Advent

So for the new school year, educator Nick Chui encourages teachers to laugh with their students. Crack jokes. Don’t worry if they don’t always laugh back. Or if they roll their eyes and go “lame”. They will eventually. And they will thank you for it. And you will thank yourself. Because your “Hope is built […]

Who more than Mary could be a star of hope for us? With her “yes” she opened the door of our world to God himself; she became the living Ark of the Covenant, in whom God took flesh, became one of us, and pitched his tent among us.” [Pope Benedict XVI, Spe Salvi (On Christian […]

This week, we light the second Advent candle – the candle symbolising peace. In Donna Koh’s article titled ‘Peace be Upon You’, she reflects on the meaning of “home” in a world where people move far, far away for a multitude of reasons. She shares how love, joy, and hope seeped through the cracks of […]

Last week we lit the first Advent candle – the candle symbolising hope. Michelle Tan reflects on hope. She makes a case that the light of hope cannot shine in the darkness unless fuelled by faith. Revisit the Parable of the Wise and Foolish bridesmaids (Matthew 25: 1 – 13) to learn how we can […]

The symbolism of the Advent wreath lies in the tension between light and darkness, waiting for the coming of the Messiah, the light of the world. The progressive lighting of the candles each week symbolises the expectation and hope surrounding our Lord’s first coming into the world and the anticipation of His second coming to […]

During Advent 2021, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, then Bro. Simon Ho reflected on the source of our hope amidst the darkness. He reminded us to “live in a way that makes others, our colleagues and our students, wonder wherein lies the source of our hope.” Two years on, we are now in […]