It is 20th January 2016. We celebrate the memorial of Sts. Fabian and Sebastian, martyrs. The readings are from 1Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51; and the Gospel from Mark 3:1-6. The first reading brings out the inevitable question of our own personal life? Who is the Goliath in my life, I need to fight? Saul was […]
It is 19th January 2016. The readings are from 1Samuel 16:1-13; and the Gospel from Mark 2:23-28. The first reading narrates the search for a new king and the anointing for a future king David. When God rejects someone as a leader, even if people are favouring, he or she will not succeed anyway. God […]
It is 18th January 2016. The readings are from 1Samuel 15:16-23; and the Gospel from Mark 2:18-22. The first reading encourages us to obey God than to rebel against God. The first king of Israel disobeyed God by his greed for things under the pretext of offertory to God and therefore God rejected him as […]
It is 17th January 2016. The readings are from Isaiah 62:1-5; and the second reading from 1Corinthians 12:4-11; and the Gospel from John 2:1-11. The first reading expresses God’s interests on God’s people. The distance between God and people narrowed by the initiatives God took towards God’s people. God offers a new relationship, a new […]
It is 16th January 2016. The readings are from 1Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19, 10:1 and the Gospel from Mark 2:13-17. The first reading describes about finding the first king of Israel. Saul was looking for his lost asses while God was searching for a king for Israel. Samuel anointed Saul as the first king. “You are […]
It is 15th January 2016. The readings are 1Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22; and the Gospel from Mark 2:1-12. In the first reading, having defeated by Philistines, people pointed the fingers to God about the absence of the king. The people were comparing themselves with the neighbouring countries and putting their trust in human administration rather than […]
It is 14th January 2016. The readings are from 1 Sam.4:1-11 and the Gospel from Mark 1:40-45. The first reading presents a bitter and painful defeat of Israel. They trusted themselves and fought the war against Philistines and eventually lost the war. Finally they pawned the Ark of the Covenant, which contained the stone tablets […]
It is 13th January 2016. We celebrate the memorial of St. Hilary, the Bishop and the Doctor of the Church. The readings are from 1Sam.3:1-10, 19-20 and the Gospel from 29-39. The first reading narrates the call of Samuel. “Speak Lord, your servant is listening.” (1 Sam.3:10). God calls us always. It is our disposition […]
It is 12th January 2016. The readings are from 1Samuel 1:9-20; and the Gospel from Mark 1:21-28. The first reading describes the plight and desperation of Hanna to request the Lord to consider her tears. People around us can tease, mock, be rude and ignore our prayers filled with tears. But not with the Lord […]
It is 11th January 2016. We begin the ordinary time of the year. The readings are from 1Samuel 1:1-8; and the Gospel from Mark 1:14-20. The first reading begins with the last judge in the eleventh century before Christ. The first reading brings out a stark reality of how people behave and treat others when […]