What with all the kerfuffle over the Pachamama carvings, I wonder why Our Lady Aparecida has been so overlooked. At World Youth Day 2013 in
In a fit of frustration and anguish (due to my own actions, or lack thereof), my husband did something drastic that he had never done
When I first started dating my husband two years ago, some people in our parish became alarmed. They only knew of some elements of his
Loneliness is something every human being has to face, for it is the hunger for perfect union. Even happily married people know this loneliness, for
Recently I saw a video making the rounds on Facebook. One of its claims was that God does not care about whether your sports team
Last night I noticed that a Protestant friend of mine had liked a page entitled “Toowong’s Heritage — worth fighting for.” Curious, I clicked through
Suits is a popular TV show about slick lawyers who are rude, nasty and deceitful while bending, skirting, or straight-up breaking the law and playing
When Love was hid within the crib Wise men Heaven’s call did heed Beneath the Star they traveled far To seek the King of which
After going to Confession at the Cathedral, on several occasions my boyfriend and I have been blessed to be able to bring blessings to others
Italian musician Beppe Frattaroli has produced an album in Latin, Beatitudinem quaerens: “Looking for Bliss”. By turns joyful, reflective, and gloriously stirring, Beatitudinem quaerens brings
Singapore is a secular state, so it was with pleasant surprise that I read the news on one of our secular sites: Former Foreign Minister
After Laetare Sunday Mass, a fellow parishioner asked me: “Have you heard of the protests in Slovakia? They are the largest since the fall of
Now the green blade rises from the buried grain, Wheat that in the dark earth many years has lain; Love lives again, that with the
One Saturday morning I reached for my watch, my saint bracelet, my ring and my necklace — only to realize that the necklace wasn’t there.
I’m one of those people who tend to attract people with problems. I’d be sitting quietly at a party, or at a church event, and
One of my friends was a Buddhist when she and her family narrowly escaped being raped or killed by riots against the Chinese in the
One afternoon, I was on a bus to the city when a disheveled young man boarded the bus. He was in gray pajamas, barefoot, and
The Christian movie King’s Faith (2013), available on Netflix, is a beautiful and moving story of faith and redemption. Best of all, it manages to
The sexual abuse crises in Catholic dioceses from the USA to Ireland have created great distress and fomented considerable media attention. It is a sickening
Fr. Douglas Bazi (a.k.a Abouna Douglas Joseph Shimshon Al-Bazi) recently spoke at the 2017 Spirit in the City conference in Brisbane. He spoke of how
No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and
