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Healing the divide
Oct 26, 2024
Let me share a true story about Charlie (obviously not his real name). Charlie is living with dementia. Besides having dementia, he also has his wife, children, and grandchildren.
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It’s hard being a good Samaritan
Oct 26, 2024
The meaning of the parable of the good Samaritan at the end of the day is simple - Love your neighbour as yourself… but gosh it’s hard to do.
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Mature love or just going through the motions?
Oct 26, 2024
We know the inconsistency of our emotions. One day we feel affectionate toward someone and the next day we feel irritated. The same is true for prayer. One day we feel warm and focused and the next day we feel bored and distracted.
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Collegiality of Bishops and Catechesis
Oct 18, 2024
In general, ‘collegiality’ refers to “the doctrine that all bishops, with the pope, have a corporate responsibility for the unity of the faith and of communion in the universal Church” (The New Dictionary of Theology).
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Citizens of two cities
Oct 18, 2024
“The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ.”
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Good Catholic literature forms knowledgeable Catholics
Oct 18, 2024
The Church is abundantly blessed with a rich tradition of Catholic writings and literature, which serve as invaluable resources for deepening our faith and guiding us toward spiritual maturity.
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Refugees, Immigrants, and Jesus
Oct 18, 2024
First, God made the world for everybody. We are stewards of a property not our own. We don’t own anything, God does, and God made the world for everybody. That’s a principle we too easily ignore when we speak of barring others from entering “our” country. We happen to be stewards here, in a country that belongs to the whole world.
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Finding freedom in the temporary
Oct 12, 2024
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Philip Tay, OCD
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The science of confession
Oct 12, 2024
Jesus doesn’t wait for a confession from the paralytic in Luke 5:17-26, but immediately grants absolution: “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
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Sunday Reflection
Trap of the human heart
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Dr Lawrence Ng Yew Kim
