Solitary Soul

  WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY Mario D’Couto             During the crucifixion of Our Blessed Lord, Pilate said to Him, “Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to crucify you and I have authority to release you?” to which Our Blessed Lord responded, “You would not have any authority over me unless it were given to you from above” (John 19:10-11) Christ Our True King, Lord and Master shows us by His life about what true authority implies. St. Paul explains it beautifully in his letter to the Philippians where he writes, “Though He was in the form of God, Jesus did not count equality with God, a thing to be grasped. He emptied Himself, taking the nature of a servant, being born in the likeness of men, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, death on the Cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him and has given Him the name above every other name. That at the name of Je...

  MEN OF VALOUR Mario D’Couto             Sometime back I came across this documentary and if you have the time and would like to watch it, here’s the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP9ucyoJraQ . If you feel you are running short of time or would like to skip it, if I can best summarize it in a few words, it is to say that while there is so much of cry and hue about women’s rights and so many feminists venting their rage at the atrocities caused by a patriarchal system (or at least who feel that way), there are men who feel that they have been the real victims and yet, it is the fairer sex that seem to be drawing all the attention. While I watched the documentary, in as much as I found it intriguing, I thought to myself as to how much of this constant war would go on where it seems as though this ‘blame game’ has no end. Not to mention the already existing issues that are confronting human society, this only see...