FAITH AS IT IS

  Photo by  Marianna Smiley  on  Unsplash Psalm 143 , is a psalm of David crying for help in distress. The Church uses this whole psalm in its compline (the official night prayer of the Church) every Tuesday. The entire psalm is beautiful in itself, and every person who is struggling with something in his/her life can relate to it and pray with it. Today, in this very short blog post, let us particularly analyze what it means to pray to the Lord to rescue us from our enemies and to cut them off?  11  For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life. In your righteousness bring me out of trouble. 12  In your steadfast love cut off my enemies, and destroy all my adversaries,  for I am your servant. Apparently, we no longer go kill others nor make enemies per se like in David's time (please note: I'm not speaking of the gruesome wars that are taking place today but rather on a personal basis).     Now, if that's the case, when we pray to the Lord asking him to cut off our enemie

by John Paul Philips This title itself sounds strange! I know! Not many of us use the term ' siblinghood'  as often as we use brotherhood, sisterhood, fatherhood, and motherhood. In fact, I had to double check the dictionary if this was even an actual term before using it here. (Who would want to be made fun of on the internet, right?!.) For those of us who grew up as an only child, the whole idea of having siblings was kind of a mystery. No fighting over the TV remote, no sharing bedrooms, no built-in best friends. While it had its advantages, there was definitely something missing - that special bond between brothers and sisters. But here's the beautiful thing about our spiritual journey - suddenly, we gain this incredible extended family we never even knew we had! Through our shared faith and love for the Church, Mother Mary, and the Holy Trinity, we become spiritual siblings with the faithful all over the world. It's the most amazing feeling, being part of this vast