Look for the Kingdom Moments
The cycle of Sunday readings is currently focusing on the Kingdom of Heaven. In a series of parables, Jesus gives us images of what the...
Category: Sarah-Leah Pimentel
Can Any Good Come Out of this Pandemic?
A story by Jesuit Father Anthony De Mello traces a series of events in the life of a Chinese farmer. It begins with the farmer...
Back To Normal In Un-Normal Times
Every year, I feel a little deflated after the feasts of the Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi. It seems as if the great spiritual journey we...
Locked Down and Yet Together
In January column I said that I had made no plans for 2020. It feels a little ironic now! Although I had not made any...
Our Easter In a Desert
This is a very unusual Easter. We are in a national lockdown. Our freedom of movement has been completely curtailed for the greater good. We...
See the Real Christ, Not a Picture Postcard Version
Lent is a time when we seek to deepen our relationship with Jesus who died on the Cross to redeem us. This means looking, really...
Let’s Put New Pastoral Plan To Work!
The priest said: “It is not enough!” That was the take-away line of a homily at Mass a few weeks ago. The theme was the...
I’ve Made No Big Plans For The 2020s
This year, Sarah-Leah Pimentel made no New Year’s resolution, because unity with the heart of God is only possible if she’s not constantly chasing after...
Jesus: The Warmth that Saves
In the southern hemisphere we may lose a bit of the “feeling” of Christmas, which falls in the middle of the exuberance of year-end holidays....
Lesson In Humanity From A Cat
I am cat-sitting a gorgeous, elderly ginger cat for a year while his owner is overseas on a work assignment. Sparky has brought me a...
A Potential Loss of our Catholicity? Amazon Synod Reflections
Shortly before the start of the Synod on the Amazon, a message popped up in one of my Catholic WhatsApp groups. It was a video...
How We Can Bring Hope to People
Last week we celebrated Heritage Day. This holiday was created in 1995 to celebrate our many cultures during a time of difficult transition for our...
