It is 04th November 2015. We celebrate the memorial of St. Charles Borromeo, the Bishop. The readings are from Rom.13:8-10 and the Gospel from Lk.14:25-33. The first reading makes us to believe that love is not a choice but an obligation. It is love that makes everything perfect including law. When we do everything with […]
It is 02nd November 2015. We commemorate all the faithful departed. The readings are from Is.25:6a, 7-9; 1 Cor.15:51-57 and the Gospel from Jn.6:37-40. Having celebrated the Solemnity of All Saints yesterday, we pray for all who in the purifying suffering of Purgatory awaiting the day they will join in heavenly glory. We read in […]
It is 01st November 2015. We celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints. The readings are from Rev.7:2-4, 9-14; 1 Jn.3:1-3 and the Gospel from Mt. 5:1-12a. This is the feast for all who have been declared and yet to be declared by the Church as saints. Sanctity is possible for everyone. Today we remember those […]
It is 31st October 2015. The readings are from Rom. 11:1-2a,11-12, 25-29 and the Gospel from Lk.14:1,7-11. In the first reading, St. Paul wants to convince us categorically that God never rejects God’s people. God’s fidelity is unquestionable. God saves God’s people individually. Salvation of the soul belongs to God; it is personal and specific. […]
It is 29th October 2015. The readings are from Rom.8:31b-39 and the Gospel from Lk.13:31-35. The first reading assures that there is nothing can come between Christ and us or separate us. Christ Jesus is our Creed, Pleader and Judge. We do not need to be scared of anything that is created. We can all […]
It is 28th October 2015. We celebrate the Feast Day of Sts. Simon and Jude, the Apostles. The readings are Eph.2:19-22 and the Gospel from Lk.6:12-19. We read in the entrance antiphon that these are the holy men whom the Lord chose in his own perfect love; to them He gave eternal glory. St. Jude, […]
It is 27th October 2015. The readings are from Rom.8:18-25 and the Gospel from Lk.13:18-21. The first reading invites us to long for our original glory and purpose we lost through the sins. “For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God.” (Rom.8:19). We are saved by God’s grace […]
It is 26th October 2015. The readings are from Rom.8:12-17 and the Gospel from Lk.13:10-17. The first reading declares that there is life through the Spirit of God and inviting us not to live by the unspiritual self. Indeed, through the Spirit of God we have become the children of God. It is the Holy […]
It is 25th October 2015. It is 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The readings are from Jer.31:7-9; Heb.5:1-6 and the Gospel from Mk. 10:46-52. In the first reading, God promises God’s people a joyful return from the exile. God leads the people of Israel from the captivity to freedom, from nothingness to the fullness and […]