Yesterday, 10th October 2018 was World Mental Health Day. Issues of mental health have become very pronounced, alarming and even oppressive. Awareness in this area is slightly slim and few who are informed, see mental health as mental disorder. We can also see it from the point of promotion and sustainability. Except, if there are…

The Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a form of combined prayer that has been around for over 1200 years. A prayer that integrates vocal and mental prayers. This prayer over time has suffered serious neglect and worse still abuses. A very efficacious prayer that is constantly relegated to the background. A core issue…

We are privileged as Christians to constantly communicate with God our greatest good in life and there are many routes in prayer. We can pray formal prayers, the five fingers and a hand prayer, through the Scripture, spiritual reading, the Jesus prayer, Litanies, Liturgical prayers (Mass and Divine office), and the Holy Rosary. In terms…

Pope Francis has declared that the attacks against the Church are instigated by Satan and his agents. He said “We should not think of the devil as a myth, a representation, a symbol, a figure of speech or an idea. This mistake would lead us to let down our guard, to grow careless and end…

The Liturgy of the twenty seventh Sunday in ordinary time Year B focuses on topical issues about marriage and family life. Marriage is established by God according to the first reading and it was upgraded as a sacrament by Jesus in the Gospel of today. In the Gospel, the Pharisees pointed out the Mosaic Law…

In Africa, Asia and many parts of the world, to honour parents is a virtue and this honorable gesture is supported by the Bible: “Honour your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land THE LORD your God is giving you” (Exo. 20:12). Honouring our fathers and mothers and all…

Reading meditatively the definition of prayer according to the heart and mind of the Church as contained in her principal catechetical resource material, The Catechism of the Catholic Church, reveals that “Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.” But when we pray, do…

Popular devotions are those devotions that have gained the interest of the Universal Church and which she cherishes. They include the Holy Rosary, the Way of the Cross, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Novenas, Marian Devotions, and Devotions to Saints. Sacrosanctum Concilium says, “The Sacred Liturgy does not exhaust the entire activity of the Church……

Experts in the fields of philosophy, psychology, religion, spirituality, medicine and alternative healing systems are advocating for holism as in philosophy, holistic as in psychology, religion, spirituality, and medicine. Deepak Chopra in his recent masterpiece says that holistic healing is a journey towards “The End of suffering.” Holism is also understood today as integration or…

Marian spirituality is one of the pillars of our Catholic faith and there are two great ends to this wonderful and enduring way of life – the Rosary and the cultivation and practice of virtues. The Rosary itself is a prayer that can assist us not only to cultivation virtues but also to practice them.…