After celebrating the Solemnity of Christ the King last Sunday, which culminates the Liturgical Year, we have arrived at a New Liturgical Year (Year A) with the Season of Advent. For me, this is an awesome season because we are being asked to reflect, ponder and think deeply about the three "comings" of Christ, namely: The coming of Christ at the end time or Parousia, the commemoration or celebration of Christ's coming in history more than two thousand years ago, and the coming of Christ in the daily events of our life.

Yesterday, the whole Universal Church celebrated the Solemnity of ALL SAINTS. Today, the Church celebrates the ALL SOULS Day. These two feasts manifest one fundamental truth of our faith, that is, we all belong to the BODY OF CHRIST. His body is composed of the Church Triumphant (the Saints in Heaven), the Church suffering (the souls in Purgatory), and the Pilgrim Church (the people here on earth).