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Adversity begets growth

Jul 21, 2023

Ever since humanity learned the art of speech, storytelling has been one of the most effective ways of passing down teachings, traditions and lessons from the past to the future generations. Since not many people were able to learn the art of written communication, oral transmission became almost the norm.
Did Jesus come to turn the world upside down?

Jul 21, 2023

Sometime around the year 200 AD, someone scratched out graffiti on plaster in the room of a house near the Palatine Hill in Rome.
Prayer through seeing

Jul 21, 2023

Prayer as “the opening of one’s heart and mind to God.” If we also learn to open our eyes and be open to how God might be speaking to us through the things around us, we can actually be praying for as long as our eyes, hearts and minds remain open to His presence and truth.
Relating to both Jesus and Christ

Jul 21, 2023

We are disciples of Jesus Christ, both the person and the mystery. We are committed to a set of teachings, a set of Scriptures, the Eucharist, and to a visible community we call the Church — as well as to a person named Jesus who is the heart of this great mystery and who wants to be our friend and
In ‘Composition of Place,’ we activate our senses in prayer

Jul 21, 2023

In the Christian tradition, prayer is about relationship. It is about an encounter with God. It is about speaking and listening to Him.
Navigating the coming state elections

Jul 14, 2023

In a few weeks, six states will go to the polls to choose their state governments; three currently controlled by PH - Penang, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, and three by PAS - Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu.
“I have a confession to make…”

Jul 14, 2023

Many Catholic mothers will understand the difficulty in coaxing a teenage son to go for Confession.
No lasting city

Jul 14, 2023

Scripture tells us that in this life we have no lasting city. True enough. But, it seems, we also don’t have a lasting house, school, neighborhood, town, zip code address, or most anything else. Eventually nothing lasts.
Our persecuted Christian brothers and sisters

Jul 14, 2023

For many of us who strive to seriously practise faith in Jesus Christ, and to extend that practise out into the marketplace, the political square and society at large, persecution rarely means more than being ridiculed, verbally harassed and, to a certain degree, socially and politically marginalised.
Catholics in the Workplace

Jul 07, 2023

Being a Catholic usually conjures an image of a person going to church for Mass every weekend, makes the sign of the cross, prays the Rosary and wears a crucifix on a necklace around his/her neck.