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By Alan Lee, St. Anthony BEC Faith begins not in perfection, but in willingness to say “yes.” As the Latin maxim reminds us: “Deus non vocat perfectos, sed vocatos perficit” — God does not call the perfect, but perfects the called. Scripture shows the unlikely being called: Moses, reluctant and slow of speech, was sent…

By Alan Lee, St. Anthony BEC The idea of the Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) may sound new, but its roots go back to the earliest days of the Church. The Acts of the Apostles paints a picture of the first believers: “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread…

A reflection by Alan Lee St Anthony Bec Every car needs two things: fuel and service. Without fuel, the car stalls. Without service, even the best-fueled engine will eventually break down. The same is true for the Christian life. The Eucharist is our fuel — the panis vivus (living bread) that strengthens us for the…

Author: Alan lee of St Anthony Bec It was somewhere between a traffic jam and a tearful memory that it struck me. I was in my Myvi, inching through the after-school chaos of the city, wondering how on earth I got here — not just on this road, but in life. Behind me sat a…