"Do whatever He tells you." – Jn 2:5
Almost exactly 3 years ago, I wrote a post on Finding God in House-work. I felt a prompt to revisit this topic again of late. Circumstances have changed since that post I wrote. For one, my home has also become my primary work and living space for the past 3 years. It is where I […]
“Giving something up” during Lent this season feels rather empty and meaningless to me. Instead I feel that I need to get in touch with the restless hunger in my soul in a different way. Through being present to the disconnect I experience in things both “sacred” and “profane”. By sitting mutely in petulant surrender […]
There was a scene in a Netflix TV series I watched recently that struck me. Set in 17th century Mexico, a 17 year old Carmelite postulant, Juana, was asked by another sister to kneel while in prayer. Obediently, she knelt, but then asked, “Why do we always have to kneel?” The other sister replied, “Because […]
Even in the midst of the waiting, He is working. He is restoring and healing and rebuilding, sometimes most especially when we can’t see it or feel it… The work Our Lord is doing in the midst of darkness can sometimes only be seen after the dawn, in the light of His resurrection. – Ana Hahn, “Rooted […]
Dome ceiling of the Salzburg Cathedral in Austria When I was 18 years old, I fell in love with the idea of studying philosophy and theology – especially theology. I had always been a bookworm, and when I was in university I started buying and reading as many books as I could afford on Church […]
When I was little, I loved stories of soul deep friendship and triumphant romances, and I yearned to find a someone who would love me with as much abandon as I would love him. Ironically, although I was such a romantic, I was very realistic about marriage. Growing up, I have observed in the people […]
Mother’s Day isn’t a celebration for everyone. There are many who suffer their pain in silence on this day when everybody else is celebrating, and if you happen to be one of them, this post is for you. For those without a Mother to celebrate For those who never knew their mother, For those whose mother had […]
“Who did God create me to be?” That’s a question that has accompanied me since my childhood. Perhaps I was a rather odd child to be asking such a philosophical question, but there has always been a part of me with an unshakeable conviction that God created me for some purpose, and I yearned to […]
Sometimes it is hard to celebrate when the occasion calls for it. Six years ago, my mother-in-law passed away suddenly and tragically just a few days before the Lunar New Year. While the world around us kicked into high gear for feasting and celebration, our family was numb from shock as we dazedly went about […]
