2 Minutes with the Lord

Season 8 – Mission Series Episode 1: Damascus – Blinded to See (Acts 9:1–19) Welcome, truth-seekers, to  2 Minutes with the Lord . You’re listening to  Season 8: The Mission Series . I am your host on Fr. Veigas Dominic SVD, and in this season, we travel with St. Paul across the ancient world, exploring the cities where his faith was tested, his mission unfolded, and the Gospel took root. Our jour...

Have you journeyed with Saint Paul through all the cities.... 12 Cities where St Paul spread the Kingdom of God. In  Season 8 of  2 Minutes with the Lord , we follow St. Paul across  12 cities  — discovering the Gospel truths that still speak to us today. In  Damascus , Paul was blinded to see. In  Antioch , the Church was first called  Christian. In  Philippi , hymns at midnight broke chains. In ...

DAY 40 — THE EMPTY TOMBSTONE A sculptor was commissioned to carve a tombstone for a wealthy man. He worked for days on the stone— but strangely, he left the center completely empty. When the client asked, “Why is there no inscription?” the sculptor replied, “Because in God’s story, no grave deserves the final word. Your life is not defined by this stone— it is defined by what comes after it.” The...

DAY 39 — THE ROPE THAT BURNED A mountain guide taught his students how to descend using a controlled rope. One student clung to the rope so tightly that his hands began to burn. He shouted, “It hurts!” The guide called back, “It hurts because you’re gripping too hard! Loosen your hold— let the rope support you.” Terrified, the student loosened his grip slightly— and immediately felt his body suppo...

DAY 38 — THE TWO SHADOWS Two students stood in front of a wall on a sunny afternoon, watching their shadows stretch across the ground. One shadow looked longer; the other looked shorter. The shorter one sighed, “Your shadow is bigger. You must be more important.” The taller student laughed and said, “My shadow is longer only because I’m standing closer to the sun.” The instructor overheard and sai...

DAY 37 — THE HALF-BUILT WELL A village suffered a long drought. A man began digging a well behind his house. Every day he dug, and every day he hit hard soil, dry sand, solid rock. People mocked him: “You’re wasting your strength. There’s no water here.” Discouraged, he quit after weeks of digging. A traveler later passed by, studied the half-dug pit, and dug just  three more feet — and water burs...

DAY 36 — THE DOUBLE-EDGED BRUSH An artist was known for his beautiful murals. One day a wealthy patron visited his studio and watched him paint a vibrant wall of colors. The patron said, “Your work is breathtaking. Are you doing it for an exhibition?” The artist paused. Then he picked up a second brush from the table— one side dipped in bright paint, the other dipped in gold dust. He whispered, “T...

 DAY 35 — THE MELTING CANDLE In a dark chapel, a single candle burned quietly on the altar. A visitor watched as the flame grew smaller, wax dripping, the candle slowly disappearing. He whispered, “What a waste.” A priest standing behind him replied, “No. A candle fulfills its purpose by giving itself away.” The visitor looked again— and saw not loss, but offering. Lent is a season of sacrifice: t...

🌿 DAY 34 — THE UNREAD BOOK A scholar purchased a beautiful leather-bound book and displayed it proudly on his shelf. For years he admired its cover, its gold trimming, its elegant spine— but he never actually read it. One day a friend picked it up, opened it, and gasped. Inside were handwritten notes, letters from an unknown author, wisdom that had been waiting for decades. “You owned this treasu...

 DAY 33 — THE SPILLED SALT A little boy helped his grandmother cook dinner. While scooping salt, his hand slipped and he spilled the entire tin across the counter. Embarrassed, he froze. “I ruined everything,” he cried. But the grandmother smiled, swept the salt into a bowl, and said, “No, my dear. We’ll use this to scrub the pan later. A mistake can become useful when you stop hiding it.” The boy...

DAY 32 — THE WILTED FLOWER A florist threw a wilted flower into the bin— its petals drooping, its stem bent, its color fading. An apprentice noticed and pulled it out. “Give me one day,” she said. She trimmed the stem, placed it in fresh water, added nutrients, and left it in the sunlight. By the next morning, the flower stood upright again— alive, bright, reborn. The florist shook his head in ama...

DAY 31 — THE LOCKED CHEST A widower kept an old wooden chest in his attic. For decades, he refused to open it. “Too many memories,” he whispered whenever anyone asked. One day, a heavy storm shook the house. Rain leaked through the roof, and water dripped right onto the chest. Panicking, he rushed upstairs and opened it— not out of desire, but out of necessity. Inside he found not pain, but letter...

DAY 30 — THE SILENT SEED A farmer planted a seed and watered it every morning. Two weeks passed— nothing. No sprout, no green, no sign of life. Frustrated, he almost dug it up. An older farmer stopped him and said, “Don’t interrupt the silence. Roots are forming where you cannot see.” The younger farmer stepped back— and days later, the first green shoot broke through the soil. In Lent, much of yo...

