A simple glance at the readings of today will enable us to identify a unifying theme which is ‘vocation’. Samuel was called by God serve and was aided to discern the authenticity of his vocation by Eli. Every Christian vocation is a personal invitation to come and see Christ. First reading: 1Samuel 3:3–10, 19 We read that: “Samuel grew up and the Lord was with him” 1 Samuel 3:19. This thumbnail portrait of Samuel represents the process and ideal of all vocations. To grow up as Samuel in the presence of God is a process of deliberate and decisive maturation,…
The clever fisherman
If you want to enjoy beautiful scenarios, see people enjoying life, go to the beach. The waterfront has a way of calming nerves, relieving stress, and freeing up one’s mind to think. One of the great stories by the clever Paulo Coelho is about the fisherman and the businessman. It is a story about what success is. Below goes the story: “There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach. As he sat, he saw a fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite a few big fish. The businessman was impressed and asked the…
Unlock social media and let people pour their hearts out!
Freedom of speech is like regular exercises, good feeding, and regular health checks, if people do not have it, they die slowly. There is a thin line between speech that causes a clear and present danger to the national security and society and the one that does not. Because it is more harmful to suppress freedom of expression — laws and courts generally promote rather than curtail it. One of the interesting case references is here Clarence BRANDENBURG, Appellant, v. State of OHIO, where “in 1969, the court declared that even inflammatory speech, such as racist language by a leader…
