It is 4th September 2018. The readings are from 1 Corinthians 2:10-16; and the Gospel from Luke 4:31-37. The Word of God has the inherent power of God to deal with the evil head on. God’s word has the authority to cast out any evil or the works of the devil. It is very difficult […]

It is 3rd September 2018. We celebrate the memorial of St Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church. The readings are from 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; and the Gospel from Luke 4:16-30. The Word of God does not require human philosophy and powerful arguments to prove its worth and the presence of God in […]

It is 2nd September 2018. The readings are from Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8; the second reading is from James 1:17-18, 21-22, 27; and the Gospel from Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. As we are in the Bible month, the readings of the day invite us to prioritise the familiarity with the Word of God. In 1943 Pope […]

It is 1st September 2018. It is the Bible month in which we need to reflect more deeply and concretely the way we could apply the teachings of the Bible. This is the month we need to read, know, pray, summarize, reflect, relate, apply, speak, preach, and share the Word of God. We must read […]

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 […]