Greetings and Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you, dear People of God. A blessed Christmas since we are still in the season of Christmas. Wishing you all a blessed New Year 2021. May the peace of Christ give us the courage to face the challenging times that are before us.
1.0 A Thought For The Week:
A wise man won an expensive car in a lottery. His family and friends were very happy for him and came to celebrate. ‘Isn’t it great!’ they said. ‘You are so lucky.’ The man smiled and said ‘Maybe’. For a few weeks he enjoyed driving the car. Then one day a drunken driver crashed into his new car at an intersection and he ended up in the hospital, with multiple injuries. His family and friends came to see him and said, ‘That was really unfortunate.’ Again, the man smiled and said, ‘Maybe. ’While he was still in the hospital, one night there was a landslide and his house fell into the sea. Again, his friends came the next day and said, ‘Weren’t you lucky t
1.0 A Thought For The Week: “It was Thomas Aquinas’ proofs for the existence of God that brought me into the Church,” said the eager theology student to his professor. “I’m very happy for you,” replied Sofia, the wise, seasoned and experienced teacher, “they almost drove me out of it.” There’s a big difference between proving the existence of God and experiencing God; between explaining God and encountering God. Thinking, analysis, and philosophical arguments are lovely and can be very helpful tools but they also run the risk of boxing up the faith in dangerous and suffocating systems of belief. Analysing God or faith is like dissecting a frog. When you take it apart, you might find out what it’s made up of, but the frog itself is killed in the process. Are you seeking to define God or to encounter God, like the Psalmist who said: “Taste and see that the Lord is good”?