Listen, to the world that’s filled with noise. Listen, to the inner voice that won’t just cease. Listen, to the broken heart that pours all out. Listen, beyond the words and the laughter; beyond the anger and the angry; beyond the facts and the pretense; beyond the beauty and the glamour; beyond the drama and the comedy; beyond power and its exercise. Just listen, for the unsaid and the unsayable. ‘Cos there’s always more. Continue reading #RS – There’s More
In response to the pandemic, there have been many write-ups concerning the appropriate precautions to be taken, the activities to be explored during lockdowns, ways to take care of the body and mind, as well as the existential lessons that we ought to learn from the COVID-19 experience. In an earlier post on this site, I explored how the pandemic has succeeded in exposing our collective vulnerability, not only in the fragility of life, the illusion of what we had thought we can control and the grave inherent depravity that we never knew was there all along. In that piece, I also … Continue reading Five Things COVID-19 Can Teach the Churches
Growing up, there is this popular hymn that is based on this particular passage of the Gospel (John 14:2): “In my Father’s house…” The hymn goes like this: In my Father’s house, there are many mansions there, In my Father’s house (twice) In my Father’s house, there are many mansions there, In my Father’s house above. Happy, happy, happy we shall be (trice) In my Father’s house above. Now this is a very exciting song, but the little trouble I have with the song is the exclusive reference of the Father’s house as the one ‘above’. This is purely transcendent … Continue reading #SV – Enough Room(s)
Trapped in my cubicle for days uncounted Stepping into the sun that got me tempted The courtyard was just a place to be A free empty space it gave to me There! All peaceful and serene Trees and flowers bubbly green Garden seats well seated and idle Sun lounger – a canoe without a paddle The gracious sun made all resplendent I lunched in for a moment transcendent Eyes shut as the rays rained Such a beauty that got me dazed Never knew I’ve grown so visibly pale And the frangipani lost its only belle The taste of the air … Continue reading #RS – A Moment in the Sun
We are always carried…by GRACE…by God. In God is the fullness of life! Continue reading #SV – What a Relief!
Hospitality is at the heart of the Eucharist, otherwise called the ‘Eucharistic Hospitality’, because it is first and foremost an invitation to share or participate in the Body and Blood of Christ. Hence, it is called ‘communion’, the Holy Communion. Now, there are quite a lot of issues regarding who is qualified or not in the actual reception, but there is no doubt that all of us are invited to fellowship together in the Eucharistic feast. However, we must become Eucharistic by living out hospitality following the example of Christ. Christ makes himself a place of welcome to all of … Continue reading #SV – Mane Nobiscum
Alongside One Another 