Solitary Soul

THE EUCHARIST – What’s your motivation? Mario D’Couto             To be honest, I was not really sure about the title I wanted to keep for this blogpost/article but I want to say that the inspiration for this blogpost/article is from a podcast by Two Catholic Dudes which I seen recently (these guys have got some amazing stuff if you want to grow in your faith as a Catholic which are available on YouTube). Many of us would have different reasons for praying but in this blogpost/article I will be writing exclusively in the context of the Holy Eucharist. As a Catholic, I believe that the Holy Eucharist is the highest form of worship because we are actually taking part in the paschal sacrifice, where Jesus comes to us in flesh and blood, so that we can share that communion with Him. I also happened to be a musician (there’s a video of me singing and playing the guitar which you will find in the blogpost/article, “Are you a tr...

IN HIS TIME Mario D’Couto             “What is the time?” I am sure that this a question that we all ask during the day at some moment during the day. But if we were to just remove the article “the” from the question that was just mentioned previously, it would be something like this, “What is time?” Both are not the same and in fact the latter has a very deep meaning.             If I were to ask, “When did time begin!” or “How do we get our idea of what time is or what is not?” one thing we can only say that it is only a “mystery”.             In one of my previous articles/blog posts/articles where I wrote about “Time”, I mentioned that we could understand it as an analogy or a comparison to the breath of God. We are not mere accidents in this world. We are not arbitrary! In Psalm 139:16, it is w...

LUCK VS HARDWORK Mario D’Couto             We’ve all been told that they key to achieving our goal is to work hard. Probably, we may have heard it so many times that is has become to a large extent cliche. But the fact remains, if there’s something you want, you’ve got to want it and you got to act. If I am thirsty and I want water, the water is not going to appear to me automatically. I need to get up, get a bottle of water and then I can drink it. But here’s the catch, there are many who work hard and yet for some reason, the outcome does not show up. Are some people luckier than the rest? Maybe! But here’s what I am trying to drive at: just waiting for the lucky moment or the ‘dawn of inspiration’ where everything would magically fall into place is not going to make things work if you have not done your groundwork. I would like to use the example of the farmer. A farmer does not grow his crop by just depending on the f...

APPRECIATING THE DARK Mario D’Couto             When I look at the stars at night, I am always baffled at its beauty. Science teaches us that each star is a heavenly body. Given the fact that each star is a heavenly body, we can imagine the size of each star. Yet, because of the distance, the stars appear no more than a dot in the sky.             Anyone who has seen stars in the night will vouch for what I am saying. They are all sparkling dots that light up the dark and yet thinking of it, we can say that it is precisely because of this dark background, that we can appreciate the beauty of the stars.             Robin Sharma, in his book, “ Discover your destiny ” , writes the following words, “You are far greater than you have ever dreamed of being. And no matter what you are experiencing in your life...