CHRIST CENTERED CONVERSATIONS

“I thirst.” The New Testament tells us he said this in order that he may fulfil the Scriptures. Bible scholars say that it is at the mome...

Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani.“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Something we hear often enough – every Holy Week in fact. As Jesus...

What pain and what agony Jesus must have felt when He said those words to his loved ones. What pangs of loss and anguish that Jesus must ...

Chris reflects on the paradox of the ‘good thief’ who came to conversion by Jesus’ side on the Cross Imagine a middle-aged man who has li...

Chris shares with us an original poem. Here’s a little poem that came to me in prayer the other day in the Adoration Room. I hope it spea...

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” The Greek philosopher Socrates was said to have uttered this line as he awaited judgement at h...

One of my guilty pleasures is reading the rules of various Tabletop Role-Playing Games, such as Dungeons & Dragons. Just reading the rule...

So, what are you giving up this Lent? I once saw a YouTube video (now taken down), where the speaker suggested that rather than giving up...

📷Robinson Crusoe, illustration by N.C. Wyeth As an English Major, one novel that I keep having to read and re-read is Daniel Defoe’s nov...

For my upcoming Ash Wednesday reflection for this blog, I decided to write a little meditation on T.S. Eliot’s poem Ash-Wednesday, for re...

“Lord, why are you silent?” If you have watched Silence (directed by Martin Scorsese and released in 2017 in Singapore), you know of this...

Chris writes a letter to Pope John XXIII — a Saint whom he finds very jolly and jovial (with a very important lesson to teach!) “Consult ...

Hey St Peter! What’s up? (If Heaven is truly above us, then you would be up I guess) Thanks for taking care of the keys of Heaven and for...

Chris shares a reflection he had whilst queuing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. In a few weeks’ time, parishes around Singapore will...

And there I was again. Waiting outside the confessional, in line once again for my monthly reconciliation. Many things go through my head...

I arrived in the mostly empty main church hall about half-an-hour before Mass. With an inward sigh of relief, I saw that the queue for th...

Picture the scene with me. You’re a night security officer. You’ve just come back from dinner and are intently trying not to fall asleep ...

Garrett turns to G.K. Chesterton’s poem A Christmas Song for Three Guilds, which he believes, suggests a much more egalitarian idea of th...

Gregory shares more about what it means to make straight the path for him at Christmas A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the w...

Chris compares the differing responses of Zechariah and Mary towards Angel Gabriel’s proclamation of Good News. As a child, I often wonde...