It is 16th January 2018. The readings are from 1 Samuel 16:1-13; and the Gospel from Mark 2:23-28. God’s standard for choosing leaders is not like that of ours. In the first reading, having rejected the first king for his failure in obeying the voice of God, now, God is looking for a leader. God’s […]

It is 15th January 2018. The readings are from 1 Samuel 15:16-23; and the Gospel from Mark 2:18-22. Obedience is not a skill to be learnt but it is the virtue to be acquired by unwavering humility. Even if the reason proves the other way, yet we go by the self-surrendering spirit to the higher […]

It is 14th January 2018. We celebrate the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings are from 1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19; the second reading is from 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20; and the Gospel is from John 1:35-42. A vocation is not for an avocation that provides the means of material gains rather for a vibrant […]

It is 12th January 2018. The readings are from 1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22; and the Gospel from Mark 2:1-12. Rejecting theocracy and embracing democracy. The people of Israel demanded God to allow them to be ruled by their kind and a tangible human person. Even though God reprimanded the people through the Prophet about the […]

It is 9th January 2018. The readings are from 1Samuel 1:9-20; and the Gospel from Mark 1:21-28. Our Christian live needs to be built and cemented by prayer, penance, regular examination of conscience and generous charitable actions. In the first reading we reflect about Hannah who dealt with her social stigma of being barren through […]

It is 4th January 2018. The readings are from 1 John 3:7-10; and the Gospel from John 1:35-42. Loveless and Love-for-less life is the beginning of all sinful actions. In the first reading St. John invites to live by what we have assured of as the children of God. Loving someone is the personal choice […]

It is 1st January 2018. We celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Wishing you all a grace-filled, joyful and blessed New Year 2018. May you all be blessed all through out the New Year with the maternal love and care of our Beloved Mother Mary. As Jesus was guided by Mary our Mother, […]

It is 31st December 2017, the last day of the year on which we all need to thank God for having brought us this far with all its strength and weakness; successes and failures; blessings and burdens; learnings and teachings; friends and unwanted people; faith and love. It is a day of self-introspection and willingness […]

It is 30th December 2017. It is the Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas. The readings are from 1 John 2:12-17; and the Gospel from Luke 2:36-40. The cravings of the world will come to an end but not the desire to love God and one another. The first reading explains the perception of […]

It is 28th December 2017. We celebrate the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the first Martyrs for Jesus. Today’s celebration is the memory of the male children whom King Herod murdered them as he had attempted to kill the infant Christ. The entrance Antiphon hails, “The innocents were slaughtered as infants for Christ; spotless, they […]