Category: life experience and life as it is
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“The greatest wealth is health.”
On Friday October 10 the world will be celebrating mental health. Asking one of my grade 8 class about mental health, they considered mental health awareness for mad people. Guidance Councilor to them “they want to listen to our business” one student say. “mi doh trust no body fi tell them waagwan in mi yard”…
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Nourished by Faith
by fr.JLucas+ 5th October 2025 (27th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Faith that Stands in Struggle Pilgrims of Hope! Together in prayer Today’s Word of God speaks directly to our Jamaican hearts, especially to us here in Kingston, where life is often full of struggles. Corruption, unemployment, crime, broken families, and endless disappointments sometimes make us…
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I Choose Peace
Seated in my office I am wondering if I made the right choice and my friend is talking me down to bear the cross of Christ. There’s a mentor who was to walk with me but because I didn’t give in to his personal needs he shun me off. He stop answering my calls and…
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Our Lady, Mother and Queen
By Fr. JLucas+ Reflect, today, upon the high calling you have been given to love God above all and to love your neighbor with that same love that you have for God. If you find loving someone is difficult, pray for the wisdom you need to remain faithful to them in God’s love alone. And…
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JAMAICAN TAXI
By JLucas Sometimes, the hardest challenge in missionary work isn’t the actual mission work. Preparing for my mission, people would comment that it’s going to be hard. However, I tell you that when people say a mission is going to be hard in Jamaica, you may assume that it means the tropical climate and facing…
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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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