Episodes

  • Homilies: Second Sunday of Easter (C) Apr. 27, 2025
    Apr 26 2025

    God entrusts us with a great gift. Overcoming evil depends upon our willingness to forgive. It is up to us. We can forgive, or we can refuse to forgive. God will accept our decision.

    About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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    7 mins
  • UCA News Weekly Summary, April 25, 2025
    Apr 25 2025

    Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

    Catholic bishops have condemned the attack on tourists by militants in India’s Kashmir that killed 26 people and injured 17 others. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

    Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by Joe Mathews, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com

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    11 mins
  • Homilies: Easter Sunday (C) Apr. 20, 2025
    Apr 19 2025

    On this Sunday, this Easter Sunday, we remember what every Sunday is because of what happened one Sunday long ago when the mission of the Church was born in the proclamation, "The Lord is risen!"

    About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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    6 mins
  • UCA News Weekly Summary, April 18, 2025
    Apr 18 2025

    Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule of around 10 minutes.

    Malaysian police are probing an incident involving some university students carrying a cross while dressed in robes similar to those worn by the Ku Klux Klan. Listen to the story and more in a wrap-up of the weekly news from Asia.

    Filed by UCA News reporters, compiled by Fabian Antony, text edited by Anosh Malekar, presented by Joe Mathews, background score by Andre Louis and produced by Binu Alex for ucanews.com

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    11 mins
  • Observations: When will we start taking “No” for an answer?
    Apr 18 2025

    We are frequently asked, reminded, or even commanded to pray for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life. But what if those prayers have already been answered in the negative? Perhaps it is time to quit wasting our breath on redundant prayers in spite of God’s clear answer and instead pray, think, and experiment to see what ministry might look like in the future. Father William Grimm shares some thoughts on this.

    Produced by Binu Alex

    About the Speaker: Father William Grimm, a native of New York City, is a missioner and presbyter who since 1973 has served in Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia. A graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, he is the active emeritus publisher of UCA News. Now based in the United States, he regularly contributes columns, some of which have been collected in the UCA News e-book Spoutings. He is also the presenter of popular Sunday homilies telecast by UCA News each week. A collection of those homilies has been published as Dialogue of One.

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    6 mins
  • Homilies: Good Friday Apr. 18, 2025
    Apr 18 2025

    Today is also a day of commitment to be a sign of God's love. God felt it worthwhile for Jesus to die in order that I might know love. My life is worth giving in the day-to-day as well as, if necessary, in death so that others may know that love.

    About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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    6 mins
  • Homilies: Holy Thursday Apr. 17, 2025
    Apr 16 2025

    Our sharing Eucharist is a service -- a service to the world. We can wash its feet, and we can bring it with us as we share union with Christ. It's all one and the same.

    About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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    6 mins
  • Homilies: Passion or Palm Sunday (C) Apr. 13, 2025
    Apr 12 2025

    We give thanks to Christ for uniting with us, embracing the fear, pain and death that are an ineradicable part of our lives. At the worst times of my life, Christ crucified is there with me.

    About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll Missioner of 40 year’s experience in Asia-mostly Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia.

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    6 mins