lent
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I was wide awake at 6am on Friday. Can I blame You for that? If I sleep well, I give You thanks. If I wake too early, is that not on You too? Why was I sitting in the pews before the sun even rose? Pondering. What should I give up this Lent? What do… Read more
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“Come back to Me.” As I sit in church this morning, waiting for Mass to begin, this season feels different from the past few months. Christmas tide. The New Year. The Lunar New Year. And in between, Ordinary Time. The colours, the gatherings, the abundance of food and noise. Now it all feels distant. In… Read more
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Bestow on us, we pray, O Lord, a spirit of always pondering on what is right and of hastening to carry it out. As I looked at my pruned plants today, I thought about what I do not need to be carrying around. I thought of the people who occupy spaces in my heart. There… Read more
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Lent reminds me I need to prune my plants. My periwinkles, my kaffir lime plants, my curry plant. My butterfly belt will look bare for awhile. I’ll start counting till the day the new shoots sprout. I have no idea what is happening with their cells, how it is possible that they will look even… Read more
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Through the chastening effects of bodily discipline, our minds may be radiant in Your presence with the strength of our yearning for You. “Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.” — St Catherine of Siena On a recent train ride — just two stops — the friends I was with wanted to sit. When… Read more
In Moments Like This 