In the timeline of the Earth, there have been five major cataclysmic mass extinction events that caused life on Earth to cease either almost completely or definitely. The first occurred around the end-Ordovician period around 450 million years ago. The Ordovician period was marked by a diversity of marine invertebrates. With the presence of tetrahedral spores dating to this era [...]
Theme : Kingdom Of God Genesis 1 reminds us of God’s intention and desire for creation. He observes that “it is not good that man should be alone”. Hence, he attempts to find a helper. This is a gift from God alone in which the rib built for man was used lovingly to shape a second human being called [...]
Many years ago, in 2015, thereabouts, I was praying at the Perpetual Adoration Chapel at the Catholic Spirituality Centre when completely tired out, I fell asleep. When I awoke it was about 2 or 3 in the morning. I had missed the timing for the last bus home, and the only options were to stay on in the adoration chapel [...]
Knowing and Loving God is only possible with the help of the Archangels. Our Father knows each one of us: Our joys, strengths and weaknesses, our successes and failures, our faith, our intentions, needs, hopes and dreams... Jesus knew us before we even learnt about him. He saw us under the fig tree that is heaven. Not only does [...]
The first reading tells us about how the virtuous will always be challenged by non-believers. Non-believers challenge the church’s teachings and our beliefs as they do not understand what it means to be living in Jesus’ footsteps. They do so because it is easier to criticise and judge rather than to accept and change, especially when what we say or [...]
The Church is facing an unprecedented crisis that had been steadily creeping up over the past twenty years. The alarm bells should have sounded, when the early warning signs came about, but complacent in its status as a moral authority and as an institution, the Church did not pay heed to the grumblings and rumblings that were felt on the [...]
I was recently asked by a friend who is currently undergoing a difficult time, “Why must people suffer?” and “Why is there suffering in the world?” We all know the head knowledge about how suffering is redemptive, and that which would eventually lead us to deep joy when we find meaning in the suffering and when we unite our suffering [...]
Mark’s Gospel has 16 chapters, and we are at the 8th chapter for this week. This, in some scholars' view is the apex of his Gospel. In the middle of the Gospel, we have this important question asked of the reader. The Gospel begins with the believer (Mark) declaring that Jesus is the Son of God in Mk1:1: ‘The beginning [...]
Talking and hearing are vital in our daily interactions. Hearing, talking, seeing and walking are so important in our lives. In the first reading, we hear the prophet Isaiah announcing the good news of God’s salvation that God is able to heal the blind, the deaf and the dumb. In the Gospel, Jesus heals a deaf man who is also [...]
A friend of mine who has made Australia his home, has been coping with bouts of clinical depression, and suicidal ideation. The prolonged lockdowns that Australia has put into place in various states has exacerbated this person’s anxiety. Coupled with the stress of being unemployed, seeking out new employment so as to provide for the needs of his family, and [...]