Columnists
Noel Ethan Tan

Our Gifts Are On Loan

My family had our Chinese New Year reunion dinner this year at the Church of the Transfiguration. During the dinner, there was a lucky draw.

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Still Life with Bible, Vincent van Gogh (1885)
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Erin Cain

Delighting in the Law

Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes. In your statutes I will delight; I will not forget your words. Open my eyes, that

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Kat Larson

The Black Panther

Buying a car is probably one of the most stressful and irritating things a person will ever do. Finding a place to live and navigating

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Kat Larson

Home

“Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts, or a bag for your journey, or even two coats, or sandals, or

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Noel Ethan Tan

Rays of Truth

One verse struck me pretty hard today from the Gospel: And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom

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Erin Cain

Tradition

Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for rigidly observing the letter of the law while completely disregarding the spirit of the law. In their hypocrisy, they carefully

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Kat Larson

Diabetic Desolation

I have been learning about the process of spiritual discernment. I have gained most knowledge from Saint Ignatius of Loyola. With each decision we enter

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Nicholas Lye

The Spirit & the Law

“Since the Law has no more than a reflection of these realities, and no finished picture of them, it is quite incapable of bringing the

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nets catch vocation
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Noel Ethan Tan

Into the Deep

Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 138, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 5:1-11 Being a fisherman, Peter knew when to call it a day when there was no catch.

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Erin Cain

Toward the Light

He said, “To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed

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Career
Kat Larson

Spiritual Résumé

I have officially been at my new job for a week, and I have fallen in love with it. It is everything that I never

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Jean Elizabeth Seah

Chains

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

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Nicholas Lye

“Wasted” Life?

It’s hard to believe that my life counts for much when I’m 38 and seemingly ‘nowhere in life’. If I simply look at how I’m

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Apologetics
Noel Ethan Tan

Traditions of Men

Genesis 1:20-2:4, Psalm 8, Mark 7:1-13 ‘You put aside the commandment of God to cling to human traditions’ (Mk 7:8). The words of our Lord

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Kat Larson

Harsh Reality

I gave myself a week to prepare before I started my new job. When I initially made the decision, it sounded like a great idea.

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Noel Ethan Tan

Fever

We feel Jesus’s sense of urgency as the Gospel tells us how He ‘went immediately to the house of Simon and Andrew’ upon hearing that

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Nicholas Lye

Another Calling

“Everyone whose life is righteous has been begotten by Him… we are already the children of God but what we are to be in the

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Judgment Day
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Noel Ethan Tan

Beatific Vision

All of us desire to be happy. To be precise, all our souls desire the greatest good. That greatest good however, can never be found

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Noel Ethan Tan

Only You, Lord

“Non Nise Ti Domine.” This was the hallmark phrase St. Thomas Aquinas said when Jesus asked him what he wanted in the world. Pretty similar

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Erin Cain

We Belong to Each Other

They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof

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Kat Larson

Unbound

I was fortunate enough to attend an Unbound Conference. “Unbound” is a book written by Neal Lozano. The main theme is to be delivered from

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