It is 10th February 2018. We celebrate the memorial of St Scholastica, Virgin. Scholastica is the patron saint of nuns, and her intercession is invoked against storms and rain. The readings are from 1 Kings 12:26-32; 13:33-34 and the Gospel from Mark 8:1-10. There is a hunger in every one of us. Some of us […]
It is 9th February 2018. The readings are from1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19 and the Gospel from Mark 7:31-37. We all pass by here on earth only one time; let us build and unite people around us not to destroy communities for our selfish motives. Some of us are given responsibilities and influential positions to help […]
It is 8th February 2018. We celebrate the memorials of St Jerome Emiliani, priest; and St Josephine Bakhita, virgin. The first reading is from 1 Kings 11:4-13 and the Gospel from Mark 7:24-30. The resources of God never get exhausted in our lives. But it is our unfaithfulness and faithlessness on God makes things seem […]
It is 6th February 2018. We celebrate the memorial of Sts Paul Miki & Companions, Martyrs. The readings are from 1 Kings 8:22-23,27-30 and the Gospel from Mk.7:1-13. Colouring the religion with the hidden cultural secrets and traditional strings darken the beauty and the core of the religion and diminishing the freedom of religion to […]
It is 4th February 2018. We celebrate the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings are from Job 7:1-4, 6-7; the second reading is from 1Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23; and the Gospel from Mark 1:29-39. Our sufferings are the finest fabrics to be interlaced in an unembroidered life. The attitude matters for a happy and contented […]
It is 31st January 2018. We celebrate the memorial of St John Bosco, Priest. The readings are from 2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17; and the Gospel from Mark 6:1-6. Entirely relying on human resources for the existence and the development of humanity undermines the providence and the abiding presence of God in our lives. In most […]