Many families in Singapore are not happy families, there are quarrels and fighting which though can be normal, but can sometimes be excessive, continuous and hence the family is not a peaceful sanctuary. This sad reality can be seen in the recent unfathomable cases of parents killing their own young children.

Some people do not know how to love themselves and some are perpetually angry and scold others. If so, we have to recognise that we are angry people and realise that it doesn’t give us permission to behave badly. We are not bad people, but we can make bad choices. We have to own what we have done, without blaming others all the time for our troubles. In fact, are we contributing to the trouble or to the peace?

Are we the trouble maker or the peacemaker?

Let us pray for courage and strength to follow Christ and to choose the way of God, to love our neighbours as ourselves.

- Novena Devotion by Fr. Vincent Low, C.Ss.R. (12 July 2025)