It is 26th October 2017. The readings are from Romans 6:19-23; and the Gospel from Luke 12:49-53. Today’s readings are full of paradox. In the first reading St. Paul continues to encourage us to believe that we are the servants of God who are promised the eternal life. God promises the free gift of our […]


It is 24th October 2017. We celebrate the memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop. The readings are from Romans 5:12, 15, 17-21; and the Gospel from Luke 12:35-38. We are given the assurance by St. Paul in the first reading that the free gift of grace is offered to all us even though we […]


It is 23rd October 2017. We celebrate the memorial of St. John of Capistrano. The readings are from Romans 4:20-25; and the Gospel from Luke 12:13-21. In the first reading, St. Paul continues to share his conviction on the doctrine of justification telling we are justified by faith in Jesus through God’s grace. What we […]


It is 22nd October 2017. We celebrate the Mission Sunday on this Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Ordinary time. Let us gratefully remember all our missionaries who are working with us today in our missions and parishes and all those missionaries who made us to know Christ and gone before us. Support them in every possible […]


It is 21st October 2017. The readings are Romans 4:13, 16-18; and the Gospel from Luke 12:9-12. In the first reading we are encouraged to have the resilience of Abraham in believing God. Hoping against hope is indeed to believe the maximum that something will surely happen, although one knows it is not likely. It […]


It is 19th October 2017. We celebrate the memorials of Saint Paul of the Cross, priest; Saints John and Isaac, priests, and martyrs. The readings are from Romans 3:21-30; and the Gospel from Luke 11:47-54. An enormous divine favour offered by God’s mercy to all who have sinned yet now redeemed through the grace of […]


It is 16th October 2017. We celebrate the memorials of Saint Hedwig, a religious and Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, a virgin; The readings are from Romans 1:1-7; and the Gospel from Luke 11:29-32. The first reading from St. Paul presents the truths of the faith in the early Church. There is a supernatural order for […]


It is 13th October 2017. The readings are from Joel 1:13-15, 2:1-2; and the Gospel from Luke 11:15-26. “Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming; Yes, it is near, a day of darkness and of gloom, a day of clouds and somberness!”(Joel 2:1). God invites God’s […]


It is 12th October 2017. The readings are from Malachi 3:13-20; and the Gospel from Luke 11:5-13. There is a growing frustration among us for being faithful to the Lord and feeling the brunt of being sincere and surrendering to the Lord. Most of us feel that those who do evil are climbing the ladder […]


It is 11th October 2017. We celebrate the memorial of Saint John XXIII, pope. The readings are from Jonah 4:1-11; and the Gospel from Luke 11:1-4. In the first reading, we meet Jonah who complains, annoyed and angered because God has relented, changed His mind and showed mercy to those sinful people of Nineveh. The […]