Many ask: is God insensitive to our pains by demanding we LOVE and PRAY for our enemies? How can God be just in demanding these from me after many afflictions from an enemy? Don’t I have the rights to be angry or heartbroken? Do you beat a child and expect him not to cry? Don’t […]
Category Archives: LENTEN SERIES
This section contains powerful Prayer Reflections drawn from the liturgical readings for the Lenten Season. The series covers the 40 days of Lenten with Sundays inclusive, for the liturgical years A, B and C.
Sometimes we are so consumed with demands of justice and equity that we fail to see the value of repentance in others. It is not bad to demand justice and just punishments on those who have caused us or others pain, but how much attention do we give to them when they repent. On this […]
Have you been praying and hoping and nothing seems to happen and the situations remained unchanged? Then bless God because you just found a secret that shall transform your prayer life. Since Lent is a period of intense prayers, the Lord wants to teach us how to pray effectively on this 8th day of our […]
What is your motivation for serving God: are you motivated by love, or by miracles- signs and wonders? On this 7th day of our Lenten journey the Lord wants to evaluate our motivation for following once again. Don’t grow weary if this evaluation repeats at intervals. This is done to remind you that the way […]
One of the most difficult teachings of Christ is that of forgiveness and love of one’s enemies. Many ask: how can I forgive those who deliberately offend me or seek my downfall? It is difficult! It is painful! Yes, it is difficult but not impossible. On this 6thday of our Lenten observance, the Lord wants […]
Happiness is a state of well-being and the highest goal of man. For this reason, people do a lot of things in order to be happy, only to discover that not everything bring lasting happiness. No wonder the restlessness and the continuous search for Happiness. But what actually constitute true happiness? What answer can we […]
Don’t be surprised the devil also quotes the Bible! Every first Sunday of Lent, the gospel, usually a passage on the temptations of Jesus, presents a dialogue between Jesus and the devil, where we see the devil quoting and using words of holy scriptures to tempt Jesus. This reference from scripture is a classical example […]
For many people Lent is a time to sacrifice something we really love, putting ourselves through penance, and abstaining from certain pleasures like social media, cinema, shopping, eat without meat, or take tea without milk, stop drinking alcoholic beverages, etc for 40 days in order to have a profound encounter with God. But the question, […]
Child of God, are you fasting because others are fasting, or because the Church demands you fast during Lent? If your motivation is not pure or borne out of force or compulsion, you will not obtain the merits of this spiritual exercise. How then should you fast, you ask me? What should be my motivation […]
Of course, no one would choose death, everyone wants to live! But do you know what constitutes life? On this second day of our Journey with Jesus, the Word of God call us to reflect on Self-denial and Sacrifice as a necessary quality one must possess in order to journey with the Lord otherwise attachments […]