It is 19th March 2021. We celebrate the Solemnity of St Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The readings are from 2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16; the second reading is from Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22; and the Gospel from Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24. This celebration becomes more important as we celebrate the year of […]
It is 18th March 2021. The readings are from Exodus 32:7-14; and the Gospel from John 5:31-47. People of Israel gradually forgot all that God had done in their lives. As Moses was with God on the mountain, people were quick to create an image of a calf, and have worshipped it and sacrificed to […]
It is 17th March 2021. We celebrate the memorial of St. Patrick, bishop. The readings are from Isaiah 49:8-15 and the Gospel from John 5:17-30. At times we wonder whether God remembers us. Or rather God has abandoned me and given up on me because of this or that reason. Whatever we have done or […]
It is 16th March 2021. The readings are from Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12; and the Gospel from John 5:1-3, 5-16. Lent is time of realization that we need to get up and walk towards Jesus. There is no miracle ground, group and gesture that can heal us except the person of Jesus. The living water and […]
It is 15th March 2021. The readings are from Isaiah 65:17-21; and the Gospel from John 4:43-54. As the whole world is looking for a new day free of the pandemic, today’s readings offer hope to all of us. “For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall […]
It is 14th March 2021 the readings are from 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; the second reading is Ephesians 2:4-10; and the Gospel from John 3:14-21. We have been reflecting last three weeks on Temptation, Testing, cleaning our temple and now on this fourth week, we are invited to lift up Jesus in our life. […]
It is 13th March 2021. The readings are from Hosea 5:15-6:6; the second reading is from Luke 18:9-14. “Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up.” (Hos.5:15). God expects from us during this time […]
It is 12th March 2021. The readings are from Hosea 14:2-10; and the Gospel from Mark 12:28-34. Lent is the time to be back to God. Everyone is expected to return to the Lord to experience God’s love. We are all eligible for God’s love no matter what was our past. Our proximity with God […]
It is 11th March 2021. The readings are from Jeremiah 7:23-28; and the Gospel from Luke 11:14-23. Anthony de Mello shares a story in his book named Awareness. A woman suddenly stops a man walking down the street and says: “Henry, I am so happy to see you after all these years! How have you […]
It is 10th March 2021. The readings are from Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9; and the Gospel from Matthew 5:17-19. God’s loving intimacy with us unmatchable and incomparable with anything under the Sun. The distance between God and us reducing by following God’s laws and commandments. God expressed God’s desire to live amidst us right from the […]