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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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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…
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JUST A FRIEND
“A FRIEND OR A FOLLOWER” – Seminarian LUCAS J. “Good friends care for each other…close friends understand each other, but TRUE FRIENDS stay forever….. beyond words, beyond distance, beyond time…! I have a number of followers on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat but I have been contemplating if ‘my followers’ are my TRUE friend after an…
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BABA I MISS YOU!
By Seminarian Lucas J. Kwa baba mpedwa, (dear daddy), Even though we have God as Our Father, have you ever thought of not having a dad? A man who you could emulate. A man with a name your first son could inherit, a man you proudly try to emulate because you are honored to call…
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‘DEATH HURTS ME’
By Seminarian Lucas J. Have you ever wondered why people die and go away, vanish away from us just like that? Death and dying surrounds us, yet many of us see it as an uncomfortable taboo subject. In my African culture to be specific, we didn’t speak of death and as young people we were…
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WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT THIS GOOD FRIDAY
By Seminarian Lucas J. I’m writing this from my room. I would have been tired from Good Friday service in my parish. After acting as Jesus I always end up tired from the heat of the sun along Winchester road, Half way tree to Holy Cross where they crucify me just to dramatize what jesus…
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I am still fatherless!
By seminarian Lucas J. “A seminarian’s first true love is his father rector.” There are so many things I’d like to tell you face to face, but I either lack words or fail to find the time and place because of who you are. On a day like Father’s Day, I would have loved for…