It is 18th November 2017. We celebrate the memorial of Dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul in Rome. The readings are from Wisdom 18:14-16, 19:6-9; and the Gospel from Luke 18:1-8. The author of the book of Wisdom finds God in the history of salvation as he found in the display of […]

It is 17th November 2017. We celebrate the memorial of St Elizabeth of Hungary, a Religious. The readings are from Wisdom 13:1-9; and the Gospel from Luke 17:26-37. “For if they had the power to know so much that they could investigate the world, how have they been so slow to find its Master?” (Wis.13:9). […]

It is 16th November 2017. We celebrate the memorials of the saints Margaret of Scotland and Getrude, Virgin. The readings are from Wisdom 7:22-8:1; and the Gospel from Luke 17:20-25. The first reading speaks about the qualities of Wisdom. The author enumerates 21 qualities of wisdom. Three refers to divine, seven expresses perfection. So, these […]

It is 15th November 2017. We celebrate the memorial of Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. The readings are from Wisdom 6:1-11; and the Gospel from Luke 17:11-19. A stern warning is issued in the first reading for all those who hold the helm of the affairs and those who mercilessly and […]

It is 14th November 2017. The readings are from Wisdom 2:23-3:9; and the Gospel is from Luke 17:7-10. The first reading strengths our hope and faith in God and alerts about the interruption of the devil in our lives. We are from God and therefore we are destined to live with God. We are beyond […]

It is 13th November 2017. The readings are from Wisdom 1:1-7; and the Gospel from Luke 17:1-6. There are five books in the Old Testaments namely Job, Proverbs, Sirach, Ecclesiastes and the book of Wisdom. In the first reading, we are taught that Wisdom dwells in the innocent and simplicity of the human heart. Wisdom […]

It is 11th November 2017. We celebrate the memorial of St Martin of Tours, a Bishop. The readings are from Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27; and the Gospel from Luke 16:9-15. As we conclude reflecting the letter to the Romans by Paul today as we read the last chapter of the letter. St. Paul mentions people […]

It is 9th November 2017. We celebrate the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica in the city of Rome. It is the cathedral parish for the Pontiff. It was built way before St. Peter’s Basilica. It is dedicated to the Most Holy Saviour and St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist in […]

It is 8th November 2017. The readings are from Romans 13:8-10; and the Gospel from Luke 14:25-33. We are indebted to each other in love. Love cannot be paid back with anything else other than love itself. The complements of love overcome the concessions of selfishness. When we link the other with love, the strings […]

It is 6th November 2017. The readings are from Rom.11:29-36 and the Gospel from Lk. 14:12-14. God’s consistency of mercy surpasses our inconsistent faithfulness at all levels. St. Paul praises God for God’s consistent forgiveness to the humanity even though we have been disobedient and unfaithful repetitively. God’s mercy and love for fallen humanity is […]