Author: Ann Yeong

Growing up as Catholic, I have always known that prayer is important. Scripture too. But though I have had experiences of spontaneous and personal prayer sessions with God, these were scattered through my life. On a day to day basis, for most of my life, prayer to me was purely a discipline. I did so […]

Not too long ago, when I was telling my troubles to Fr. W. Goh, I had said, “I truly want to love God. I have always asked God to help me love Him more.” He smiled at me and replied, “That’s not the problem. You don’t need to ask Him that. You already love God. […]

I want to tell you about my Mother Mary, and about how I never could love her until recently, even though I was brought up a Catholic. When it comes to the Mother of my Lord, I had always felt a distance. Though I have respected her, and admired her for her fidelity and obedience […]

To all of you who prayed for me and all who went for the Conversion Experience Retreat, THANK YOU. So many people (there were 120 attending and more than 100 volunteers) were touched by God’s grace and love over the 4 days of the retreat. Hardened hearts were melted, many healings – spiritual, emotional and […]

I’ll be away from Thursday March 12 – Sunday March 15 on retreat. Zibin and my parents will be attending the Conversion Experience Retreat with me. Please pray for us, and for all our fellow retreat participants, that we will encounter the Risen Christ and have a true conversion of heart at this retreat. Please […]

Grace does not make us impervious to suffering. Nor does it give us plain sailing in life. Any gospel that attempts to preach grace as such is severely shortchanging its audience. The beauty of grace is precisely that it transforms the experience of suffering such that we come to experience and understand God’s love for […]

Every Friday evening, a wonderful thing happens in my home. A small group of people comes together to break bread, share the Word of God, pray for one another and have fellowship. My SCC (Small Christian Community) group is a prayer powerhouse. Our meetings recharge our spiritual batteries in such powerful ways that no matter […]

Sweet Lord, In the past week I’ve begun to realize the foretaste of what a life lived in mission for You would entail. And it is nothing short of radical. And I never saw myself as radical – for I used to toe the line. Always, and carefully. I hated to give offense, and that […]