Suffering is something that everyone wants to avoid. No one intentionally wants to suffer for nothing. Why do you avoid suffering? Where there is deep love, there is less suffering and yet there is tremendous suffering as well. When a parent loves the child deeply, there is nothing the parent would not do for the child. If the child has [...]
The readings remind us that God is always with us and always caring for us, no matter where we are or our circumstances. The first reading tells of how Peter and John went from Jerusalem to Samaria to pray with the people there and call down the Holy Spirit on them. The psalm is our response to God’s loving care [...]
The first reading, taken from Acts, shows us the early Church as a loving, serving, and worshipping community (Acts 6:1-7). Hence, it easily solved the problem of perceived discrimination over daily distribution by instituting the diaconate for the service of the community. Our own community goes through similar challenges. The responses we make seem to differ. The necessity to voice [...]
As a Christian, we are all called to be witnesses of Christ through our words and actions. What have I done to be this witness? Some time ago I remember a voice telling me that I should be bold enough to talk about my faith to others whether they be Gentiles or Christians. It was a subtle calling. The direction [...]
Like Peter am I bold enough to proclaim the Word of God to others? What happened to Peter the fisherman, the disciple who denied Jesus three times? What made him speak so eloquently? Do we choose to keep quiet even though prompted by the Holy Spirit to speak and share the Word of God. Perhaps fear has crept in that [...]
In my prayer, this year, I heard and saw the cry of a teenage girl saying, “I waited for someone to show me mercy”, her face revealed the pleading of her heart and her following words showing the crushing of her hope: “I used to be religious, I used to be…” What difference can we make in the life of [...]
Christ is risen! He has risen indeed! Alleluia! In today’s Gospel, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb on the first Easter morning, saw that the stone had been moved away, and that the tomb was empty. Alarmed, she ran back to Peter and the other disciple to inform them about the empty tomb. Her action of telling Peter [...]
The Lord comes to my help, so that I am untouched by the insults. Have you ever wondered how Jesus went through the Passion so meekly, without retaliating or blaming anyone? What made Jesus go through such a painful, ignominious death? Was Jesus obligated to go through all this? Jesus identified with our reality of a world filled with difficulties [...]
The readings on this 5th Sunday of Lent tells us that God can bring us from death to new life. The First Reading tells us of God's desire to restore life in us. The Second Reading tells us that if Christ dwells in us, we will have new life as He does. As we draw near to the end of [...]
The prophet Samuel was sent to the house of Jesse of Bethlehem, to anoint one of his sons as king. While there, he sees Eliab, who was tall and handsome. He thought that he was the Lord's choice. Blinded by our own sense of what is good and bad, we often choose what we think is right, to realise that [...]
