayaan suku Bugis di Sulawesi Selatan dan Penduduk Asli Australia di Northern Territory menjadi sorotan dalam pameran di Australia.

The journey of Nirmala Syarifuddin Baco, an Indonesian Maritime Studies graduate, in traditional Makassan boatbuilding and sailing, was captured in a documentary titled Wangany Mala. - Perjalanan Nirmala Syarifuddin Baco, seorang lulusan Ilmu Kelautan di Indonesia, saat mendalami dunia pembuatan dan pelayaran perahu khas Makassar, diabadikan dalam film dokumenter berjudul Wangany Mala.

Faisal Oddang, penulis dan dosen sastra dari Makassar, tampil sebagai pembicara di the Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) 2025 di Melbourne, berbagi perspektif tentang tantangan penulis pemula dan peran kecerdasan buatan (AI) dalam dunia kepenulisan.