My alarm goes off at 7.58am. I could sleep a bit longer. I shut my eyes. The next moment it is 8.05am. Uh-oh! Quick log in, the Liturgy of the Hours started already! The Liturgy of the Hours has become my morning prayer. However, it is a commitment that I struggle with. Some of you may have noticed that I [...]
Some of you may think this a preposterous question. Jesus had 12 disciples with him. Beyond these close confreres, Jesus also had personal friends like Lazarus, Mary and Martha.1 Perhaps I never really thought of Jesus having friends. Since young, I have hummed the hymn “What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear…” Jesus [...]
Looking up to the sky, Fr Sam said that he had asked for a sign from heaven that there are angels. No answer. His phone rang. Caller id: St Michael. When Fr Sam related this incident during his homily, I found it particularly intriguing (and amused) as I had just watched a YouTube video that morning about the existence of [...]
The Formative Years with the Mandarin Youth Legion of Mary “In the past, if I knew that something had happened to someone, I would go up to that person and comfort them. However, now if I see that they are not doing anything, I go up to them and ask - are you okay or not? Before I joined the [...]
Reflections on Ezekiel: Eat. Love. Hope. The dramatic Book of Ezekiel captures the creative side of God that I have come to love in the parables that Jesus told. Written by the prophet Ezekiel himself, we see God’s message delivered to His people through pantomime and great imagery. Though I was not able to attend all the recent talks on [...]
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