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Love in the time of Covid-19
Apr 04, 2020
In 1985, Nobel Prize winning author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, published a novel entitled, Love in the Time of Cholera. It tells a colourful story of how life can still be generative, despite an epidemic.
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Healing ourselves, healing a broken world
Mar 29, 2020
The pandemic has shown us the importance of rebuilding social solidarity, which for decades has been weakened by neoliberal capitalism.
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An alternate expression of love and trust
Mar 29, 2020
“More tortuous than all else is the human heart, beyond remedy; who can understand it.” The prophet Jeremiah wrote those words more than 2,500 years a
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Coronavirus pandemic should make us reflect on what really matters
Mar 21, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic should make us take stock of what really matters in our lives.
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Judgement day
Mar 21, 2020
We all fear judgement. We fear being seen with all that’s inside us, some of which we don’t want exposed to the light.
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Den of thieves: When religious elites manipulate politics
Mar 14, 2020
Jesus was no stranger to religious leaders getting tangled up with politics. In fact, he reserved his harshest criticism for the scribes and Pharisees for their hypocrisy.
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Jean Vanier – revisited
Mar 14, 2020
The revelations about Jean Vanier shook me deeply, but not to my core because at our core, when we touch it, we know that no one, except God, is good, at least with a goodness that has no imperfections.
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Injustice, wickedness will not flourish
Mar 05, 2020
At a critical moment for us in Malaysia last Sunday, the Gospel reading was that of Jesus being tempted at the start of his mission.
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Our congenital complexity
Mar 05, 2020
The renowned spiritual writer, Ruth Burrows, begins her autobiography with these words: “I was born into this world with a tortured sensitivity. For long I have puzzled over the causes of my psychological anguish.”
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Political turmoil grips Malaysia
Mar 01, 2020
As I write this on Monday Feb 24, Malaysia is gripped in political turmoil, with all sorts of political manoeuvrings and jostling for power.
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Sunday Reflection
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Justice and Mercy
Human Resources would not have been happy with that landowner. Sometimes, it seems that Human Resources does not want to come out on the side of generosity. I remember a time that we wanted to pay an employee extra for work on a particular project. We were told that we could not do this unless we re-adjusted that employee’s pay scale for all his work.
