Archive | April 2011

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How to Pray with the Gospels?

Our best source of prayer will always be the New Testament. The Gospel of the Day in particular is best prayed in a  contemplative way. Here are some suggestions for this: 1. Pick a short passage from one of the Gospels and read it once. 2. Settle into a comfortable posture,conducive to peacefully listening to God. […]

A Chat with St John Baptist de La Salle

Today we are privileged to have a chat with our celebrant of the day, St John Baptist de La Salle, founder of the Brothers of Christian Schools (A.D. 1719). JF: Oh what an honour to have you with us today St John the Baptist de la Salle. Thank you for calling in for a chat. […]

Reflecting on the Gospel of John [Jn 5:1-3,5-16]

“NO man is an island,” John Dunne said. No one can live independent of anyone else. That’s why we have ears because we need to listen to other, we have eyes because we need to look at others, we have mouth because we need to talk to others, we have nose, because we need to […]

Reflecting the gospel today…

“It’s not dying for faith that’s so hard, it’s living up to it.” William Makepeace Thackeray seems to have captured the essence of being a believer. We believe because we are alive, not dead. Belief is useless for the dead. As a believer, as Christians at that, we are called to live up with this […]