Presenting the Presider and Preacher for the Parish Feast Triduum English Mass: Fr. Paul Kee, CSsR.
The Triduum Masses are on 15, 16 and 17 May 2024, starting with the Novena to the Holy Spirit at 8 p.m.
Fr Paul Kee, CSsR, is a Redemptorist priest. Presently, he lives and works in Ipoh at the Redemptorist Community, Church of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Besides his priestly duties, he works as the Instructor for the Pastoral Care Programme at Hospital Fatimah and is available for retreats, counselling and spiritual direction.
Born in 1956, he received his early primary and secondary education at St. John’s Institution, Kuala Lumpur, and tertiary education in London, where he studied Accountancy (ACCA). He applied to join the Redemptorists in 1979 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1987. He was sent to Hong Kong to study Cantonese and later attended the Pontifical Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Boston, USA, where he graduated with a Licentiate in Theology (S.T.L.), specialising in the Theology of Spirituality. He also has a Masters in Professional Counselling from Monash University, Australia and is a Certified Basic Programme Instructor and Advanced Counselling Practicum Supervisor for William Glasser International, the primary centre for Choice Theory & Reality Therapy (a sub-modality of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, or CBT). He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in CBT from the University of the West of Scotland.
Fr. Paul’s Pentecost Message to us:
“It is such an honour and privilege for me to be invited to preside and preach at your Pentecost Triduum Masses, to prepare for and celebrate your Feast Day.
A story from the master story-teller, Jesuit priest, psychotherapist and spiritual guru, Anthony de Mello, S.J., comes to my mind now:
Some tourists were in the bus going through gorgeous countryside. Unfortunately, the shades of the bus were pulled down and the curtains drawn; and they were quarrelling about who should get the best seats in the bus, what they should have for dinner, who was the best dressed, who was too noisy and who was too quiet.
While all this squabbling was going on, the bus was driving along beautiful orchards and vineyards. Trees laden with delicious fruits were standing on both sides of the road.
The quarrelling tourists were totally unaware of this wondrous scenery passing them by. Their eyes and ears were open, but they were too engrossed in hurting each other, trying to win arguments or show that they are better and superior to the other.
Completely unaware. Wasting time and energy. Displaying ridiculous out-of-touch behaviour. Totally oblivious to the beauty outside the bus.
In the same way, while journeying together as a parish community, let us also open our hearts to appreciate the beauty in the people around us. Feast days, birthdays, anniversaries, etc., are grand opportunities to affirm life and people, especially the people who are important to us, people that we tend to discount and take for granted, people who deserve our thanks and gratitude. On this special occasion, let us open our hearts and mouths to tell them how much they mean to us.
Pentecost is a time to celebrate, and to rejoice. Let us realise that we are gifts to one another. We are gifts from God to one another – to be cherished, valued, affirmed and complimented.
Happy Feast Day to you! God’s blessings and best wishes to you!”
