Monthly Archives: April 2018
Love and the Vine
Here is one of the fondest memories I have of Jane while she was growing up. This happened when she was about four years old. One chilly morning we brought her to her nursery-school. And as she gave me her … Continue reading
What’s it all about, Alfie Evans?
Cute, angelic, little, lovable Alfie Evans has died. Only yesterday, he was still alive, with the world watching how his poignant drama would unfold. Now the powers of government and medicine conspired to deny him life. Today, he is gone. … Continue reading
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Paradise Lost
Blink! There are some things that we see and understand in the blink of an eye. Intuitively. These include many spiritual insights: presence, peace, love, care, yearning, joy. These require no rational explanations. We only need to look deeply into … Continue reading
A Lasting Brotherhood
A few months back, I wrote about a miracle I had witnessed. It was the story of Lambert. Now his story moves on and this time, another fellow seminarian from our common past enters the picture and becomes a heartwarming … Continue reading
Serendipity and Free Will
Under an electron microscope, there is no difference between my body and the table I am working on. Both are made up of sub-atomic particles. These sub-atomic electrons can be thought of as being a wave of energy and particle … Continue reading
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Earth Day 2018, II
We see what we seek We find what’s in our mind. We search and then discover we had it all the while. The earth and nature bequeaths their tresures to those who would stop and listen in the silence. Just … Continue reading
Earth Day 2018
Yesterday was Good Shepherd Sunday. As is his style, Jesus draws examples and images from nature to bring home his message. Here, he is the shepherd and we are his flock. There shall be one shepherd and one fold. The … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Faith, Nature, The Good News
Tagged Photography, Poetry, Truth
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The Olber’s Paradox
Today is Earth Day. I feel a deep spirituality whenever I look at Nature. This quotation from Gerald Manley Hopkins always tend to remind me of this feeling that God is in Nature: “The world is charged with the grandeur of … Continue reading
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In My Image and Likeness
We often pray to God for things to happen the way we want them to be. We ask God for peace and heal the wounds of our anger and animus. We ask him to solve the problems of the world … Continue reading
The Universe in a Flower, II
I wake up every morning always thrilled by the sunrise streaming through my window grateful for the breaking of another day. I imagine the sun’s light traveling millions of miles and suffusing the entire earth with life giving energy. the … Continue reading
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