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I remember reading about Joseph Ratzinger, Introduced through the lens of Hans Kung. The theological differences and perspectives, The controversies between two intellectual giants. I remember perceptions of Ratzinger. “God’s Rottweiler”… The man to be feared, The man who tried to tame Liberation theology. I remember the man – the theologian. I met him inContinue reading “Remember Benedict XVI”

My parents’ back patio has been the home of my routine morning mindful meditation and prayer.  At the start of today’s prayer, there was nothing unusual about the anointed spot until I opened my eyes and glanced down at my feet.  I noticed a small colony of ants excavating dirt and dead blossoms from theContinue reading “Dream 2023”

Returning from Christmas Day Mass, my parents and I stopped at a tyre shop to repair a slow leaking tyre on my car. Understandably, shops like these are considered dirty man’s work. There were four men under a zinc shed with broken down and tattered counters and shelves, some sitting on black stained crooked chairs,Continue reading “Christmas Story”

Humans change. Families change. Societies change. Names change. Institutions change. Friendships change. Leaders change. Leadership changes. Theories change. Concepts change. Time changes. Formulae change. Laws change. Rules and regulations change. Plants change. Animals change. Oceans change. Rivers change. Lakes change. Weather patterns change. Planets change. Universe changes. Stars change. Galaxies change. Hearts change. Minds change.Continue reading “Change is Changing”

Throughout life, the heart and the head battle for control, Struggling for domination, Because we instigate this war between the two, Because social programming poisons us with the binary virus. The head thinks ABOUT the moment. The heart is AWARE of the moment. The head analyses and dissects the moment. The heart embraces and appreciatesContinue reading “The Head and Heart”

From the Retreat House in the coastal/rural town of Blachiessuse, Trinidad and Tobago The morning is at a standstill. The concert stage of the coastland is quiet. Nothing is moving except for a lone hummingbird darting from flower to flower. Coconut trees are hardly swaying, seemingly sluggishly getting out of bed. The audience of theContinue reading “Be Still”

It’s a new morning—the long hand of the analog clock positions itself at twelve and the shorthand at six.  I am awake and anxiously take my seat in nature’s audience hall overlooking the sleepless and restless ocean, waiting for nature’s orchestra to begin its morning performance. I wait, I wait. The coconut trees are silent.Continue reading “Tears of the Earth”

As egg and sperm kiss and unite, DNA of difference, yet interconnectivity is born. Giving instructions and shaping, Difference and interconnectivity to life. Millions of different tiny cells Evolving and growing, Shaping distinct organs, personalities, and physicality.  Yet, naturally interconnected to each. Helplessly taking shape Within protective womb walls, Different from the mother protector YetContinue reading “Different, yet Interconnected”

As the nation-states of the Caribbean wrestle with serious socio-economic challenges such as corruption, waste, nepotism, and violent crimes, I offer an insight for contemplation. Imagine an individual, a human family, a society, and a nation as a four-legged table. Each leg symbolizes one aspect of who they are – a physical, spiritual, social, andContinue reading “Table – A Metaphor for Life”