By Christina Param
The Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit, commonly referred as the Red Mass, was celebrated at the Church of the Holy Family January 28.

Themed A heart to seek you, the Mass was presided over by Most Rev John Wong Soo Kau, Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu, and concelebrated by Most Rev Julian Leow, Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur.

Archbishop John touched the hearts of the congregation and Catholic lawyers with three main points to be pondered on.

His Grace exhorted the congregation to focus on the person of Jesus, and keep the strong Faith demonstrated by the Lord in the Gospel, while carrying out the mission of upholding and dispensing justice in their daily lives, especially in the area of creating awareness in protecting children’s rights and interest.

Still on the subject of Faith, His Grace touched on our Lord’s Word, proclaiming that even if we have faith as small as a mustard seed, we say to a mountain, “move from here to there” and it would move, as nothing is impossible, but we might be asking the question,

‘Why then are we not able to move Mount Kinabalu?’ His Grace then answered the question with yet another thought-provoking, soul-searching question, i.e. we could start by asking ourselves first whether we are able to move a candle with the faith we have, whether all of us have that faith to move a candle to light up the life of another person. His Grace believed the answer is in the affirmative.

Everyone left the Red Mass feeling assured that we possess that kind of faith.

The Mass concluded with a photo session at the main entrance, followed by a fellowship at the Church Hall.