In what seemed to be the blink of an eye, the world as they had come to know it changed. The master became their servant; The Rabbi has become the convict; The hands that healed the sick and fed the hungry will be pierced and pinned to the cross; The One whom even the winds […]
Category: Faith & Spiritual
Taking one step at a time
There was once, when I was In Primary 1 or 2, that I happened to pick up a Primary 6 Mathematics textbook in a bookstore to browse. I was very quiet afterwards and deep in thought. Seeing my troubled expression, my mother asked me what the matter was, and I told her (with great gravity and […]
“Not me, Lord, surely?”
And while they were eating he said, ‘In truth I tell you, one of you is about to betray me.’ They were greatly distressed and started asking him in turn, ‘Not me, Lord, surely?’ – Matthew 26:21-22 It wasn’t that long ago that, if Jesus had turned to me and told me that I was […]
‘Friend’
Catherine Doherty & Dorothy Day Who are the ones who will exhort me, encourage me, comfort me; Who will reprimand me, push me, and love me into the best possible version of myself? Who are the ones who will see me as I really am, and love me, but love me too much to leave […]
The flesh is weak
“My life is too comfortable.” The thought came to me today. My life is too comfortable for it to be good for me. And yet, I don’t feel like changing things. I don’t want to be uncomfortable. It seems to me that this prayer makes the most sense for me because I cannot do anything […]
Speak. Don’t speak.
Speak, if necessary; if the words will edify you, if it is necessary for the one you wish to speak to. Otherwise, don’t speak. Remain in silence, undisturbed, and be at peace. “Keep the lid closed.” That’s how I have been feeling this Lent. Sometimes I feel an initial urge to say something or contact […]
The Command
Go, descend into the bowels of the abyss, Into the darkest of the dark, Into the stillness that suffocates, Into the silence that deafens; You will find there your salvation, in the bowels of the deep. When your lungs are purged of the toxins that had turned it from oxygen, When the ear of your […]
Why were the saints heroic?
“Because, looking at Jesus, knowing Him, seeing Him in all His beauty, nothing seemed to them too painful, too hard, or too difficult in order to possess Him. They were irresistibly attracted to Him.” – Fr. Jean C. J. D’Elbée (Jesus, Mary, and the Saints)
The Scandal of Mercy
“My heart is still far from You O Lord… not near enough, not near enough…” Have you ever allowed yourself to enter into the depths of Christ’s humiliation on the Cross? I haven’t. It is a sacred place I am not prepared to enter. Not yet. But this morning I entered into the scene of […]
The warmth of solitude
When did I stop being afraid of being alone? Then again, how can this be ‘being alone’ when my heart is filled with warmth and presence and love? I suppose somewhere in the long time since my 20s till now, the emptiness of loneliness has slowly made way for the warmth of solitude. It’s still […]
Journey of the Heart 