HOLY FAMILY KAJANG

04/09/2026

𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨’𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

Even as a child, St. Rose had a great desire to pray and to aid the poor. While still very young, she began a life of penance in her parents’ house. She was as generous to the poor as she was strict with herself. At the age of 10, she became a Secular Franciscan and soon began preaching in the streets about sin and the sufferings of Jesus.

Viterbo, her native city, was then in revolt against the pope. When St. Rose took the pope’s side against the emperor, she and her family were exiled from the city. When the pope’s side won in Viterbo, Rose was allowed to return. Her attempt at age 15 to found a religious community failed, and she returned to a life of prayer and penance in her father’s home, where she died in 1251. St. Rose was canonized in 1457.

𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚:

𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒖𝒔, 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑺𝒐𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕, 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓. 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏.

03/09/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐚

“The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲.” -Mother Teresa

03/09/2026

𝐇𝐅𝐊 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬

Join us for masses on the weekend of the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Livestream is made available for the homebound and their caregivers.

Saturday (5 Sep):
5.30pm Novena
6.00pm Mass in English

Sunday (6 Sep):
7.00am Mass in Tamil
9.30am Mass in English
https://www.youtube.com/live/bx6DeB2H72g
11.30am Mass in Mandarin
1.30pm Mass in Bahasa Malaysia

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03/09/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧?

In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, Mass begins with an entrance procession. While it may seem like a simple movement from the sacristy or church doors, it carries deep spiritual meaning. It reminds us that our life itself is a pilgrimage toward Heaven.

𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

In the early centuries after Christianity was legalised in Rome, the pope often gathered with the faithful at one church and then processed to another, known as the stational church.

It was often called a "penitential procession," and was used as a way to prepare the hearts of those who were to participate in Mass. The physical act of moving from one place to another gave the faithful a chance to get away from the world and enter into something very solemn and moving.

𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞

While this action was shortened over the centuries, Mass was always preceded by a smaller procession within the church building. It still retained many of the same features and also became a symbolic gesture that reminded the faithful of their procession or "pilgrimage" to Heaven.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬:

“Pilgrimages evoke our earthly journey toward heaven and are traditionally very special occasions for renewal in prayer.” (CCC 2691)

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩.

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐫

Often, sanctuaries are elevated by steps. This too is symbolic:

It lifts our eyes and hearts toward God.

It recalls Jesus’ ascent to Mount Calvary.

When the priest ascends to the altar, he assumes this role and ascends to a "mystical" Mount Calvary to offer the sacrifice of the Mass, participating in the one sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.

03/09/2026

𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴

The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.
— Pope St. Gregory

Pope Saint Gregory the Great, your example of holy leadership, of scholarly practicality, of balance between universal and local concerns, helps all Christians to weigh their many duties in a proper balance and to choose correctly what matters most to God and their own salvation.

02/09/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑…
𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

When storms rage…
When fear grips…
When loneliness presses in…

Hold on to this truth as you take on today and what lies ahead:

Jesus is with you—strengthening, guiding—faith over fear.

He renews you, lifts you on eagles’ wings, sustains you without fainting.

He is your shelter, always at work for your good.

𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝.
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨;
𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙮,
𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩.
(𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝟒𝟎:𝟑𝟏)

02/09/2026

💧 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨 𝐗𝐈𝐕’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫

This September, as we journey through the Season of Creation, Pope Leo XIV invites us to pray for the care of water, recognising it not simply as a resource, but as a precious gift from God and a right that belongs to everyone.

Water gives life, nourishes creation and, through Baptism, reminds us of God’s grace and love.

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.

May caring for water become an expression of our love for the Creator and our care for one another. 🌍💙

02/09/2026

𝐈𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐯. 𝐅𝐫. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐮

Today, we remember with gratitude and affection Rev. Fr. Peter Bretaudeau, on the 5th anniversary of his passing on 2 September 2021.

For 65 years, Fr. Peter faithfully served the Lord and His people with unwavering joy, humility and devotion. Through his priestly ministry, compassionate heart and steadfast faith, he touched countless lives and bore witness to a life wholly dedicated to God.

As we remember Fr. Peter today, we give thanks to God for the gift of his life, his faithful service and the priceless gift of his priesthood. May the seeds of faith he planted and nurtured continue to bear fruit in the lives of all whom he served.

𝐄𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐫. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝,
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦.
𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐧.

01/09/2026

This month, let’s set our minds on things above, pray without ceasing, and trust God completely. 🙏✨

Every good gift comes from Him, and even in the hardest days, His grace is enough. 💛

💡 Reminder: Be still, rejoice always, and walk in His unfailing love. September is a new chance to grow deeper in faith and closer to Jesus.

01/09/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬?

The Church dedicates the month of September to 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀, a title given to Mary as she shared in Christ’s suffering, especially during His passion.

This title comes from 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗰𝘆 during the presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:33–35):

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙’𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢; 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, ‘𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙨𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 (𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚) 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙙.’”

The 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 is celebrated on 𝟭𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, inviting the faithful to reflect on Mary’s profound participation in Christ’s suffering through her 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀:

1️⃣ The prophecy of Simeon
2️⃣ The flight into Egypt
3️⃣ The loss of the Child Jesus for three days
4️⃣ Mary meets Jesus on His way to Calvary
5️⃣ The crucifixion and death of Jesus
6️⃣ The body of Jesus being taken down from the cross
7️⃣The burial of Jesus

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐀𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞.