Mother Teresa told how she once came across a Hindu family that hadn’t eaten for days. She took a small quantity of rice and gave it to the family. What happened next surprised her. Without a moment’s hesitation the mother of the family divided up the rice into two. Then…
God turns everything to our good. It’s not possible to go through life without some painful things happening to us. Some we have no control over (e.g. pandemic). Some of these things we bring on ourselves (e.g. alcoholism). Others are things we suffer at the hands of others (e.g. betrayal).…
There have always been two views of the Church – one exclusive, the other inclusive. The exclusive view holds that the Church is for good people, for the fully committed. In the inclusive view, the Church must be open to all, to the hot, the cold and the lukewarm, to…
It is necessary to be alone sometimes, for the soul requires solitude in order to maintain its individuality. But we couldn’t live like that. We’d go mad. The fact is: we are remarkably dependent on one another. We need other people in our lives – for support, affirmation, encouragement, companionship.…
One day two learned men were walking along the seashore, discussing the mystery of God. However, they weren’t making very much progress. Suddenly they came upon a small boy playing on the beach. He had dug a hole in the sand and kept running down to the sea, dipping his…
