Joy… what is Joy… true Joy? C.S Lewis said that “joy is an unsatisfied desire that is more desirable than any satisfaction”. Here’s what I think he meant! Joy is our companion in life when we seek to be authentic, selfless, and free in the Spirit. Joy is the genuine smile we express, when we […]Read More
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Is Advent a Creative Journey? We explore this question with Sarah Zammit Munro and Mark Schembri – one a poet, the other a painter. Through their reflections and Art-Pieces (see below), they show us that Advent is essentially a creative time in which our Self is subtly re-generated and transformed. 1. You have […]Read More
Lord, sometimes I wonder if you are there. If You do hear my prayers. If You do answer my pleas. For a long time I have been asking you to show me the Way. I keep feeling that the more time that passes by, the more I keep drifting away from You. Guide me Lord so […]Read More
In this short happening during a Sunday mass, Sarah Zammit Munro reflects on the love of God the Father. It was the Sunday mass. I admit that I wasn’t paying much attention but looking around at the people there. Even when we get distracted God has a way of reeling us back in. As I […]Read More
POEM: DESCRIBING GOD In this poem Describing God, the poet highlights God’s generosity, kindness and comfort giving God has a heart as big as outer space, a hoard from where all gifts are distributed deserved or undeserved. Kibbutz of grace. He is a plant where all impurities are filtered; a whitewash, that painted on the […]Read More
A PRAYER TO THANK GOD Lord God – Your Presence embraces me. I abide in You as a fish breathes in pure water. In You I live, in You I move, in You I respite. I cannot possibly flee from your presence. Lord God – We cannot see You, but creation, Your handiwork, reveals You. […]Read More
SHORT QUOTES ABOUT GOD God Quote 1 – Leo Tolstoy “The most difficult thing , but essential one , is to love Life, to love it even when one suffers, because Life is all, Life is God, and to love Life means to love God. Leo Tolstoy God Quote 2 – Anon “Just trust Him, for He […]Read More
THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH ABOUT GOD 1. Our heart only rests in God – St Augustine of Hippo “You made us for Yourself, O Lord; and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” “God is our helper: he made us and not we ourselves.” “Nothing mutable is eternal: but our God is eternal.” […]Read More
POEM – WHERE IS GOD? In this poem, the poet speaks about spiritual doubt especially when faced by negative experiences like death and other mishaps. He partially finds the answer to his question in the psalms. ‘Where is God now?’, I have been asked. ‘Where is God when his children die? Where is God when […]Read More