Have you ever wondered what is your treasure in life? Are you being alienated in life by greed, power and selfishness? Is there a place in your life for God, for having a personal relationship with Jesus? What is your treasure? Rightly so, in Matthew 6:21 it is written ‘For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.’ If the treasure in your life is God, of having a personal relationship with Jesus, you…
Whenever I pause in my life and meditate upon Jesus, one thing always strikes me… that Jesus loved all the time. Throughout His life as the Son of God, Jesus expressed the love of the Father to every person He met and on every occasion of His life. Jesus, as the Son of God, loved tremendously to bring forward the love of God to all mankind. His love had no limits, His love was reached…
As a Catholic, the Eucharist is very important in my life. Through the Eucharist I always feel the presence of the Lord within me and His abundance love in a stronger way. But one might ask… What is the Eucharist? In short, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, explains that the Eucharist is the very sacrifice of the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus which he instituted to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross…
The Second Beatitude: Blessed are those who mourn… Who are those who mourn? Why will they be comforted? ‘Those who mourn’ refers to those people who are spiritually sorrowful. These are the people who grieve over their own sins, who grieve over the sins of others. These people have realised their sin, have understood their mistakes, have asked for forgiveness. These people might be still bearing the consequence of sin, maybe because they are in prison, or…
What is comfort? A simple internet search for the word comfort, one will come across the definition to give strength and hope, to ease the grief or trouble. Many people are in search of comfort, due to the hectic lifestyle, family problems, of being anxious, besides are stressful situations one finds himself in life. People try different things to be comforted and feel the relief that is much desired. Being a Christian, I have learnt and…
Many times in life we ask the question “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” The answer to this question is found in the parable of the Good Samaritan, when Jesus answers the expert in the law “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” Through this parable Jesus teaches three important things.…
For sure, all over the world, a lot of people have heard about Jesus, know about Jesus, and believe in Jesus as being the Son of God. In every corner in the world, the love of Jesus has been shared, has been preached and also lived. When Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus replied, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’…
Do you know that a particular rule is found in the main religions? Do you know that through this particular rule, the world can really be in peace? This particular rule is “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. This powerful rule, if truly lived by all the followers of the main religions, will truly bring peace to the world. Let us all join together, all religions, and practice this particular rule,…
There are different ways in life of how one can be fulfilled. In brief, fulfillment can be classified under two ways. These are the worldly fulfillment and God’s fulfillment. The wordly fulfillment are time-barred. How long would one be fulfilled by buying a new house? How long would one be fulfilled by going on a dream holiday? These would only last few days, maybe some weeks, the most a couple of months. Wordly fulfillment would not…
Soon we shall be celebrating Christmas once again. The meaning of Christmas is to recognize the birth of Jesus as the Saviour. Jesus, the Son of God, who brought Salvation through His Death and Resurrection, today is calling you to reconcile with your neighbor. It would be such a wonderful Christmas, if each one of us would really accept this invitation to make peace with our neighbor, to make reconciliation possible through Jesus. This for…