It is 22nd September 2018. The readings are from 1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-49; and the Gospel from Luke 8:4-15. Life is a gift from God to us. Life in us get transformed when we are in contact with the life-giving Word of God. Life within ourselves goes through a tremendous change by its natural death […]
It is 21st September 2018. We celebrate the Feast of St Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist. The readings are from Ephesians 4:1-7; and the Gospel of Matthew 9:9-13. Vocation is a mindset that allows a person to leave everything for God and for the welfare of the other. It is not a voluntary forgetfulness of […]
It is 20th September 2018. We celebrate the memorial of St Andrew Kim, Priest and Martyr and he is the patron of Korea, while St Paul Chong, a Martyr along with 103 Companions are venerated by the faithful of Korea. These are the Korean martyrs who witnessed for Christ in Korea. The readings are from […]
It is 19th September 2018. We celebrate the memorial of Saint Januarius, bishop and martyr. The readings are from 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13; and the Gospel from Luke 7:31-35. Love is the inner energy for the life in totality. Very few of us attain the selfless love either by nature or by nurturing or by both. […]
It is 18th September 2018. The readings are from 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31; and the Gospel from Luke 7:11-17. The gifts and talents must not make us proud and individualistic rather to be charitable and at the service of the other. By the virtue of the Sacrament of Baptism, we are all spiritually connected even […]
It is 17th September 2018. The readings are from 1 Corinthians 11:17-26, 33; and the Gospel from Luke 7:1-10. When the Eucharistic celebration has reduced to a social gathering, there is no more charity and love among the members who come to participate. Here in the first reading we have the earliest passage on the […]
It is 15th September 2018. We celebrate the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. The readings are from Hebrews 5:7-9; and the Gospel from John 19:25-27. True love accepts any amount of pain and sorrow for the sake the one it has committed to love. Love does not spectate but partakes in the scariest moments […]
It is 14th September 2018. We celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The readings are from Numbers 21:4-9; and the second reading is from Philippians 2:6-11; and the Gospel John 3:13-17. The cross is the proof still standing that God allowed himself to be humiliated for the sake of redeeming us […]
It is 13th September 2018. We celebrate the memorial St John Chrysostom, Bishop and the Doctor of the Church. The readings are from 1 Corinthians 8:1-7, 11-13; and the Gospel from Luke 6:27-38. It is not possible to navigate the issues of life without a clear conscience. Forming and strengthening our conscience is the matter […]
It is 12th September 2018. It is the Episcopal Ordination Anniversary of our Beloved Arch Bishop Alex Thomas. May we wish him and say a prayer for him that he is faithful to the One who called him to serve. The readings are from 1 Corinthians 7:25-31, and the Gospel from Luke 6:20-26. Being single […]