Monday, 19 January 2026
“Hard work without prayer is aimless, prayer without hard work is fruitless.”
Each morning that we are given by God is not merely a beginning of everyday life, but also a symbol of new hope. To reflect on our own experience from yesterday and strengthen our faith in tomorrow, it is right, good, and just for us to thank our Creator for the many blessings He has been bestowing and continues to bestow on each and every one of us.
We are also reminded that what brings us together as one, in solidarity, is prayer. And because of God, we have the blessing to pray together as a family in this Catholic school, Shung Tak, as a family of Shungtakians.
We therefore hope that the thoughts and sharing from teachers and students on this website can resonate with the readers as they take these messages for their daily reflection in life.
May God continue to bless each and every Shungtakian.
In Lord,
RME Committee
“Be my eyes” — Hope in action
The theme of this month is Acceptance and Hope. I believe after listening to the sharing of teachers since last week, you should have better understanding about both values. We should accept our weakness and shortcomings. Have hopes in ourselves and overcome positively. However, do you know that actually you can also be hopes of others.
How to do that? You just have to “Be my eyes”.
What do I mean?
One day, a boy called John downloaded an app in his phone, after that, a request from a stranger suddenly popped up in the app and asked, “Can you help me see if this jacket looks good on my friend?”
Through this video call, he saw a girl wearing a pink jacket in a shop. Her friend asked again if it fitted her. Instead of saying the colour looked sharp, he thought they won’t understand this pink was bright enough and so he chose to answer, “This colour looks good on her, the colour makes her face look brighter and glow. The cutting also makes her slim, not bulky at all.” Those two friends were very happy to hear his reply and thanked him so much.
So what was going on actually? John does not really have a good fashion sense. This app is not a friend-making app. Actually, this app is called “Be My Eyes”. It allows visually impaired people to get help from volunteers around the world through video calls to deal with some everyday tasks — things as simple as reading expiry dates on food, describing colours, or finding the right shirt to wear. It only takes a few minutes, yet it can change someone’s whole day.
Visually impaired people accept the reality that they can’t see the world but they have hopes in themselves. Acceptance tells us that we see beyond our limitations. We understand that each one of us is created in the image of God, each with gifts and of course, challenges.
Hope is what keeps the visually impaired users opening that app, trusting that someone — somewhere — will answer. Hope is that no matter how dark things seem, there’s light waiting ahead. We believe that God works through people — perhaps through you — to bring light into another person’s darkness. Every small act of kindness, every choice to include rather than exclude, is an act of hope.
It could be easy to lose hope sometimes.
But hope whispers in you, “Try again.” Hope tells us that failure isn’t the end — it’s just one step in our story.
In the same way, the people who use Be My Eyes trust that someone will answer their call. That simple belief — there is someone that I can reach — it is hope in action.
From today, let’s look at one another with new eyes — eyes of acceptance and hope. Because you never know whose life you might brighten or whose light might guide your way.