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My phone rings. I answer.  The voice on the other end responds, “My beloved priest.”  I smile. I bump into a woman at the grocery. She utters, “Beloved priest.”  She introduces herself and we stand in the middle of the aisle chatting. She shares a story about being distracted with house chores while the televisionContinue reading “BELOVED!”

When I read the front-page headline in the Jamaica Gleaner, Saturday, April 2, 2022 entitled Painful flashbacks: Father tormented by murder of 8-year-old son; Stepfather gets life in prison for offence, my heart ripped in a million pieces.  Sadness blanketed me.  Anger befriended me. Rage tormented me. Revenge knocked on my door. I felt theContinue reading “A Child Called Galen”

In his book entitled, Life is Messy, Matthew Kelly challenges me to: “Allow the ordinary to heal you.”“Learn to cherish the ordinary.”“Make a list of twenty ordinary things that bring you joy when you experience themconsciously” Here is my list:WINE OVER CONVERSATIONWATER – RIVER, SEA, SWIMMING POOLNATUREREADINGCHILDRENHUGSWRITINGAMICABLE WORKING STAFFPLANNINGSWIMMINGSLEEPINGLISTENINGALONENESSSILENCELISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF BIRDSFRIENDSFAMILYARTWORKTEASINGSITTING INContinue reading “Ordinary Things”

On Thursday, March 17, 2022, my heart painfully shattered as I read a newspaper article in the Jamaica Gleaner about five Jamaican government Ministers and a member of the Opposition who allegedly broke the Disaster Risk Management Act by not wearing masks at a social public event. What tore by heart? Not the action ofContinue reading “Breaking the Cycle”

I entered prayer with a heavy heart. Out of the depths . . . Out of the ravine . . . Out of the gully I cried out. My cry reverberated from the rugged, dirty, chaotic valley floor. On the journey through the valley of the shadow of death, with whom I do share myContinue reading “The Dance”

Perched some distance from the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea, Blocked by a messy marketplace of coconut, guava, sea grapes, and some unrecognizable trees, I tempered my raging anger towards the trees for obstructing my long anticipated view of the resplendent Caribbean Sea. Then an idea interfered with my mindful moment, “Close yourContinue reading “Messy Waves”

We cannot see it. We cannot touch it. We cannot smell it. We cannot taste it. We cannot hear it. It moves objects and people. That movement we see. It touches us – gently and forcefully. It makes us smell odours – sweet-scented and foul. It makes objects vibrate creating sounds for us to hear.Continue reading “The Wind of Change”

We are finite existing in the infinite of God. We are selfish, yet selfless. We are good, yet evil exists within. We are adults yet have childish and childlike ways. We are liberals, yet conservative. We are rich in some areas of life, and poor in others. We have earthly powers, yet powerless. We haveContinue reading “The Mystery of the Human Person – COMPOSITION OF OPPOSITES”

Born in Africa. Lived in Africa. Flourished in Africa. Established illustrious civilization and academics in Africa. Celebrated God, ancestral spirits, and community in Africa. Then. . . the rape of Africa. Betrayed in Africa. Chained in Africa. Stolen from Africa. And “Africa was stolen.” Shipped from Africa. Forced in the belly of the beast. PrayedContinue reading “Reflection on the Visit to the Caribbean of the Descendants of the English Oppressors – William and Kate”