Gebirah - Making It Easy To Do Good

25/08/2026

𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗗𝗢𝗠 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘
Timeless Lessons from Scripture, the Saints, and Baltasar Gracián’s The Art of Worldly Wisdom

THE WISDOM OF BEING NEEDED

Why Being Useful Matters More Than Being Admired

How can our usefulness become an expression of service rather than a means of control?

In our previous reflection, we considered Fr Gracián’s teaching on knowledge and courage.

Knowledge shows us what should be done. Courage enables us to do it.

But our gifts are not given merely for ourselves. They are meant to become useful to others.

This leads us to one of Fr Gracián’s more challenging insights.

𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘

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Timeless Lessons from Scripture, the Saints, and Baltasar Gracián’s The Art of Worldly Wisdom

21/08/2026

Timeless Lessons from Scripture, the Saints, and Baltasar Gracián’s The Art of Worldly Wisdom

06/07/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄

We spend our lives trying not to waste them.
We save.
We accumulate.
We plan.

Here's what one humanitarian mission, the Gospel, and Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen taught me about living a life that matters.

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29/06/2026

HOLINESS WAS NEVER MEANT FOR ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE… IT WAS MEANT FOR YOU

Perhaps one of the greatest mysteries of holiness is that God does not simply send holy people to serve the poor and vulnerable.

Very often, He uses the poor to make ordinary people holy.

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22/06/2026

THE HIDDEN CRY BEHIND FATHER'S DAY

A few weeks ago, during one of our humanitarian missions, a young boy ran across a dusty field the moment we arrived.

He wasn't running towards the sports equipment we had brought. He wasn't excited about the snacks. He wasn't even interested in the activities.

He simply wanted someone to notice him.

For the next hour, he stayed close by, helping me carry supplies, asking endless questions, laughing at jokes that were not particularly funny. When it was time for us to leave, he quietly asked, "Will you come back?"

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10/06/2026

A MOMENT THAT MAY NEVER COME AGAIN

A little girl sat quietly in the corner of a refugee learning centre during one of our missions. She smiled whenever someone spoke to her, but she rarely spoke back. A volunteer later discovered that it wasn't because she was shy—she simply could not understand the language being taught.

Another child needed medical attention, but the nearest specialist was hours away.

An elderly woman living alone had no family to check on her.

A fisherman in a vulnerable coastal village received no warning that a storm was approaching until it was almost too late.

For most of history, we would have accepted these as tragic realities. We would have prayed, helped where we could, and moved on, knowing that many problems simply had no practical solution.

Today, that is no longer true.

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A MOMENT THAT MAY NEVER COME AGAIN A little girl sat quietly in the corner of a refugee learning centre during one of our missions. She smiled whenever someone spoke to her, but she rarely spoke back. A volunteer later discovered that it wasn't because she was shy—she simply could not understand t...

08/06/2026

WHEN A PLAYING FIELD BECOMES A MISSION

Pope Leo XIV has chosen "For the Values of Sports" as his prayer intention for June 2026, reminding the world that sport should be "a school of fraternity, not of empty rivalry, a space of encounter, not exclusion, a path of peace, not violence."

He invites us to rediscover sport as a universal language that brings cultures together, unites peoples, and sows respect, solidarity, and personal growth.

In a world increasingly divided by war, politics, race, religion, and economics, a simple game can still achieve what speeches often cannot.

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WHEN A PLAYING FIELD BECOMES A MISSION Pope Leo XIV has chosen "For the Values of Sports" as his prayer intention for June 2026, reminding the world that sport should be "a school of fraternity, not of empty rivalry, a space of encounter, not exclusion, a path of peace, not violence." He invites us....

04/06/2026

CARRYING THE LIGHT TOGETHER: When Faith Becomes Mission At The Charis Gala Dinner

The ballroom felt different last friday evening.

Not because of the formal setting, but because of the people who filled the room.

Senior government leaders and missionaries from the field. Religious sisters who had spent decades among the poor shared tables with business leaders, philanthropists, professionals, and young volunteers. Clergy, benefactors, and members of Catholic organisations gathered not as separate groups, but as one community.

There was a quiet awareness in the air that something more than a dinner was taking place.

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02/06/2026

THE WORKS THAT FOLLOW US INTO ETERNITY

It started, as many sacred things do, with a quiet knock on a door.

A widow stood there—grief pressed into her face like a weight she could no longer carry alone. Her husband had died suddenly in a factory accident. Three children waited at home. No savings. No safety net. No future she could see beyond survival.

And in that moment, a young priest named Fr. Michael McGivney felt something many of us feel when faced with suffering too large to fix: helplessness… followed by a refusal to accept that helplessness as the final answer.

That refusal would quietly change the world.

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THE WORKS THAT FOLLOW US INTO ETERNITY It started, as many sacred things do, with a quiet knock on a door. A widow stood there—grief pressed into her face like a weight she could no longer carry alone. Her husband had died suddenly in a factory accident. Three children waited at home. No savings. ...

27/05/2026

THE TAXI THAT REFUSED TO DIE

Most cars never make it past 300,000 kilometers before someone decides they are no longer worth repairing.

When the repairs become expensive, when the engine begins struggling, when newer and shinier models appear, people move on. Scrap it. Replace it. Upgrade.

But one man in Greece refused to think that way.

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