I Take Off the Mask

The unbelievable substance that keeps the order of the worlds These days, when faith and science just seem to be too incompatible with each other, I’d like to tackle a very important topic about the origin of the universe. While most Christians would agree that it is God who made everything that ever began to exist, we live in a culture that seems to mock that belief in the name of science. But what is science? If we try to simplify things, science is a search for truth. And I think that no Christian would ever be against that. God is Truth itself. And in the light of that, I believe that faith and science should not be incompatible things. The First Cause It is natural to think that the existence of anything that ever began to exist depends upon something else. “To do away with a supreme cause is to claim that, as someone has said, ‘A brush will paint by itself provided it has a very long handle.’”—Reginald Garrigou LaGrange Christians believe that the ultimate cause of everything is...

Grief can be so overwhelming that we often it hard to understand what it really means. How would our lives be changed when we’re grieving? Could we ever go back to the time before our loved one’s death? Grief quotes can sometimes help us connect with other people who went through the process of grieving and losing the ones they loved the most. Through quotes and other excerpts, we somehow feel that we’re not alone. In an indirect way, they also give us hope. Below are some of the quotes that can give you comfort when you are coping with grief. May you find in them some words of wisdom and consolation while dealing with the hard times. And may you face each day with courage knowing that for every day that you live, you carry your loved ones also within your heart. Grief Quotes for sharing: “What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” — Helen Keller “In times of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you and take your g...

There is a kind of beauty that can only be found when you weep I used to think that in order to be beautiful, I had to be the happy type of person — the girl who always had a big smile on her face, the one who can always cheer other people and lighten everyone’s mood. Unfortunately, I’m a melancholic type of person. Somehow, I felt I’ve always carried some sort of sadness in me that could never be fully erased no matter how I tried to behave differently. For a long time I felt as though unless I changed who I am, I could never be beautiful. People gravitate towards those who can make them laugh, people who can make them forget their troubles. I, on the other hand, am the boring one, the quiet one. Who’d ever want to know someone like me? Through the years, however, I’ve realized how wrong I was. It isn’t only laughter that can bind people. It isn’t only the fun times that we can offer to those whom we love. People can also come to us because we are capable of listening to them. People ...

The value of sadness in our search for happiness “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.” ? Washington Irving There is a power in sadness that we rarely talk about We avoid talking about it because quite often, what we desire is the easy, the effortless and the no-sweat solution to our troubles. We just want to be happy. But in desiring to be happy, we have chased all our sadness away, the kind of sadness that can make us happy in the end. “There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.” — Nicholas Sparks Have you ever experienced wanting to fast forward a movie so you could skip all the sad and painful moments the hero has to go through?  There were many times when I wanted to do that but then ...

Grief Poems for the Loss of a Loved One “Sometimes grief is like a wave, and healing is like a butterfly.” It is not because things die, That they are beautiful. Things are beautiful Because somehow, A part of them lives on And never dies… When we are mourning the death of a loved one, we experience a profound sadness that nobody else seems to understand. Many times, all we need is just a warm hand to hold us and a friend who will be there for us as we face the most difficult times we’ve ever had. Let these grief poems be like a friend to you, revealing the deepest hurts in your heart as you strive to find some comfort in your hour of grief. Here are some of the grief poems included in the book: Not for One Moment Not for one lonely moment, Not for one troubled day, Not for one passing hour, Had I failed to remember you. Yes, you who are mine; You, who would always be the one. And not for one passing moment, Could you ever be truly gone. For you are right here where I stand — Here, w...

Liza Summer from Pexels After the sting of betrayal in an abusive relationship, why should we should forgive? “Forgiveness does not mean forgetting the abuse or pretending that it did not happen. Neither is possible. Forgiveness is not permission to repeat the abuse. Rather, forgiveness means that the victim decides to let go of the experience and move on with greater insight and conviction not to tolerate abuse of any kind again.”  (USCCB,  “When I Call For Help” ) For give ness is an art of giving — of giving to ourselves, to our healing, and to our spiritual growth. It’s letting go of anger and resentment, and dissolving any desire for revenge or payback. It’s a release and a relief. What forgiveness is not is a memory eraser, nor should it be. “Forgive and forget” is an unhealthy attitude, because it’s impossible to forget excruciating trauma, nor should we try. “Forgetting” in this way is merely burying things rather than healing them — or healing  from  them. In order to heal, we...

Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Have you ever felt so tired that you wanted to cry? I did. A lot of times. In fact, one sign that I have exhausted myself so much is when I suddenly find myself crying. It’s as though my whole body is telling me something’s wrong, I’m headed towards breakdown, and no matter how busy I may be, I must somehow find time for rest. What does it mean to be tired? There are many kinds of tiredness. While we can all tired with physical exhaustion, we know that there are worse kinds that we experience in life. We can be mentally tired. Tired of thinking and striving to use our intellect to solve the problems at hand. We can also be emotionally exhausted. Remember when your heart was broken? Or remember when you have lost a loved one? Nothing drains you like grief. There comes a time when you feel as though you could even run out of tears. Last but not the least is spiritual tiredness. This is where our...