Tag Archives: Prayer

Musings Over The Tomb

  All is quiet now and very still. He lies dead in the tomb. It was good while it lasted but now the great adventure ends in gloom. People thought He was the Messiah who has come to save His … Continue reading

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Dayenu – It Would Have Been Enough For Us

Today is the beginning of the Triduum, the remembrance of Christ’s passion, death and resurrection, His Paschal Mystery. It His Passover from death to life into His glorious resurrection. This event has cosmic significance as Christ also leads us in … Continue reading

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Life Questions That Would Not Go Away

Man has power over nature and the rest of creation because of his capacity to reason. Through this capacity, man has learned to harness the forces of nature, to make the fields bear fruits, to tame wild beasts and animals … Continue reading

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Users Manual for Life

It is so easy for men to justify what is evil and vice and pervert these into what is good and virtuous. People know pride is bad but somehow it is made acceptable and even desirable when it is called … Continue reading

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Prayer In my Life

After more than two years of constant effort, my morning prayers and reflections have become an essential part of my daily routine. I cannot even begin to imagine my day without starting it in prayers. And what good has it … Continue reading

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The Mystery of Life

A basic assumption of science is that the world is intelligible and that humans have the capacity to study and understand it. Because of this assumption. men over the centuries have discovered or formulated the laws of nature, like the … Continue reading

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My Lenten Journey

In Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Franics reminded us that “Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive … Continue reading

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God’s Mysterious Presence in My Life

My faith is not a faith that can move mountains nor can it drive away evil spirits. Often, I am faced with mountains of obstacles and problems. I will them to go away but they wont. There are times I … Continue reading

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Good Pope Francis

Today is the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. Appropriately, it is also the start of the Consistory where the new 19 Cardinals will be officially made cardinals. The rites will be done with the traditional pomp and splendor. … Continue reading

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New Senses For The Next Level

One of my worries, in fact my greatest fear, as I grow older is that of my senses failing me. I have always been hard of hearing. But these days, I still hear words but it takes me awhile to … Continue reading

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