Posts from July 2025

Teach Us to Pray

One morning, the disciples must have gotten up earlier than usual and observed Jesus from a distance while he had been in intimate conversation with the Father. That sight must have been more magnificent and more awe-striking than any sight they had ever seen. Unable to contain their wonderment, they eagerly asked him: “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” (Luke 11:1) Incredible as it sounds, due to our inability to pray, we have a lot to…

The “One Thing”

In Luke 10:42, the Lord tells us all: “There is need of only one thing…” Hence, let us attempt to find that ONE THING which we all need. For as long as we do not find that ONE THING, or we get sidetracked looking for many other things, inexorably, we can expect anxiety, restlessness, tension, agitation, in a word: a substandard type of life. By substandard I mean a way of life that is far from what Jesus died and rose from death to give us. We can…