Spirituality

Since 1968, the Catholic Church has begun each calendar year with the World Day of Peace, celebrated on January 1, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Instituted by Pope Paul VI during the height of the Cold War and…

Let’s be honest! Most of us are drifting spiritually. We show up to Mass when we can, pray according to routine, open the Bible occasionally, and then wonder why our faith feels like it’s stuck in neutral. Deep down, we…

Dear Diary, As this year closes, I find myself overwhelmed; not with anxiety about what’s ending or uncertainty about what’s beginning, but with gratitude. Tonight, my heart remembers. It remembers faithfulness when I was faithless, presence when I felt alone,…

Throughout salvation history, caves have served as unexpected wombs of transformation. These dark, hollowed spaces, far from palaces and temples, become the places where God meets His servants and reveals His purposes. Two caves in particular illuminate the profound connection…

Christmas comes to us through song. Carols fill the air from Advent through Epiphany, proclaiming joy, peace, and the wonder of Incarnation. Yet beneath the jubilant melodies lies a deeper mystery that the Carmelite poet-mystics understood: Christmas is ultimately silent.…

The holiday season promises joy but often delivers exhaustion. Our calendars overflow with obligations: parties to attend, gifts to buy, meals to prepare, decorations to arrange, family expectations to meet. We tell ourselves that if we just manage everything perfectly,…

Every person engaged in ministry — whether ordained priest, religious, lay catechist, youth worker, spiritual director, or parish volunteer — eventually encounters a season when the work feels dark. The programmes that once energised you now drain you. Prayer feels…

Advent begins as the year dies. The days shorten, darkness encroaches, and nature enters its dormancy. The Church invites us into this darkness not with dread but with expectation, asking us to wait for the coming Light. For St John…

From December 17 to 23, the Church prays seven ancient hymns known as the ‘O Antiphons’. Sung at Vespers before and after the Magnificat, these brief invocations carry the longing of centuries. Each begins with the cry “O”, and addresses…