About 9 years ago, I found myself alone one day with my mother in her room. Already in the final stages of cancer, I saw this once robust and feisty powerhouse wither away before my eyes. As her round-the-clock caregiver – and juggling a full-time job – the stress was overwhelming. Emotionally, I was grappling with the grim reality [...]
Parish Cleaning Day – 6 April, Sat We are inviting you to step forward to come clean our Father's house in preparation for Easter. Let us have breakfast at 7am together and we flow into songs to warm up before we clean. Please do register with the parish office You Gotto Move it, Move it!- 7 Apr, Sun Time: [...]
How many times have we distanced ourselves from God and refused to make amends? Think how God feels when we move away from Him. Are we so righteous like the older brother aka Scribes and Pharisees who was fulfilling his responsibilities and following rules just because he had to without love? Do we celebrate in church the homecoming of [...]
A feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements. This is the definition of pride according to dictionary.com. Pride can manifest itself in many ways. It can be in the explicit form of boasting and showing off to others about our own achievements. It can also be rejecting help from others even when we desperately need [...]
Feast Day : 9 September St Peter Claver was born in Catalonia, Spain, and the youngest of 4 children of a well-to-do country farmer. At 13, Peter already decided to become a priest. At 16, he went to Barcelona to study at the university where he became acquainted with the Jesuits, and wanted to become one of them. Whilst [...]
Having attended the previous two Inter Ministry retreats in April and Oct 2018, I was wondering what will be in store for us this time round in this retreat on 9/10 Mar 19. (Even as I write this, I just realized that 9+10=19 – looking at the dates of the retreat, even the dates were so specially picked, no [...]
The term “Lent” comes from the Anglo-Saxon word, lencten, meaning Spring, and lenctentid, meaning March, the majority of which this liturgical season falls. By the sixth century, Christians were generally practising 6 weeks of fasting. However the Mathematics was not quite right. 6 weeks, not counting Sunday, which is a day of celebration with no fasting on that day, [...]
Do you see the urgency to take steps to change, to direct your hearts towards God? Are you like that fig tree, when will you bear fruit? Have you decided on what you will give up or do this Lent? Why wait, what is stopping you from taking action now?
Parish Cleaning Day – 6 April, Sat We are inviting you to step forward to come clean our Father's house in preparation for Easter. Let us have breakfast at 7am together and we flow into songs to warm up before we clean. Please do register with the parish office You Gotto Move it, Move it!- 7 Apr, Sun Time: [...]
Do we climb mountains to get away from the hustle and bustle or the humdrum routines of our life? Where are your mountains today? Where do you go to seek an encounter with Jesus? Is it through prayer, adoration before the Blessed Sacrament, regular Eucharistic Celebrations and retreats?