“Stretching out his hand toward his disciples, Jesus said, ‘Here are my mother, and my brethren! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.” (Matthew 12:49-50) “God said, ‘I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord [...]
In 2019, the weight-loss market in the United States of America, weighed in at a whopping $72 billion dollars. The industry runs the gamut from meal-replacement drinks, all the way to diet drugs and exercise programmes. The market is forecast to grow annually at a rate of 2.6%. Human beings are hardwired for food – it is both the means [...]
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the word "Church" (Latin ecclesia, from the Greek ek-ka-lein, to "call out of") means a convocation or an assembly. It designates the assemblies of the people, usually for a religious purpose. Ekklesia is used frequently in the Greek Old Testament for the assembly of the Chosen People before God, above all for their assembly on [...]
“Through Him the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord; in Him you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” Ephesians 2: 21-22 For a long time, the Church and its members have existed in silo – each person going about doing their own thing. While [...]
When the soldiers came to arrest Jesus at the Garden of Gethsemane, we read that the disciples were so filled with fear that “they all left him and fled” (Mark 14:50). This was not an ordinary fear that the disciples experienced, but the fear which was intense to the point of even a young man tearing himself out of the [...]
After the Crucifixion of Jesus, the disciples spent most of their time in a kind of exile – this was seen physically – they locked themselves indoors, and this was also seen psychologically – they returned to the things which they knew, they were familiar, and comfortable with – they returned to their trade as fishermen. It was not easy [...]
While Stations of the Cross is particularly emphasized during Lent. we can actually pray this prater all year round. In times when we can’t go to church to pray in front of the stations on the walls, we can see this as opportunity to pray at home with our family. 14 Stations at Home Step 1: Choose one set of [...]
According to Canon Law, “The Christian faithful, even in their own manner of acting, are always obliged to maintain communion with the Church.” (Canon Law 209: 1) Christianity is founded on Community with Christ being the Head, and the Faithful, the different parts of the body. However, from the 20th century, there has been an increasing opinion and turn that [...]
The Christian faith is not just a personal experience, it is founded on the community. However, with the rapid infection rate of COVID-19, many Churches, as a preventive measure have suspended the Eucharist and limited their visiting hours. While these measures are prudent and help to contain the spread of the virus, it also isolates people from the community at [...]
If our views and pleasures came before the community, what would our community look like? How could this happen? Imagine if our view of what we think is good, bad, right, or wrong, is determined by ourselves, we would not have a reference point but would be trending popular beliefs or opinions. Suppose we put our pleasures first before others [...]
