We enter relationshipseither as a destination or a journey.If we enter relationships as a destination, we desireperfection, performance, and precision.We expectimmediate self-satisfaction, self-service, and sensual pleasure.We becomeself-driven, self-focused, and self-absorbed.We envision life as ahighway, high-speed, and highly competitive.We abandon the journey when there areFight, flight, freeze, or fawn.We race and compete for a prize.If weContinue reading “Relationships”
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EL CAMINO
THE PREPARATION We prepare to walk the Camino withrigorous physical exercise, expenditures on material goods, and elevated egos, organised planning, precise packing, and weather predictions,spiritual readings, reflections that revitalise,communal masses, meetings and motivational talks.And let’s not forget the mandatory and buzzing WhatsApp chat group. THE PROCESSION In procession along the Camino, we ENCOUNTER Christ, inContinue reading “EL CAMINO”
I reverence this space
I reverence this space of prayer becausemy Lover is present,my Lover invites me,my Lover welcomes me.I reverence this space of prayer not becauseI am worthy, perfect or worthy of it, but because I am the beloved.I reverence this space of prayer becausemy Lover receives my worries, my fears, my doubts, my restlessnessmy Lover desires toContinue reading “I reverence this space”
Complexity of Relationship
Relationships are not fixed like lifeless statues. Rather, they are organic, fluid, and moveable, able to change, existing like a conveyor belt on a continuum, constantly shifting and evolving. We are either hated or loved, accepted or rejected, or we experience relationships at some point between these extremes. Some people love us, and othersContinue reading “Complexity of Relationship”
Opportunities and Choices
So much of life is on the dreaded periphery of our control.Our mothers and fathers,siblings,relatives.Ourpersonality types,temperament,mannerism.Ourethnicity,physical features,predisposed physiology,DNA.Oursocial status,cultural world,communities,Our world ofpolitical decisions,religious practices,social fabric.At birth, we are vulnerable, weak, and helpless, placed in a boat on a river and left to the mercy of life’s fast-flowing downstream current. We have recourse to the oarsContinue reading “Opportunities and Choices”
Eucharist and Doubles
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”
Emacipation
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”
Poverty of the Eucharist
“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”
Awareness
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”
“This is my Naked Body, Broken for you!”
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!””
