Albert Debono

Its a problem free philosophy.... This morning Roberta and myself had a looooong walk, which included a picnic, a walk through carnaby street, and a shopping spree (for things i forgot to pack). However it all started at Pimlico; which we thought was a rare one to find at 10am here only to realise later that most churches do!...whatever it was a good choice. The parish priest there had just come form world youth day in Madrid and shared some reflections. One which struck me was when he shared that a friend of his, a young person who was at the WYD too, shred with him that he had left the religion because it had been a burden all his life, he felt it as a huge weight he always had to carry! With peace of heart and a smile he also said he congratulated his friend as if that was his experience of religion, it was definitely not corresponding to the experience of the kingdom of God we believe in! Not the God being proclaimed at world youth day! So doing away with the exp

And so here we are, today is our first day in London for this year. It has already had its fair share of wonders....a great english breakfast on airmalta, a very warm welcome from Phil and Anna who met us at the airport and indeed a 16 degrees celcius temperature when here. On our way here I read a book given to me by two newly wed friends Massimo & Anastasia whom i wish all the best. One thing that stayed with me from what i read is this marvellous quote: The best way to predict the future is to invent it . Alan Kay It kept coming back to me as it depicts so nicely the spirit Roberta & myself came here with, but not only. It captures the true essence of what I understand by living life! so true about all we do in life, alas and so often we spend so much time trying to discover our future, our call our mission. And I don't mean we should refrain from taking time to look for such treasures, such visions! However I believe we should also realise the g

Two fish and five loaves where all the young boy had according to the gospel presented in yesterdays' liturgy. A young boy. Very little food. Thousands of people present. Time and again have i tried to imagine just how grand the experience of this miracle must have been. I think i also remember a film clip showing bread simply multiplying. Like magic. Yesterday however i was presented with a different, possibility of a learning interpretation of this miracle. What this miracle has to say to me...today... 2011. I will share this with you. So just imagine. what if most of the people actually had a small ration of food in fact? What if the young boy was the only one who was ready to share his quantitatively insignificant portion of food? Could the hungry people have actually had the food right there in there bags? Could it be that they just where afraid to bring it out because they felt it was insignificant?....or because they feared that their small p