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I AM AFRAID… ARE YOU.
– kaka Lucas. 23rd March 2021 Are you afraid like me? I didn’t know Indians can be afraid of cockroaches after they are believed to catch snakes and kill, and curry the meat. Father Francis fears cockroaches. I was amazed by that. Everyone has fear, I do too and a lot of fear,…
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“HELP ME GET IT”
Have you ever been scared that you piss yourself, your heart pump 100kmh? What did youdo during that very moment? What do you do when you are afraid? In A Grief Observed, C.s.Lewis writes, “You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth orfalsehood becomes a matter of life and death…. Only…
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Man Cry’s
MAN CRYS!It’s January 25th and have cried, literally shed tears three different times. It’s been a reallyhard and dark moment for me since last December. I may not be able to tell it to my friendsbecause “Boys don’t cry”. At the same time, I have encountered two of my friends who arefacing hard and dark…
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Papa God are you there? Are you real?
By Kaka Lucas 11th January 2021 Yes! sometime in life it seems he is not here. The past year 2020 it seems that He was not close by, it never feel like God was really the Father spoken about in the scripture. The deaths, the pain and the hunger was too much to bear. 2021…
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Laughter on the Table
Laughter is a physiological response that involves rhythmic and involuntary action, anddenotes merriment, happiness, or joy. Over the past several years countless studies havebeen conducted that show the positive effects that laughing has on one’s physical and mentalhealth. It is said that laughter is like a touch, it is a way of communicating without words.…
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Who am I?
By – Kaka Lucas I always get frightened when those above me call me for a talk especially when I am not prepared or expecting it. This month my spiritual director sent me a text for our usual meeting something that he don’t usually do. Such a call or text moves my heart right from…
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GIVE IT LOVINGLY & WILLINGLY A story is told of a lady who presented her two sweethearts to her mother on two different occasions. The first sweet heart to be presented was a pilot. The mother saw him and liked him on the spot. He was well dressed, his uniform was well pressed and his…
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WHAT’S HAPPY ABOUT FATHERS DAY?
BY Seminarian Joseph Lucas. 20th June 2020 What really makes it a “Happy Father’s Day?” Often in our society, we associate memorable experiences with the dollar amount spent to create that memory. Will it ever be enough? When I was growing up I was not so lucky to spend much time with my dad. I…
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PATH TO FORGIVING
BY Seminarian Lucas Joseph Relationships are marked by happy and painful experiences. The beauty of relationships is revealed through our ability to “let go” of the hurt and forgive each other. We love to talk about forgiveness but we struggle to forgive each other.Turning the other cheek in the Gospel of Matthew sounds…