Our world is in flux. There is a lot that is happening around us. We are people trying to make sense of the world around us. We are constantly jolted, and there exists a palpable tension between the world and our identities as sons and daughters of God. To this existentialist crisis, we throw in the mix, the current happening [...]
To have is to share and not to hoard; at least this is implicit in the command of Jesus to love one another as he loves us. What one has is to be used as a good steward. Life is meant to be lived in harmony where no one is excluded. Death was not in the plan of our Father [...]
In the past weeks, we witnessed many miracles that Jesus performed in the Gospels; from calming the storm, healing the woman with a haemorrhage to raising the dead. This week, we learnt that many hardships were borne and endured, which allowed for all these wonderful deeds. Through Jesus, Paul and the prophet Ezekiel, we glimpse the challenges faced by being [...]
The readings today remind us about how much God truly loves and cares for us. The entrance antiphon sets the tone with “The Lord is the strength of his people, a saving refuge for the one He has anointed.” It is a reminder that we can always count on the Lord to be there for us in times of trouble. [...]
The Parable of the Man Stuck on a Roof It so happened that in a far-away land, a flood arose and slowly crept up the highlands, causing people to flee in panic to the highlands, or to their roofs. A man likewise, trying to escape the flood ran up to his roof. He started praying that God would send help [...]
We live in such tumultuous times indeed. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, I was led to reflect upon the lives of the Saints who struggled with troubles too, and hence this Litany of Supplication came into being. My prayer is that it will help you as it has aided me. These are but some of the many saints whom we [...]
In the Gospel of today, we get a glimpse of what the Kingdom of God looks like through the parable of the mustard seed. One aspect of the Kingdom of God is the need to grow in faith and to be witnesses to Christ in this world by living our faith in action in our daily lives. The parable reflects [...]
God is always forgiving and gives us many chances to renew our relationship with him. We see it in the story of Noah, where God first made his covenant with Man after sending a flood (Genesis 9: 11-17). Similarly, we see God making his second covenant with humanity through Moses in the form of the 10 commandments (Exodus 20: 2-17). [...]
The incidence of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the world to encounter a reset. When the music stopped suddenly, the world was not ready and humanity began scrambling to make sense of the New Normal, to find coping mechanisms, and to adapt to the changes that came with the pandemic. It has not been an easy time. The news reports [...]
In the first reading, we are reminded that the Lord is God indeed; there is only Him alone and no other. He is the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, and the true Lord amongst all other false gods. “Understand this today, therefore, and take it to heart: the Lord is God indeed, in heaven above as [...]