It is 31st August 2018. The readings are from 1 Corinthians 1:17-25; and the Gospel from Matthew 25:1-13. Some of us are right on-time always for anything and everything. Some others even go before time. But most of us come with the statement as we enter, ‘sorry, I am late.’ Being late tells about our […]

It is 29th August 2018. We celebrate the memorial of the Beheading of St John the Baptist otherwise known as the passion of St. John the Baptist. The readings are from Jeremiah 1:17-19; and the Gospel from Mark 6:17-29. Beheading a truthful person and a person who stands for truth cannot kill the truth. There […]

It is 28th August 2018. We celebrate the memorial of St Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. He is interceded for sore eyes, by the printers and brewers and he is the patron of theologians too. His conversion is indeed a hope for all those who struggle to come back to the Lord. It […]

It is 26th August 2018. We celebrate the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings are from Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18; the second reading is from Ephesians 5:21-32; and the Gospel from John 6:60-69. As His Holiness Pope Francis concludes the World Meeting of Families in Dublin 2018, he invites all of us to reflect and […]

It is 25th August 2018. We celebrate the memorials of St. Louis, a King and St. Joseph Calasanz, Priest. The readings are from Ezekiel 43:1-7; and the Gospel from Matthew 23:1-12. The preaching, teaching, and talking will have any impact whatsoever on oneself and others when it is substantiated by productive actions. It is easy […]

It is 24th August 2018. We celebrate the Feast of St Bartholomew the Apostle. He is one of the twelve apostles otherwise named as Nathaniel (John 1:45-51, and 21:2) in whom there is no guile and was open to the truth that Jesus is the Christ. There was no duplicity in him. He was a […]

It is 23rd August 2018. We celebrate the memorial of St. Rose of Lima. She dedicated her life for homeless children, the elderly, and the sick. With her professional skill of needlework made fine lace and embroidery, and her special interest in garden produced most attractive and beautiful flowers sold them to raise funds for […]

It is 22nd August 2018. We celebrate the memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 1954 Pope Pius XII exalted Mother Mary as the Queen and established this feast with the encyclical, ‘To the Queen of Heaven,’ pointed out that Mary deserves the title because she is Mother of God, and closely […]

It is 20th August 2018. We celebrate the memorial of St Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church. The readings are from Ezekiel 24:15-24; and the Gospel from Matthew 19:16-22. God is not impressed by the minimum and expecting us to go beyond just following the commandments. When we have sinned against and forgotten God, […]

It is 19th August 2018. We celebrate the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Pope Pius XII defined the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother declaring that Mother Mary was assumed into Heaven in her body and soul. This indeed the Deposit of faith received from the Apostles. The readings […]