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Faith, Hope and Love

FAITH PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION, POLITICS, SOCIETY AND CULTURE

Your weekend fix for a daily spirituality

We live in a historical moment when the prime mover of our times is neither the economy nor any social malaise, but rather an infinitesimally minuscule viral agent called coronavirus. It questions who we are — “Who am I?” — as also makes us rethink our priorities: “What is more important for me?”

Faith, hope and love provide us an optic that enable us to confront ourselves and our priorities in a more meaningful manner.

This weekly dispatch is meant to help you reflect as well as inspire you to live these times through the optics of faith, hope and love. It borrows its inspiration from the first letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 Cor 13:13), written in about 55 AD.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love.

Frequently Asked Questions

So what will you really send me?

You will receive a short reflective essay every Sunday that presents an analysis on religion, politics, society and culture. These themes will be shuffled through every month. The fifth Sunday of the month — whenever that occurs — will be devoted to a post on mental wellbeing.

A postscript will offer a comment on the reflection.

What about faith, hope and love?

Our reflection shall draw through the optics of faith, hope and love. Think of them like a lens through which you frame your picture.

FAITH reflects on our spiritual moorings. While these reflections would primarily be drawn from a Christian tradition, they would occasionally also incorporate diverse faith traditions that inform our humanity.

HOPE brings social analysis mainly from the fields of humanities and social sciences. An analysis of our situation is imperative to our hope for change.

LOVE demonstrates ways in which people live out their commitment to love in the midst of a crisis. We believe that love is the triumph of our humanity.

Ok, sounds nice. But when and where will I receive my newsletter?

You will receive your newsletter every Sunday at your registered email.

If you do not see the dispatch in your primary inbox, please check your spam folder and mark this address as ‘not spam’. And if it is not in the spam folder, kindly check your email tabs like Promotions or Updates.

Alternatively, you can also log in to this website and read the full archives and other posts that have been published until now.

How do you suggest going about these readings?

These readings are meant for reflection. They are not merely news stories.

It is even more important to reflect on how a particular reading affects you.

Here, I draw from my own Jesuit spirituality:

For it is not so much knowledge that fills and satisfies the soul,
but the intimate understanding and relish of the truth.
The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola, #2

What if your readings do not inspire me? Can I unsubscribe?

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