In writing about the nation, and drawing upon concepts coined by Anthropologists such as Victor Turner, Sociologists such as Benedict Anderson have written about how the idea of a nation is a social construct and is by and large, "an imagined community" - "imagined" because "the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow-members, meet [...]
"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 [...]
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him, do not fret when people succeed in their ways." Psalms 37:7 This is the struggle that I have been having since the beginning of the circuit breaker “It was like a dream come true, agency life, hard work and a good time to put my skills to good news". However, [...]
What a glorious thing it is to be called and picked by God! Our primary calling from God is to be a child of God, to be a disciple, to make other disciples for the kingdom of God. Our secondary calling, is to then serve in the professions and communities we are in. The goal of every Catholic is to [...]
This is my short personal story which I thought to share with my Brothers and Sisters in Christ. As many may be aware, I am fighting my fifth Cancer with Lung Cancer being the latest. I currently go for weekly Blood test and Chemo treatment; every few months I also need to have a number of CT Scans with a [...]
Every year is different, however 2020 will be a year to remember for all of us. Due to the pandemic COVID-19, Eucharistic celebrations that are opened to the public have been cancelled and the churches have been closed since April. We are not able to celebrate the Eucharistic Celebration physically together as a congregation and pray with the Lord in [...]
In the Creation narrative found in Genesis 1: 1-2, we read, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters." The story of Creation presents eternal truths about God and [...]