It is 07th September 2015. The readings are from Col.1:24-2:3 and the Gospel from Lk. 6:6-11. The first reading brings out the need to suffer for Christ. Christ suffers with us whenever we are suffering on account of His message. False teachers and prophets do not like suffering and therefore not preaching about suffering. To […]
It is 06th September 2015. It is 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings are from Is.35:4-7a; Jas.2:1-5 and the Gospel from Mk.7:31-37. The first reading promises us that God himself will come to save God’s people. God’s care and love is on those who are helpless. God is going to vindicate the enemies of […]
It is 5th September 2015. The readings are from Col.1:21-23 and the Gospel from Lk. 6:1-5. The first reading brings out the need for reconciliation with God after the estrangement from sin. The people of Colossae did not realize that they were alienated from God by sinning. Sin corrupts our thinking and attitude towards God. […]
It is 5th September 2015. The readings are from Col.1:21-23 and the Gospel from Lk. 6:1-5. The first reading brings out the need for reconciliation with God after the estrangement from sin. The people of Colossae did not realize that they were alienated from God by sinning. Sin corrupts our thinking and attitude towards God. […]
It is 4th September 2015. The readings are from Col.1:15-20 and the Gospel from Lk.5:33-39. The first reading is the hymn of St. Paul just like the prologue of St. John. Christ is the head of everything that exists. The reconciliation in Christ is cosmic and shared to the entire community and therefore it has […]
It is 03rd September 2015. We celebrate the memorial of St. Gregory the Great, the Pope and the Doctor of the Church. The readings are from Col.1:9-14 and the Gospel from Lk.5:1-11. The first reading brings out the importance of the knowledge of God in the lives of Colossians. St. Paul prays and warns the […]
It is 02nd September 2015. Grace and peace to you from God our Father. (Col.1:1). The readings are from Col. 1:1-8 and the Gospel from Lk. 4:38-44. The first reading appreciates the good works done by Epaphras and the challenges of Gnosticism, the community of Colossae faced. Gnostics believed that they possess a mystic knowledge […]
It is 01st September 2015. The readings are from 1 Thess.5:1-6, 9-11 and the Gospel from Lk.4:31-37. The first reading offers a clear answer for our spiritual question that when is the end of the world? St. Paul tell us that the end will be unexpected, sudden and definite yet no one knows the timing. […]