When Pope John XXIII convened the ecumenical council of Vatican II in 1959, the Church found itself surprised as no council had been convoked for close to 100 years. Yet the Holy Spirit was moving in a powerful way. In the aftermath of World War I and World War II, with the advent of new technologies and advancements in radio [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We all know that playing to our individual strengths enables us to be confident, and that each of us has our own differing strengths. However, all of us have one strength in common, our biggest strength is our Lord. As quoted from the Gospel of Matthew 19:26, “With God all things are possible.” This tells us that in order to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Romans 12:9-10, 16, 18, 21 gives us an insight into how Christians are supposed to carry themselves and to live their lives: Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honour... Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate [...]