By Francesca Tay, SMU Graduate Before having a personal relationship with the Lord, my life centred solely around myself. I lived for myself and my thoughts were quite self-centred.
By Timothy Bryne, SMU Day by day, little by little, I am constantly amazed by the wonders and works that the Lord has done in my life and with the
By Tracy Chen, SMU Before knowing Christ, I was a perfectionist who kept striving for worldly achievements and titles. This made me a broken and hurt individual who always had
By Toi Min Ray, RCIY Participant Being a non-believer my entire life, the question of God’s existence never crossed my mind. In fact, I was dismissive about faith and questioned
By Ivan Wu, OYP RCIY Participant I was brought up in a very traditional family – staying silent meant obedience and voicing differing opinions meant disrespect. My parents had plans
By Patricia Choo, NTU Driven by self-reliance and my controlling nature, I failed to open my heart fully to the Lord and allowed myself to struggle with the pain of
By Aloisius Stephen, Working Adult (Spero Community) Jesus has called me in His own unique way to walk with Him. In the journey thus far, despite failing to recognize His
By Jacqueline Chong, Anchor Community From one of self-reliance to that of relying on the Lord: Wounded by the false image of what it means to be a woman –
By Joshua Lowe, NUS In the past two years since coming back to the Lord, he has invited me to live a life led by him and turn my dreams
Despite growing up in a family of 4 children, loneliness was an emotion that I often felt from a young age. My parents’ relationship was rocky as I grew up,
By Nicole Lim, NUS Hi everyone! My name is Nicole and I am currently in Year 1 studying Life Science. Entering university, the one thing I didn’t want to do
Written by Andrew Lim, University College Cork, Participant Prior to SOCL, I was struggling to stay committed to having a regular prayer life, and felt like I was failing God
Written by Jermaine Lim, SIM, Participant Before coming into SOCL, I always wanted to take control of my life because living in uncertainty made me very fearful, hence, taking control
By Ryan Khong I am a cradle Catholic but did not go for Mass or catechism classes often because my family did not have a practice of attending Mass weekly
By Bryan Tam, NTU I am a recent convert to Catholicism, as I was baptised last August. My journey begun in 2019, when I was struggling in university. I reached
By Cheryl Toh Prior to knowing God properly, I was very much the prodigal daughter. However, after encountering Him through the Blessed Sacrament and spending time with my community and
During a season of doubt and uncertainty in my faith, God revealed Himself to me and welcomed me home. A bible verse to describe this would be Nehemiah 8:10, “do
By Vanya Heng, NTU “In one word, I desire to be a saint,” wrote St Therese of Lisieux, and it echoes within my very being. I too desire to be
By Aldrin Relador I didn’t believe in God for many years after leaving the Church. I refused to return. Yet Jesus broke through my stubbornness. Through a friend, I had
Mustard Seed has been an incredibly fulfilling process that has introduced me to community. I am reminded by Christ that he works through the people around me. Before coming to