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  • By Prayer and Fasting

    By Prayer and Fasting

    During Lent, we practice fasting and austerity in our daily life. Some skip one meal a day. Still, some refrain from eating meat. Others…

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  • We are Mobs

    We are Mobs

    On this Palm Sunday we commemorate Jesus entering Jerusalem; six days before the Passover. And yet in this Passover Jesus was crucified. People passionately…

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  • Life Ultimatum

    Life Ultimatum

    Three are three kinds of death; the death of someone you don’t know; the death of someone you love; and your own death. Death…

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  • True Prayer

    True Prayer

    When we face challenges, prayer comes out naturally, even unconsciously. Prayer is such a fundamental state. It is, however, often misunderstood and misused. Most…

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  • Divine Intervention

    Divine Intervention

    Causation is different from correlation. The former signifies a clear, logical causality. For example, heating water eventually makes it boiled. Putting ice cubes into…

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  • We are the Light

    We are the Light

    Life is like walking in the darkness with our small flashlight. We can see only the area where its beam can point out. Throughout…

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  • Poor in Spirit

    Poor in Spirit

    Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 Who is the poor in spirit? Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)…

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  • Lectio Divina

    Lectio Divina

    Lectio Divina is one of the best ways for Bible reading, derived from the Benedictine traditions. It consists of four stages. Reading (Lectio) Meditate…

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  • Category Error

    Category Error

    There are three aspects of Being – Beauty, Truth, and Goodness. These are also called the big three transcendentals. Science pursuits truth. Such truth…

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