Career
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Certainty

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. – Will Rogers The object of opening the mind,

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Mary's Ultrasound
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Jean Elizabeth Seah

Advent: The Coming of the Lord

Happy New Liturgical Year! With the First Sunday of Advent came a new year in the Catholic Church. Advent is an important time of spiritual

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Jean Elizabeth Seah

Exorcism: Spiritual Pest-Control

Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. —1 Peter 5:8 In my

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Jean Elizabeth Seah

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was prefigured in the sacrifices of the Old Testament, which had polyvalent significance. Animal and plant sacrifices were used

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Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic
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Jean Elizabeth Seah

Hallowmas Day

Supermarkets in Australia have been full of Hallowe’en décor since early September. One could join in the laments about how Christmas decorations appear unseasonably early

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Death of St. Joseph
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Jean Elizabeth Seah

Where Is Your Soul?

If anything could prove the existence of a soul, it is the utter emptiness of a corpse. — Mary Doria Russell, Children of God When

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Jean Elizabeth Seah

Movie Review: Mary Magdalene

A friend and I had been given free tickets for a preview of the film Mary Magdalene, which first came to theaters in 2018. The

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Dating
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Identity in Relationship

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need

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Life
Jean Elizabeth Seah

The Lost Chain

The love of worldly possessions is a sort of bird-lime, which entangles the soul, and prevents it flying to God. ~ St. Augustine A few

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Entertainment
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Life Lessons from 3D Puzzles

During this time in lockdown, I have finally delved into my collection of 3D jigsaw puzzles, and pondered a few life lessons while having fun.

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Prayer
Jean Elizabeth Seah

The Faith of a Madwoman

Sometimes I have wondered what God’s purpose is for people suffering severe mental afflictions, in particular those who, because of their mental illness, lead very

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Jean Elizabeth Seah

You Are Not Your Sin

In a fit of frustration and anguish (due to my own actions, or lack thereof), my husband did something drastic that he had never done

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Jean Elizabeth Seah

Chains

When I first started dating my husband two years ago, some people in our parish became alarmed. They only knew of some elements of his

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Jean Elizabeth Seah

The Gift of My Presence

Loneliness is something every human being has to face, for it is the hunger for perfect union. Even happily married people know this loneliness, for

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