Columns

  • Faith is not a seasonal thing

    Mar 17, 2023

    The COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, which necessitated the shutdown of our churches, led me to search for Masses online.

  • Many lessons learnt from Camino Walk

    Mar 17, 2023

    Our group of five walked along the Mersata (with dry savanna-like terrain without any trees) for five days, found it boring and hot and the three of us then left the young couple to board a train for Sarria which is 100km from our destination, the city of Santiago (San Diego means St James in Spanis

  • Lenten fast An opportunity at conversation

    Mar 17, 2023

    During this period, many Catholics experience the joy of re-connecting with the Lord and the Church, as we journey toward Easter, preparing ourselves spiritually, to celebrate the Resurrection.

  • As He falls the third time…

    Mar 17, 2023

    ...meanwhile, let’s remember that Jesus has been there…with His energy almost completely depleted and the weight of the Cross crushing His body, He conquered this Station.

  • Waiting for the angel to come

    Mar 17, 2023

    The night before he died, Jesus struggled mightily to accept his Father’s will. The Gospels describe him in the Garden of Gethsemane, prostrate on the ground, “sweating blood”, and begging his Father to save him from the brutal death that awaited him. Then, after he finally surrenders his will to hi

  • I'm an abuse survivor. Pope Francis met with me and changed my life.

    Mar 17, 2023

    I met Francis one day during a battle of years with so many Church leaders who — as some still do — had tried to silence me and so many survivors about the horrors of abuse. In 2018, I was given the opportunity to speak to Francis directly.

  • You can never outgive the Lord

    Mar 10, 2023

    Cradle Catholic lawyer Joachim Xavier felt the Lord calling him to serve in His vineyard six months after attending a Life in the Spirit Seminar (LSS).

  • The WE is as important as the ME

    Mar 10, 2023

    We have existential conversations about God, faith, outward signs of piety, inner conversions, and the struggle to find truth in a polarised world.

  • A collapsed ceiling, crisis communication and human behaviour

    Mar 10, 2023

    In a crisis, it is important to quell speculation and rumours immediately. Otherwise, it could lead to untruths and finger pointing. This leads to my second point about human behaviour.

  • A requiem for an older brother

    Mar 10, 2023

    In the Gospel of John, the author describes how, after Jesus was already dead, soldiers came and pierced his side with a lance and “immediately blood and water flowed” out of his dead body.