Monthly Archives: March 2013

A Reflection on St. Joseph and the ways of God This morning, on the feast of St. Joseph, I woke up expecting to start a beautiful, clear, almost-spring kind of day. I pushed aside the curtain of the window and … Continue reading →

“How glorious our Faith is! Instead of restricting hearts, as the world fancies, it uplifts them and enlarges their capacity to love”. St. Therese of Lisieux The Catholic Faith is not a check list that we have to “get through” … Continue reading →

If you are person who puts any effort into your daily “beauty” or hygiene routine, you likely have heard the term “layering” regarding fragrance.  It refers to using several products, rather than just one, to layer on a scent.  Marketers … Continue reading →

It was October 16 of 2005; I never had been to Jerusalem before. Very early that Sunday morning I arrived for the first time to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where the site of Calvary is.  The exact place … Continue reading →

“In faith we are begotten as children of God; charity causes us to persevere concretely in our divine sonship, bearing the fruit of the Holy Spirit”. Like father like son/daughter? What’s the Father like? The bible says, “By their fruits … Continue reading →

A Reflection on the election of our New Holy Father Most of it is a blur now: The prolonged wait for the appearance of the smoke after a normal school day at Mater Ecclesiae College. The not-so-normal appearance of a … Continue reading →

In the middle of lunch on Wednesday, I went upstairs to check the TV for smoke from the Sistine Chapel…nothing. But I decided to stay anyway, with our RC missionary, Jazmin. We waited…and waited. At one point, I made a … Continue reading →

We knew the election would not take long, especially since the Cardinals took several days to meet on the important topics before they entered the conclave. This gave them more time to get to know one another and to reach … Continue reading →

After the announcement of the new Pope I was in the chapel thanking God for his fidelity to his church. I began to think of the previous days and all the speculations the media was making of who the new … Continue reading →

Everyone has their own story, and most of the ones coming out of the seminary here are adventurous, desperate tales of mad sprints in cassock, leather dress shoes disintegrating under the strain, through the driving rain, dodging nuns and Roman … Continue reading →