Dear Friends There is something fascinating about wealth. When we were kids, we used to argue who came from a very rich town. We compared those who were wealthier than the other based on what we heard they donated to…
Dear Friends, We are gradually coming to the end of the Easter season. In today’s Gospel from John 17:1–11, we continue the beautiful scene of Jesus’ farewell discourse with his disciples, which began in chapter 14 of the Gospel of…
Dear friends, I recently received a long essay from a major seminarian who has just finished writing it. It was one of the requirements for securing his bachelor’s degree in philosophy. He reflected on the concepts of intersubjectivity and coexistence…
Dear friends, There is something particularly unsettling about blindness. It is not just the physical inability to see but the vulnerability that comes with it. The way a blind person reaches out with hesitant hands, searching for something solid to…
Dear friends, Thirst is a sensation we all know well. That parched feeling in the throat after a long walk under the sun. That desperate search for water in the middle of a warm night. That first gulp of cold…
Dear friends, there is one thing that the heart of everyone desires and thirst for. This desire is the thirst for God – beatific vision – to behold God as He really is. This thirst cannot be satiated by anything…
Dear Friends, Jesus is our Good Shepherd. Like the Shepherd,He leads us always to a fresh and green pastures.He guards and guides us against our foes. He hears,knows and attends to us individually.He takes special interest in the weak and…
Dear Friends, Jesus is truly the king of the universe. His reign over the world has no boundary or limit. His reign is not hindered by time and space for He rules eternally. This is to say that his kingship…
Dear Friends, God’s love excludes no one. Though we may appear to be little and insignificant, He loves us. Our hearts will remain in need and desire for God because He (God) is the source of our being. In the…
