There are some days that I feel that the injustice of this world requires a direct and forceful action from God. Why are the wars around the world still raging on? Why hasn’t hunger and poverty been eradicated despite all our technological advances? Why are we still living in the shadow of the pandemic? Why is my friend still not [...]
There is a misconception that our lives should be lived separately from the Church. On the contrary, the sacred should be interwoven so intricately into the tapestry and fabric of the every day, that it is indistinguishable from the other. The Church celebrates the Liturgical Year and permeates our days with the celebrations that are meaningful to our Salvation [...]
In the Gospel passage, Jesus gave us a practical suggestion to seek the treasure that will last. Yet, so often we are blinded by what is in front of us and that causes us to just cave in to that immediate gratification to satisfy ourselves. A nice car, a new phone or the next NETFLIX series and at times, in [...]
The first reading reveals how unscrupulous people treat the poor in the ancient times - ‘Lowering the bushel, raising the shekel, and tampering with the scales’ for financial gains. Fast forward 2000 years later, similar practices abound. The rich get richer and the poor continues to be poor. How is it that these situations persist? ‘Never will I forget a [...]
According to the World Health Organisation, malnutrition can be defined as stunting, being underweight, wasting, undernutrition, obesity, and/or being overweight as a result of inadequate or improper intake of macro and micro nutrients, vitamins, and minerals, that eventually lead to diet-related diseases such as diabetes, or beriberi (World health Organisation, 2021). The statistics reveal that in 2020, across the globe, [...]
The first reading reveals how unscrupulous people treat the poor in the ancient times - ‘Lowering the bushel, raising the shekel, and tampering with the scales’ for financial gains. Fast forward 2000 years later, similar practices abound. The rich get richer and the poor continues to be poor. How is it that these situations persist? ‘Never will I forget a [...]
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 [...]
The Jalan Tenteram area has many new and young families, and the Holy Spirit was speaking powerfully to Jennifer Noronha when she discovered that during the parish's recent outreach to that area, that many Catholics and parishioners of the Church of St. Michael living in the vicinity did not know many people and each other. With the Feast Day celebrations [...]
How do we feel when we have gone out of our way to help someone but see that our acts of kindness are soon forgotten or treated lightly? Even though the Israelites had witnessed amazing miracles which had been worked on their behalf, they forgot them very quickly and, worse, turned back to their familiar idols and gods of Egypt. [...]
A couple of months back, I did a spinal and postural check just to see if things were functionally okay. From the front, things appeared to be in alignment and good, but from the side, the advanced Scientific scanning equipment revealed that my posture was destabilised and tilted off a couple of angles. This resulted in a forward thrust of [...]