About this blog

Born and brought up in exile, by the Grace of the Lord, I entered the Church on the 29th day of October, 1981. Some fifteen years later, I was confirmed Francis on the 2nd day of June, 1995. About ten years later in February 2006, I woke up to the reality and the magnitude of it all, what everything means.

‘I see a light, a bright light.’ And yet I don’t. I remember reading how St. Josemaria Escriva found messages in the Bible. One of these was related to the story of the persistent blind man who kept calling to Jesus when people tried to shush him. “What would you have?” asked our venerable Lord. “To see,” said the blind man. And that is what we should ask, and ask persistently, as the good Lord said in another place.

A blog was supposed to be a log of useful net-surfing, I believe. That was a long time ago. For most people these days, it means an online diary. People blog about things they know and care about. The only thing I know really well and care about a lot is the Faith of my fathers. My family has been Roman Catholic for generations, we are from a little former-Portuguese-outpost in India called Goa. The old families in Goa are generally Roman Catholic and the old Portuguese churches have been preserved or renovated in a minor way.

It took me some twenty four years to actually think about and seriously consider my relationship to the Church, to examine our celebration of the Eucharist, to actually read Catholic books cover to cover. I had almost gone cafeteria catholic, not bothering to look further than weekly Mass attendance. I now read spiritual writing by habit and try to study theology. For this I am indebted to the Catholic Internet and blogosphere. I have also learnt about such things as liturgical abuse, things I would never have thought about before and would rather not think of a lot. Catholics in India are quite faithful to Rome, no liturgical dances and such. I’m glad of that. We don’t have to spend time battling that type of nonsense.

But I have moved to stblogs, because I like the idea of a Catholic network of weblogs. I’m new to writing things; the last composition I actually worked on was way back in school. I would be glad of any suggestions to make this thing look and sound better. Any communication can be left via the comment boxes in the posts, however appropriate to the subject of the post. You may also use this e-mail link.