Meditating and studying this part of the scripture as narrated by the Gospel of Luke 24:13-35, I find that the episode of the road to Emmaus reminds me very much what a Christian passes through upon accepting in his life the love of the Father and becoming a disciple of Christ. I can easily picture myself in such a situation, remembering my first encounter with Christ, who started to change my life and mold me…
Have you ever heard the term human dignity? Do you know what the root of human dignity is? The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that the dignity of the human person is rooted in his or her creation in the image and likeness of God. Endowed with a spiritual and immortal soul, intelligence and free will, the human person is ordered to God and called in soul and in body to eternal beatitude. How…
Every now and then, we need to stop for some time from our hectic life and think about something that uplifts our life. There are different ways of how one can do this experience. Whenever I stop for some time from my daily hectic life, I always think about something special that uplifts my life. I think about the heart of Jesus. The reason why I think and reflect about the heart of Jesus, is…
How heartbreaking it is to know people who declare that they follow Jesus but are not being another Jesus in their life. It is really painful to witness this. Following Jesus requires to be another Jesus to your neighbour. It makes no sense whenever a person’s lifestyle does not match with what the person declares of following Jesus. To follow Jesus and to be another Jesus must be witnessed in the lifestyle of the person.…
Today’s humanity is thirsty to listen to the Good News. Humanity is in need of witnesses who can preach and teach the Good News. Humanity is crying out to know about the Good News. If you happen to be a baptized Christian, filled with the Holy Spirit, sharing the Good News to your neighbour is very essential. You need to do your part, to help humanity to know about the Good News. It is important…
Many people and nations are in search of peace. Peace is searched worldwide by everyone. Peace is not easy to find and to experience it in one’s life, but it is possible for peace to be found in one’s life. So where can peace be found? There are many ways that people try to find peace in their life, but it is not always real peace that people claim to have found and live in…
Have you ever wondered what the word compassion means? Compassion means ‘to suffer together’, in other words, compassion is the feeling that arises when you are confronted with another’s suffering and feel motivated to relieve that suffering. It is very important to be a compassionate person. But to be a real compassionate person requires two important actions. Firstly, is to feel compassionate for the suffering people, and secondly, to be motivated by taking an action…
Nearly every day I get hurt by someone. The hurt could be received from my workmates, close friends, relatives, the shopkeeper… well the list is long! Every time I get hurt I feel that I need to love that person more. I know that Jesus loves that person, even though that person hurts me. Through this love of His, I immediately forgive that person for any hurt caused towards me. When I forgive it makes me feel better……
Who is the Holy Spirit? Some people might ask this question, especially if they do not know Jesus in a personal way. The basic answer to this question is found in John 14:16 ‘And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever’. Here Jesus is promising the Holy Spirit to His disciples. The promise is that the Holy Spirit will always be with…
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy A merciful person is a person who does God’s will in response to His love. Jesus showed His kindness, compassion, respect and tenderness to all people… He gave each person the love of the Father. In this same way, a person who in his life follows Jesus and does His will is a person who is merciful to his neighbour. A merciful person…