It is 10th August 2018. We celebrate the Feast of St Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr. The entrance antiphon to the Holy Mass hails the saint: “This is the blessed Lawrence, who gave himself up for the treasure of the Church: for this he earned the suffering of martyrdom to ascend with joy to the Lord […]
It is 8th August 2018. We celebrate the Memorial of St Dominic, Priest. We wish all the Dominicans a happy feast appreciating all that they are doing to the humanity all around the world. The readings are from Jeremiah 31:1-7; and the Gospel from Matthew 15:21-28. Our persistent faith in God attracts and magnifies the […]
It is 6th August 2018. We celebrate the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The readings are from Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; the second reading is 2 Peter 1:16-19; and the Gospel from Mark 9:2-10. The stress and the importance we offer for the historical Jesus is as significant as we gaze at His divinity. […]
It is 5th August 2018. We celebrate the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings are from Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15; the second reading is from Ephesians 4:17, 20-24; and the Gospel from John 6:24-35. We all know what happens when we are undernourished? The recent study informs that 900 million are undernourished in the world. […]
It is 2nd August 2018. We celebrate the memorials of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop, and St. Peter Julian Eymard, Priest. The readings are from Jeremiah 18:1-6; and the Gospel from Matthew 13:47-53. When we are yielding, submissive, and docile in the hands of God, God reshapes us and restarts the shape and structure whenever […]
It is 31st July 2018. We celebrate the memorial of St Ignatius of Loyola, Priest. The readings are from Jeremiah 14:17-22; and the Gospel from Matthew 13:36-43. The consequences of evil and sin can be seen in one’s life always. Most of the time, we attribute the sin of the society for the causes of […]
It is 27th July 2018. The readings are from Jeremiah 3:14-17; and the Gospel from Matthew 13:18-23. Our affluence, comfortability and all-knowing-mentality make us to move from God and begin to rely on ourselves. This growing attitude justifies us to take God for granted. We begin to believe that we are the masters of our […]
It is 26th July 2018. We celebrate the memorial of Sts. Joachim & Anne, Parents of Our Lady. Anna means grace; Joachim denotes ‘Yahweh saves.’ This feast reminds the parents and the grand parents of their responsibility in leading children and grandchildren to God through faith and Christian values. The readings are from Jeremiah 2:1-3, […]
It is 25th July 2018. We celebrate the Feast of St James, the Apostle. The readings are from 2 Corinthians 4:7-15; and the Gospel from Matthew 20:20-28. St. James, the Greater, who was called by Jesus along with his brother St. John. He had the privilege of being the witness of the Transfiguration and the […]