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ONE DAY Albert Camus, the famous atheist and existentialist writer, made the following comment, 'Man needs something which is not of this earth...' This remark is all the more...

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IN THE LITURGICAL YEAR, March is the time when we Catholics celebrate Lent, the forty-day period of fasting, abstinence and prayer to prepare ourselves for Easter. In particular, on...

February 09 2006 | by

THESE DAYS, the media deal us a daily staple diet of doom and gloom from Iraq, the war-torn country where, so far, 30,000 Iraqis have died. The real human cost, of course, is far...

January 31 2006 | by

THE LEASE ON life allotted to us on this earth is the most precious gift we have. Unfortunately, we often make bad use of it, and waste it in numerous ways. We either dissipate it...

December 29 2005 | by

IN HIS FAMOUS poem On Christmas, John Betjeman, the British poet, wrote,

And is it true? And is it true?
This most tremendous tale of all
Seen in a...

November 29 2005 | by

NOVEMBER is the month dedicated to the memory of our dear departed: through prayer and a sense of gratitude, we are lead back to those who have meant so much for us. All Soul's Day...

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