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Tracing the Spanish Moors

Jul 19, 2024

Echoes of the Moorish architecture are still evident everywhere on the grounds of the Mezquita of Cordoba. There is an orange grove where the Muslims performed their ablutions before prayers.
Sacred permission to be in agony

Jul 19, 2024

We are not making enough space for grief, either in our churches or in our lives. We are not giving people the tools they need to handle frustration, loss, and heartbreak, nor how to grieve when they are beset by them.
How do we respond to the mission?

Jul 12, 2024

Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD
Schooled by Christ

Jul 12, 2024

Until the second coming, God will have nobody but ours. Even if we do not teach in the public school system, as parents, we can find ways to get through those school gates.
The power of song: How the choir shaped my relationship with Christ

Jul 12, 2024

Ephesians 5:19: “...speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.”
Praying when it seems useless

Jul 12, 2024

Prayer is most needed just when it seems most useless. Michael J. Buckley, one of the major spiritual mentors in my life, wrote those words.
Giving all you have got!

Jul 12, 2024

Giving all you have got!
A prophet of the 21st century

Jul 05, 2024

Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Sr Shanti Mariadass, FDCC
Pope’s prayer intention for July: For the pastoral care of the sick

Jul 05, 2024

We pray that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick confer to those who receive it and their loved ones the power of the Lord and become ever more a visible sign of compassion and hope for all.
Of churches and church designs

Jul 05, 2024

In Malaysia, we have many churches built incorporating gothic architecture. High ceilings, roman columns, thick wooden arched doorways, bell towers, stained glass murals, statues of saints, crucifixes, spires, mostly built during the late 19th century and early 20th century