"Disappointments are markers on the road of life, saying: Perfect happiness is not here. Though your passions may have been satisfied, you were never truly satisfied, because while your passions can find satisfaction in this world, you cannot. Start with your own insufficiency and begin a search for perfection. Begin with your own emptiness and seek Him who can fill [...]
Walk into any bookstore and you will find a section on Self-Improvement. Or just google search Self-Improvement and there are many websites offering advice. One of the first books I read was Dale Carnegie’s ‘How to make friends and influence people’. The tips were innocuous. I still recall to this day the tip on the importance of not only remembering [...]
The word, "accountability" can be traced etymologically as being in a "state of testimony or being answerable", while the Oxford Dictionary, states the definition of accountability as, "the fact of being responsible for your decisions or actions and being expected to explain them when you are asked." However, in the context of a Christian community, the concept of accountability takes [...]
If you think I am referring to the rock band AC/DC and their megahit ‘Let there be Rock’, you are partly right. The lyrics which plays on Genesis is the creative license they’ve taken (Let there be light, Let there be sound, Let there be drums, Let there be guitar, and of course Let there be Rock) and there is [...]
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Holy Spirit is "the principle of every vital and truly saving action in each part of the Body." He works in many ways to build up the whole Body in charity: by God's Word "which is able to build you up"; by Baptism, through which he forms Christ's Body; by the [...]
I always feel blessed that I have Christian friends of different denominations who will pray for my family’s well-being, and of course, I do likewise. They are often just a text message away. But occasionally I would feel uneasy when it turns out they don’t always share the same beliefs. Sometimes I am hit by brickbats. Your Church is evil! [...]
A stroll down the Central Business District of Singapore greets the passer-by with the majestic sight of the Marina Bay Sands towering above the skyline. In the corner, the megalithic Singapore Flyer, spinning serenely like a Catherine Wheel set ablaze with a spectacular lightshow, and where the river meets the sea, the Gardens by the Bay. Architecturally designed to draw [...]
“I can’t find my AirPods, mum!” “Did you check in your backpack?” “I did but I can’t find it.” “Let me pray to St Anthony – Dear St Anthony, please come down. Her AirPods are lost, it can’t be found.” “Could it be in the washing machine?” “Can’t be.” “Let me check anyway.” ‘Thud!’ Something hit the bottom of the [...]
Founded in 910, the Abbey of Cluny was built in Beaune, Burgundy, France as a measure to put into place the Benedictine Reforms that would allow the monks to return to the essence of the Rule of St. Benedict - to focus on prayer, poverty, solitude, peace and work such as caring for the poor. With the reforms and via [...]
“Do you reject Satan?” “I do.” “And all his works?” “I do.” “And all his empty promises?” “I do.” Sound familiar? In the season of Lent, Catholics are called to remember our baptism and the promises that were made. And on Easter Sunday, we renew our baptismal vows. I believe that when we say “I do”, we probably mean it [...]