Category: life experience and life as it is
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Free! Unconditional! Loving
“If we want to move forward in faith, first of all, we must receive the forgiveness of God. We must meet the Father, who is ready to forgive everything and always,” Pope Francis told a crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square before the Angelus prayers on Saturday…….. we must meet ourselves ….. and meet others…
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What is Emancipation
by JLucas (Reflection) Emancipation is a celebration of togetherness. It is our Emancipation as a nation and our independence as a people. It is a day to cherish our beautiful Island, a time to cherish family, a time to celebrate our culture as people of different colours and backgrounds and yet one people, it is…
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PRAYER IS ….
Prayer is our strength. Prayer is a strong tool. Where does prayer get its strength? The strength of prayer does not come from the one who prays. The strength of prayer comes from the one to whom it is addressed. In other words, prayer does not become a strong tool because we pray. Prayer becomes…
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SUMMER TIME IN JAMAICA
What is your favorite season of year? Why? I landed in Jamaica on 16 th of June 2011. It was on a Thursday. I had flown from UK and thought I was coming to the same kind of climate. From the airport I was forced to strip my Eskimo clothes one by one. It took…
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What Are Your Deepest Fears, and How Do You Overcome Them?
“What are the deepest fears I truly have?” And then I began to write. Let me try to … What Are Your Deepest Fears, and How Do You Overcome Them? My deepest fear is one day to shame my mother Church with any scandal. Life itself is beautiful with a lot of challenges from within and…
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A Beautiful Visit
fr. JLucas+. May 31, 2025 Our lady of Visitation Makadara Parish @JogooRoadNairobi2025 Today we celebrate the feast of the Visitation, our Blessed Mother to her cousin Elizabeth. The meeting of these two ladies was a joyful and unique event. Both found themselves pregnant in unusual circumstances. Elizabeth, in her old age, after long suffering from…
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Be Real
What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable? I grew up information thinking I will love you all. Personally having it all for me meant being ordained having a parish and having a career in my vacation, maintaining friendships and maintaining close relationship with my family of origin, mentally healthy, and physical…
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FEAR NOT!
By Fr.JLucas …… May 16, 2026 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me.” – John 14:1-6 Fear of People will keep you stagnant on purpose. You will not fulfill your purpose. If you are fearful of what people think, what they’re gonna say because they’re gonna think…
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A LOOK AT JUDAS ISCARIOT
Today, on Holy Wednesday—traditionally known as Spy Wednesday—the Church invites us to reflect on one of the most tragic figures in the Passion story: Judas Iscariot. Who was Judas? Why did he betray Jesus? And what can we learn from his story? In Monday’s Gospel, we heard about the moment when a woman anointed Jesus…
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FORGIVENESS IS NOT RECONCILIATION
fr. Jlucas+ 29/01/2025 For the last three years, I have been in a cross-fire war between two most beloved persons in my life. These are two individual that have the best parts of my heart because ……. The day I was able to see the world they were the first persons I saw. Before I…
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