If you have been watching the olympics, you would have seen elite athletes pushing themselves to the brink of their capacity and beyond. It becomes apparent that during many of the competitions, the determining factor of who prevails is not just a matter of who is physically stronger, faster or more skilled. The determining factor […]
Category: Faith & Spiritual
Remaining silent
I have a seemingly inborn compulsion. As far back as I can remember, I can’t help wanting to reach out to people I encounter whom I sense to be in difficulty or in suffering. They can be people who do not ask me for help. Sometimes, when I first encounter them, they may even be […]
Of parents who harm
“Why do our parents do that to us?” This wasn’t a question voiced by a rebellious teenager being disciplined by his parent, but by a grown man who is himself a father. The tone with which he spoke those words was calm, but his eyes belied the sea of hurt and bewilderment in his heart. […]
'Seek not to make them like you…'
Children are deprived not because we do not give them things, but because we do not sufficiently value what they give us. We need to be alert to welcome what children have to offer. You remember how Kahlil Gibran wrote about children, You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have […]
Before the dawn
Of late, I haven’t been sleeping well through the night. In probably the third time in the last week or so, I woke up pre-dawn and can’t go back to sleep. This morning, I woke up at 4:30a.m. and as much as I tried to keep conscious thoughts at bay, they crept in to the […]
An anchor for transformation
Jesus said, ‘Take up your cross.’ (Mark 8:34-35) It is not something you go looking for in faraway places. Sooner or later the Lord hands us a cross, and our job is to recognise it. For each of us there are events that made a difference. Our sorrowful mysteries will be different for each reader. […]
'Unfashionable doctrine'
From Sacred Space this week: Jesus told us, ‘When you do good, your right hand should not know what your left hand is doing.’ That is almost a description of a mother changing nappies. Her routine is such that her right hand barely knows what her left hand is doing as she skilfully and rapidly […]
我很快ä¹
Jing Jing shared with me another great blog entry by Taiwanese celebrity blogger lilyqueen titled “妳è¦å¿«æ¨‚”. Reading it, I almost felt like I was reading my own reflections in Mandarin. (it’s spooky, this isn’t the first entry I felt this way about… and the blogger is just a month older than me.) Happiness, they say, […]
The way I am
I don’t love or hate by halves. ‘All or nothing’ is my default mode. I am sometimes frightened by the intensity of my own emotions. I like being around people, but I am fiercely jealous of my time alone which calms, relaxes and centers me. Ever since I can remember, I’ve liked to talk. And […]
To my new God-daughter
Jing Jing – Mary – praying after her first communion Dearest Jing (Mary!), Congratulations on your Baptism and Confirmation! Today is the first day of the rest of your life! Everything is different now… you know you are no longer living for yourself but for the Lord. Let’s walk this long and winding road together […]
Journey of the Heart 