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When moral outrage is misdirected
Feb 16, 2017
As I write this, the large Pas rally in support of Hadi’s bill was scheduled to take place in KL on February 18.
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Embittered moralising
Feb 16, 2017
One of the dangers inherent in trying to live out a life of Christian fidelity is that we are prone to become embittered moralisers, older brothers of the Prodigal Son, angry and jealous at God’s over-generous mercy, bitter because persons who wander and stray can so easily access the heavenly banquet table.
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Francis and the Church a bulwark against much of what Trump stands for
Feb 10, 2017
Francis and the Church a bulwark against much of what Trump stands for
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God’s power as powerlessness
Feb 10, 2017
The French novelist and essayist, Leon Bloy, once made this comment about God’s power in our world: “God seems to have condemned himself until the end of time not to exercise any immediate right of a master over a servant, or a king over a subject.
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Pas deputy president visits Christian community at St Anne’s Church
Jan 28, 2017
Pas deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man and his delegation dropped by St Anne’s Church in Bukit Mertajam on January 22. They met with Penang Bishop Sebastian Francis, parish priest Msgr Henry Rajoo and representatives of the Christian community.
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Taking our wounds to the Eucharist
Jan 26, 2017
Recently, a man came to me, asking for help. He carried some deep wounds, not physical wounds, but emotional wounds to his soul.
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A race to the bottom as inequality widens
Jan 20, 2017
At a petrol station selling fuel under the brand name of a major multinational corporation, a weary-looking Nepalese pump attendant is on duty.
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Orthodoxy, sin, and heresy
Jan 19, 2017
Recently, while on the road giving a workshop, I took the opportunity to go to the Cathedral in that city for a Sunday Eucharist.
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Sleepwalking past the point of no-return
Jan 13, 2017
One of the great challenges in our world today is how to restore a balance in our approach to holistic development at a time when almost everything appears to have a monetary value attached to it.
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Incarnation — God is with us
Jan 06, 2017
For many of us, I suspect, it gets harder each year to capture the mood of Christmas.
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Sunday Reflection
Truth waits for us to come forth
In the context of the whole Easter season, the Scripture readings today come as a review for the final exam, much as a school teacher will conduct a revision before the final exam.
