After ten years of catechism class and a pandemic later, my class finally got confirmed. It all started in 2012, when our parents signed us up for weekly catechism classes with the parish. At that time, I felt forced to attend classes every week. I initially did not even bother to talk to others as I did not feel [...]
Admittingly, many of us tend to look out for signs and miracles to convince ourselves that God is alive, that He hears us or is present in our situation. Do you relate with Doubting Thomas? Does it mean that God is not there when you don’t see the signs, or things don’t go the way you want? Isn’t our life [...]
Mary of Magdala went to the tomb with others because of her great love for the Lord. There was indeed deep appreciation on the part of Mary of Magdala for what the Lord had done for her. She wanted to do whatever possible for the Lord; even though he was thought to be dead. Her thought might have been, ‘This [...]
The word, “Eden” historically refers to an ancient land that was situated in the region of Southern Mesopotamia. The term is derived from the Sumerian word, eden meaning “a plain that is fertile”. In Hebrew, a word bearing a similar sound, makes referent to the notion of “delight”. The Garden in Eden as we hear of in the accounts of [...]
Five weeks of lent have passed by, bringing us closer to the end of lent and towards Easter when we will rejoice over our growth and renewed relationship with Jesus. It is also a time when we start to reflect on how far we have come in this journey and evaluate how much of the goals that we set for [...]
Today’s readings calls us to live and strive as true disciples of Christ, spreading peace, joy, love and hope to the people whom our Lord sends our way. The use our tongue could be a weapon of destruction or antidote to a grieving soul. A well-trained tongue is a by-product of well-trained mind. When we speak to others what are [...]
The totality of Jesus’ forgiveness is immeasurable. We witness the mercy and compassion of the Lord in the readings of this week - from Jesus’ mercy towards the adulterous woman in the Gospel, to St Paul’s testimony of himself as a forgiven sinner, to Isaiah’s proclamation of new life in God by leaving our sinful past behind. We are reminded [...]
Are you seeking to be a better version and to be who you are made to be? God has planted within our hearts a desire to make a difference in the world, and a desire to make the world a better place. While we will certainly never understand the fullness of God’s intent, we are nonetheless drawn naturally towards the [...]
The 1st reading reveals to us that the Lord’s plans will be carried out in His time; a plan to prosper his people. It took them 40 years to realise this. In the 2nd reading, says that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person and the old life is gone. It is a gift from God, [...]
Moses was curious about the bush that was burning but not burnt. It would make any of us curious but not everyone of us daring enough to have a closer look. Sometimes we prefer to remain afar and wonder at what is going on. Our faith in the Lord invites us to be involved and not to be mere [...]