May the Lord bless you with peace and health in the Holy Spirit. It is 05th August 2021. We celebrate the Dedication of St. Mary Major and Our Lady of Snows. We reflect on Numbers 20:1-13 and the Gospel of Matthew 16:13-23. Life offers so many things; it offers chance and choice to all of […]
May the Lord bless you with peace and health in the Holy Spirit. It is 14th July 2021. We reflect from Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12 and the Gospel of Matthew 11:25-27. However small we think of ourselves, God values us so highly. The predominant feeling in our minds amidst this unending pandemic is that whether God […]
It is 5th March 2021. The readings are from Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28; and the Gospel from Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46. There is a parallel and echo between the story of Joseph in the first reading and Jesus in the Gospel. We witness the theme of rejection, plotting and trial to kill in both stories. Joseph […]
It is 4th March 2021. The readings are from Jeremiah 17:5-10; and the Gospel from Luke 16:19-31. Is it a blessing to be poor? Yes. Because God knows every poor person by name. Lazarus is the only name given to anyone in Jesus’ parables; it means El-azar,’- God has helped.’ There is a poor Lazarus […]
It is 17th January 2021. 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 from John 1:35-42. A pastor who had financial difficulty running the parish on Sunday Mass gave an announcement before the offertory, “I […]
It is 15th January 2021. The readings are from Hebrews 4:1-5, 11; and the Gospel from Mark 2:1-12 We all love rest for our life as the pandemic is exhausting us in every way possible. Some of us are exhausted emotionally, financially, and having a chocking feeling of living in a small room for the […]
It is 13th January 2021. The readings are from Hebrews 2:14-18; and the Gospel from Mark 1:29-39. Jesus participates and alleviates our pain and suffering not remains a spectator. To be one among us, Jesus came us as one of us. To release us all from pain, suffering, emotional congestion, spiritual warfare, Christ took human […]
It is 12th January 2021. The readings are from Hebrews 2:5-12; and the Gospel from Mark 1:21-28. Are we going through some sort of suffering, either physically, mentally, financially, relationally, and spiritually? None of us has an answer that will subside our pain that we go through except the answer we get from the life […]
It is 11th January 2020. The readings are from Hebrews 1:1-6; and the Gospel from Mark 1:14-20. God continues to communicate through Jesus in action and expects us to respond in action as well. God never stops speaking to God’s people. God speaks through so many ways and means in our family and community and […]
“Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself,” teaches St. Mother Theresa of Calcutta. As we are wrapping up the Christmas season, we are invited to pray for those we see them struggling, and to make Jesus the priority of our life. Without sufficient prayer life, it […]