It is 15th February 2015. It is 6th Sunday of the Ordinary Time. The Readings are from Lev. 13:1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor. 10:31-11:1 and the Gospel from Mk. 1:40-45. The first reading invites us to view the attitude of the people of Israel had towards leprosy and the rules for quarantining the person. In the […]
It is 13th February 2015. The Readings are from Gen. 3:1-8 and the Gospel from Mk. 7:31-37. The first reading brings forward the disobedience of the human beings. The human beings budged to the cunningness of the serpent. A bulging desire to become like God in human beings destroys their inner connection with God and […]
It is 12th February 2015. The Readings are from Gen. 2:18-25 and the Gospel from Mk 7:24-30. The first reading describes about the creation of woman. God’s concern for man ends in finding a suitable companion for him in creating someone from human flesh. Man was created from the dust while woman is created from […]
It is 11th February 2015. The Readings are from Gen. 2:4b-9, 15-17 and the Gospel from Mk. 7:14-23. It is the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes. The First Reading speaks about another account of Creation with its style and details different from the first one. The first account was written by the Priestly tradition […]
It is 10th February 2015. The Readings are from Gen. 1:20-2:4a and the Gospel from Mk. 7:1-13. It is the memorial of St. Scholastica, a Virgin. She is the twin sister of St. Benedict. She devoted her life to God from the early childhood. The first reading brings out the culmination of creation of God […]
It is 09th February 2015. The Readings are from Gen 1:1-19 and the Gospel from Mk.6:53-56. The first reading teaches us that God created the world. God dispelled the darkness and gave form and filled the earth. God’s Spirit was hovering over and existing even before God put them all in order so that human […]
It is 08th February 2015. It is the Fifth Sunday of the Ordinary Time. The Readings are from Job.7:1-4, 6-7, 1Cor. 9:16-19,22-23 and the Gospel from Mk. 1:29-39. The first reading presents a pessimistic outlook of Job who lost everything in his life and inviting us to be careful about this negative view of life. […]
It is 06th February 2015. It is the First Friday dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is the memorial of Saints Paul Miki and companions, the Martyrs. The readings are from Heb. 13:1-8 and the Gospel from Mk 6:14-29. The First reading speaks about the virtues a Christian needs to strive for in […]
It is 05th February 2015. The Readings are from Heb.12:18-19,21-24 and the Gospel from Mk. 6:7-13. We have the memorial of St. Agatha, a virgin and martyr. She dedicated her beauty and virginity to the Lord, for which she was tortured to death. She is the patroness of Bakers, and Jewellers. She is interceded against […]