Category Archives: Mystery

The Voice In The Wilderness

The world today is like a depressing wilderness. Like a gloomy forest, it looks dark, dreary, cheerless. The winding trails seem to lead to nowhere What a dismal place! No one seems to care. There are wars and conflict in … Continue reading

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A Miracle

Today I witnessed a miracle. A good friend, Lambert, was ordained a deacon. And God willing, he will be ordained a priest in June next year. Nothing really miraculous there. Lambert was my contemporary in San Carlos Seminary. He was, … Continue reading

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The Full Moon And The Fullness Of Time

This weekend saw the biggest super moon for 2017 and the beginning of Advent. This serendipitous convergence is kairos time. Life is unfolding and attaining it fullness in time. The other weekend, after Thanksgiving, was mostly chronos time. Thanksgiving, the … Continue reading

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Advent Is Kairos Time

There are two kinds of time: kairos and chronos. Each day we count is counted in chronos time. We have used up twenty four hours and 1,440 minutes of our life are gone. It is past and done. It will never … Continue reading

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Freedom And Nature

I love nature. Its beauty is an endless source of inspiration and stimulation for me. Everything in nature is governed by the laws of nature. What goes up must come down. Everything breaks down or dies eventually. Every living thing … Continue reading

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In Love With Creation

Everything in the universe is in constant movement from the smallest quark to the biggest black hole. For some, the movements are random and chaotic like sub-atomic particles. For others, including myself, there is a certain beat, rhythm, almost a … Continue reading

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Chance Events Are Actually God’s Grace

Some world views would have me believe that I am the product of some random events, that the Big Bang was a freak accident, one in a million possibility becoming real, that out of that fortuitous event all the galaxies … Continue reading

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My Heart

An Amazing Beating Heart (from Wikipedia) My heart beats about 80 times a minute. That is 115,200 a day. 42,048,000 time a year! My heart is made up of entirely cardiac muscles and some cartilage. No bones. It is about the … Continue reading

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What If

No one is to be feared more than one who speaks with absolute certainty. I am wary of people who speak out of their power, be it political, financial or even intellectual power. Often, people with power think that might … Continue reading

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The End Times?

“When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be the end.” ~ Luke 21:5-11 The liturgical year comes to an end this weekend. The calendar year … Continue reading

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