 DAY 29 — THE EMPTY WRAPPING PAPER After a charity event, volunteers gathered piles of wrapping paper from donated gifts. One volunteer looked around and said, “It’s funny… the paper is the only part people saw— but it’s the only part that doesn’t matter.” Another replied, “Yes. The wrapping is forgotten. The gift remains.” Many people live their spiritual life focused on the wrapping: appearing h...

 DAY 28 — THE WRINKLED CLOTH A tailor showed an apprentice a wrinkled piece of expensive cloth. The apprentice tried smoothing it with his hands— but the wrinkles stayed. The tailor then placed a steaming iron over it. Slowly, the fabric softened, smoothed, relaxed, and became beautiful again. He said, “Some wrinkles cannot be removed by pressure— only by heat.” Some areas of your life cannot be f...

DAY 27 — THE CRACKED PHONE SCREEN A man with a badly cracked phone screen showed his friend a photo. The friend squinted and said, “It looks blurry.” The man laughed. “That’s because of my screen, not the picture.” Later, the friend reflected: “I wonder how many people I misjudge because I’m looking at them through my own cracks.” Lent invites brutal honesty: We don’t see people as they are— we se...

DAY 26 — THE KEY THAT DIDN’T FIT A woman tried to open an old shed behind her house. She pushed the key in, turned it left, then right— but it wouldn’t open. Annoyed, she called a locksmith. When he arrived, he examined the door and said, “Ma’am, it’s good the key didn’t fit. This lock is rusted from inside. If it had opened, the whole door might have collapsed on you.” She stared at the door, sho...

DAY 25 — THE FROZEN RIVER A fisherman walked to the river in early winter and found it completely frozen on the surface. “What a dead river,” he muttered. “No movement. No life.” An old villager laughed gently and said, “You judge too quickly. The river is still flowing beneath— you just can’t see it.” The fisherman knelt, placed his ear on the ice, and heard it— the deep rumble of water moving fr...

 DAY 24 — THE THREE CHAIRS A counselor placed three chairs in front of her client: one labeled  PAST , one  PRESENT , one  FUTURE . She said, “Sit where you spend most of your emotional energy.” The client hesitated, walked slowly, and sat in the chair labeled  PAST . Tears rolled down her cheeks. The counselor gently moved the  PRESENT  chair closer to her and said, “This is the only chair God si...

 DAY 23 — THE WORN LYRIC BOOK A choir singer carried the same lyric booklet for years. Eventually, the pages became creased, the ink faded, and the paper fragile. During rehearsal one day, she flipped to a familiar hymn and sighed, “I’ve sung this so many times that it doesn’t move me anymore.” The conductor looked at her and said, “The words haven’t grown old— your heart has grown tired. Sometime...

DAY 22 — THE JAR OF CLEAN AND DIRTY WATER A teacher filled a glass jar halfway with muddy water. Then she slowly poured clean water into the jar— and the students watched the muddy water overflow, lighten, and finally turn crystal clear. One child raised her hand and said, “So the clean water pushes the dirty water out?” The teacher nodded. “Exactly. Purity isn’t achieved by shaking the jar… but b...

DAY 21 — THE BROKEN COMPASS A hiker relied on an old compass he had used for years. But one day, as he wandered through unfamiliar woods, the compass needle spun in circles— never settling, never pointing north. Confused, he shook it again and again, but the needle kept drifting, as if it had lost its truth. Frustrated, he finally met a forest ranger who examined the compass and said, “It’s too cl...

DAY 20 — THE CLOSED UMBRELLA A man walked through a sudden rainstorm holding his umbrella tightly— but he never opened it. He arrived home drenched, annoyed, and shivering. His wife stared at him and asked, “Why didn’t you open the umbrella?” He replied honestly, “I don’t know… I guess I was too busy fighting the rain to remember what I was carrying.” She handed him a towel and said, “You had prot...

DAY 19 — THE WORN-OUT SHOES A marathon runner kept an old pair of shoes on a shelf. They were torn, dusty, and nearly falling apart. A friend asked, “Why do you keep these? They’re useless now.” The runner smiled and said, “Every tear is a reminder that I kept running even when it hurt. These shoes carried victories I never thought I’d reach.” He touched the worn soles gently, and his friend sudde...

 DAY 18 — THE CLOCK THAT RAN SLOW A woman hung a beautiful antique clock in her living room. But she soon discovered the clock always ran a few minutes slow. She tried adjusting it again and again, but every day it lagged behind while the rest of the world kept pace. Frustrated, she said, “This clock is never on time.” Her grandfather, observing quietly, replied, “Or perhaps this clock keeps time...