It is important that our use of social media reflects the value of the created world in its diversity as belonging to God and purposed for his will. There is a lot of pessimism, negativity, denial, and seemingly normalized absurdity towards the profound yet humbling reality of ‘creation’ and that of a Creator God who has purpose for his creation.
The Lenten journey demands of us an attentive ear, an empty heart, a docile will, a patient body, and at the rock-layer of all these, a fervent, compassionate and faithful soul. This is the ideal at the heart of the teaching of Christianity. But it is more especially demanded of us in this Lenten pilgrimage as we deeply meditate on the greatest accomplishment of our ‘becoming’.
Shimbo Pastory This poem was published in The Catholic Post newspaper, London May 2022 Edition This is the hour,Man’s animosity at its peakIs cast on him who loved him mostEvil it’s will sturdy, blind, highDarkness savoured for lightDeath haggled for lifeA hate in turn for loveThat we be saved from same. For a token the … Read more
The ten lepers were not healed instantly but by a disposition of faith and a willful act of obedience. Jesus asked them to go and see the priests, and they were healed on their way (Luke 17:11-19). They had choice to either go or not.
This makes me think that every human weakness, every leprosy each one struggles with has an antidote, which is faith.
Shimbo Pastory This poem was published in the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Monthly Literary Magazine, March 2018 Where love is wantingThere my heart is waitingWhere food is lackingThere I bed my fastingPoor, sick, sad, defeated manHungry souls eaten by the sunShall find strength when I’m doneThus I live my LentWhether little or muchIt matters not … Read more
In living a life that gives testimony of our Christian faith, we are often drawn back by fear. This article is a motivation to remain strong and genuine in our love for the Lord.