‘WHAT’S MY THORN?’ (Mt 27:11-54): 16 March 2008 (Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion)
Thirty years ago when I was still a high school student, I stumbled over this novel about a priest gone astray. Hailed as Australia’s version of Gone with the Wind, this bestselling novel written by Colleen McCullough was eventually adapted into a mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward in 1983.
“DO YOU REALLY KNOW BETTER?” (Lk 2:41-51): 15 March 2008 (Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary)
A few weeks ago I heard the song “Better than I” at a friend’s wedding. It was the first time I heard the song, a song that turned out to be from the animated musical, “Joseph: King of Dreams.”
In the movie, Joseph who has been sold by his brothers to Egyptian slave traders, eventually finds himself in prison again because he has been falsely accused. He feels abandoned by God. But as he remembers his life, he realizes that God has actually always been with him and has even orchestrated everything in his life to make sure that everything turns out right.
“WHY DO WE CAST STONES?” (Jn 10:31-42): 14 March 2008 (Friday)
A couple of days ago I got an email from a friend who, as she sometimes does, provided a link and suggested that I check out this clip from YouTube. The clip turned out to be an interview segment of a recent local beauty pageant. Apparently, the incident has been receiving a lot of attention the past days.
Eager for a good laugh, I clicked on the YouTube link, and there they were–over ten clips of the same single notorious incident had been uploaded! One of them, in fact, already received over 700,000 hits.
“HAVE I SENT YOU INTO HIDING?” (Jn 8:51-59): 13 March 2008 (Thursday)
“DO I MAKE ROOM FOR YOU?” (Jn 8:31-42): 12 March 2008 (Wednesday)
C.S. Lewis of the “Narnia” fame wrote a different kind of book that he called The Screwtape Letters. The protagonist is called Screwtape, a middle-level demon in Hell, who writes a series of letters to his nephew, a novice demon named Wormwood. In his letters, the elder demon dishes out all sorts of advice to train his nephew on the art of tempting and corrupting a human soul. He has a lot of experiences, and as expected, he is quite capable of boasting about his conquests.