Scripture as Our Guidance

As for you, continue with what you have learned and what has been entrusted to you, knowing from whom you received it.

Besides, you have known the Scriptures from childhood; they will give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, refuting error, for correcting and training in Christian life. Through Scripture the man of God is made expert and thoroughly equipped for every good work.

In the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by the hope I have of his coming and his kingdom, I urge you to preach the Word, in season and out of season, reproving, rebuking or advising, always with patience and providing instruction.

~ 2Timothy 3:14-17

Being Happy - by Pope Francis

"You may have defects, be anxious and sometimes live irritated, but do not forget that your life is the greatest enterprise in the world. Only you can prevent it from going into decadence. There are many that need you, admire you and love you.

I would like to remind you that being happy is not having a sky without storms, or roads without accidents, or work without fatigue, or relationships without disappointments.

Being happy is finding strength in forgiveness, hope in one’s battles, security at the stage of fear, love in disagreements.

Being happy is not only to treasure the smile, but that you also reflect on the sadness.

It is not just commemorating the event, but also learning lessons in failures.

It is not just having joy with the applause, but also having joy in anonymity.

Being happy is to recognize that it is worthwhile to live, despite all the challenges, misunderstandings and times of crises.

Being happy is not inevitable fate, but a victory for those who can travel towards it with your own being.

Being happy is to stop being a victim of problems but become an actor in history itself.

It is not only to cross the deserts outside of ourselves, but still more, to be able to find an oasis in the recesses of our soul.

It is to thank God every morning for the miracle of life.

Being happy is not being afraid of one's feelings. It is to know how to talk about ourselves. It is to bear with courage when hearing a "no".

It is to have the security to receive criticism, even if is unfair.

It is to kiss the children, pamper the parents, have poetic moments with friends, even if they have hurt us.

Being happy means allowing the free, happy and simple child inside each of us to live; having the maturity to say, "I was wrong"; having the audacity to say, "forgive me".

It is to have sensitivity in expressing, "I need you"; to have the ability of saying, "I love you."

So that your life becomes a garden full of opportunities for being happy...

In your spring-time, may you become a lover of joy. In your winter, may you become a friend of wisdom.

And when you go wrong along the way, you start all over again. Thus you will be more passionate about life.

And you will find that happiness is not about having a perfect life but about using tears to water tolerance, losses to refine patience, failures to carve serenity, pain to lapidate pleasure, obstacles to open the windows of intelligence.

Never give up .... Never give up on the people you love. Never give up from being happy because life is an incredible show.

And you are a special human being!"

- Pope Francis -

Be Patient in Time of Test

Accept all that happens to you, be patient when you are humbled, for as gold is tested in the fire, so those acceptable to God are tested in the crucible of humiliation.
(Sirach 2: 4-5)

Good Friday, 6th April 2012

He has reminded me of LOVE... and amidst all my weaknesses, has given me the strength to FORGIVE and freed me from anger.

The sacrifice of Christ reflects His greatest love for us regardless of our sinfulness.

Cast All Our Cares on Him

I do not know about tomorrow...
If I were to ponder on the uncertainties, I would have been  consumed by worries.
Peace comes from casting our care on Him and trusting that He always has the best plan for us.

"Place all your worries on him since he takes care of you." (1 Peter 5:7)


-20th July 2012

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Joy

While love is the reason to continue the offerings, joy would be the strength to pull through hard times.

We can experience all kinds of pain and torments, but the joy that comes form God keep us persevere.


-10th October 2012

I Have Fought the Good Fight

The reading from 2 Timothy 4: 6-8 has been a consolation to the faithful ones who are dying.

'As for me, I am already poured out as a libation, and the moment of my departure has come, I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there's laid up for me th crown of righteousness with which the Lord, the just judges, will reward me on that day; and not only me, but all those who have longed for his glorious coming.'

May this always reminds us to serve God and follow His way throughout our earthly life so that we, too may feel the same joy like St. Paul upon our graduation day!

-27th October 2013