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To what can we liken the Eucharistic celebration to the Catholic Tradition? In the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, there is a culinary delight commonly known as ‘double. ‘ It is a typical street food consisting of curried chickpeas on two fried flatbreads. It is usually eaten for breakfast. However, the communal, participatory, andContinue reading “Eucharist and Doubles”

With a clenched fistI fightI injureI destroy I opposeI imprison diversity, difference, and divergence of opinions and people.I chain openness, transparency, accountability and freedom of expression,releasing anger, aggression, and antagonism.With open handsI welcome I feelI share I openI waveI receive I holdI releaseI play withdiversity, difference, and divergence of opinions and people.Emancipated minds and heartsContinue reading “Emacipation”

“Jesus was . . . rich, but he became poor . . . to make you rich out of his poverty” (2 Corinthians 8: 9). It’s inspiring to reflect on the significance of the Eucharist and its message of transformation and hope. The idea that Jesus, who was rich, became poor to enrich others isContinue reading “Poverty of the Eucharist”

I awake, busy myself, activating my mind like a car’s engine, stimulating every intricate part to produce energy to move a colossal body.  With the mental engine ignited, I advance at top speed, completing tasks and ticking the individual items on an invisible “things to do” list. Then I sit down, stopping the bodily carContinue reading “Awareness”

As our society evolves, we find ourselves increasingly reliant on various dependencies, as if they have become a part of our modern fashionable lifestyle. These dependencies include credit cards, electricity, Internet connectivity, personal vehicles, excessive food consumption, and the pursuit of social status. These modern dependencies, like stealthy thieves in the night, can be snatchedContinue reading ““This is my Naked Body, Broken for you!””

We struggleWe fightWe grappleWe climbWe wrestlewithpovertyshameembarrassmentviolencewarexclusionconflictracismclassismnothingness.Then, we tastevictorysuccesswealthstatuscomfortopulenceinclusionpowerYet, forgetthe strugglethe fightthe climbthe grapplethe wrestleour nothingness.We becomearrogantinsensitivecoldhardenedaloofimprisoned in the bunker of “I am better than you.” neglecting the poorthe disenfranchisedthe marginalisedthe outcastthe vulnerablethe weak.Those whostrugglefightgrappleclimbwrestle.There’s a profound call to return to our nothingness, to embrace humility and compassion.Where Christ is born and resideswrestlingstrugglingfightinggrapplingclimbingwith usyet empowering us.IfContinue reading “A Call to Return”