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 [...]
The Holy Trinity is a mystery that is beyond our finite human understanding. By definition, the term, "mystery" refers to something that is hidden, unknown, incomprehensible, or which has not been yet explained or understood (Cambridge Dictionary, n.d.). The Catechism of the Catholic Church speaks of how the central mystery of the Catholic Faith, is that of the Holy Trinity [...]
The key messages of Pentecost were reflected in the Readings: (1st: Acts 2:1-11, 2nd: 1 Cor 12:3-7, 12-13, Gospel: Jn 20:19-23) Pentecost is our Father pouring out the Holy Spirit on all mankind. On Pentecost Sunday, the breath of God in the form of tongues of fire descends upon the Apostles and disciples gathered together; “suddenly there came from [...]
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled [...]
As Eastertide draws to a close, we are called to continue living our lives with God in this chaotic world. We are often surrounded with the concerns that are of this Earth and encounter many temptations that cause us to sin and drift away from God. Jesus was sent by God to illuminate the path leading us to heaven - [...]
The summers of Australia are well-documented for their bush fires as the heat of the sun meets the dry, arid natural kindling of the bushland. Summer in Australia is also the time when all sorts of creepy-crawlies crawl out of the woodwork. The most annoying of all being the fly, otherwise known as the Musca vetustissima, or the bush fly [...]
As we approach Pentecost, we are reminded of what happened to a gentile who was not part of the community of believers. We should take note that Cornelius was a Roman Centurion who probably like other Romans worshipped several gods. However, we told that he was a good and upright man who not only thought well of others but offered [...]