It is 13th February 2020. The readings are from 1 Kings 11:4-13 and the Gospel from Mark 7:24-30. Division and divisiveness in any band comes with the presence of sinfulness and the acquaintance with the sinful people. Faith is gradually destroyed by division that is caused by sin. By time we all need to grow […]
It is 11th February 2020. We celebrate the Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes. The readings are from 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30 and the Gospel from Mark 7:1-13. We are not orphans spiritually. We have a Mother and the Church. Mother Mary and the Mother Church are always interceding for us and shielding us against […]
It is 10th February 2020. We celebrate the memorial of St Scholastica, Virgin. The readings are from 1 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13 and the Gospel from Mark 6:53-56. There is always inner joy and beauty in our complexion when we have completed something for ourselves. All the more when we have done something for God, it […]
It 9th February 2020. We celebrate the Fifth Week in Ordinary time. The readings are from Isaiah 58:7-10; the second reading is 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; and the Gospel from Matthew 5:13-16. Purity of heart is the light that makes us to be charitable through our faith in God. It is nearly impossible to share one’s […]
It is 6th February 2020. We celebrate the memorial of Sts. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs. The readings are from 1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 and the Gospel from Mark 6:7-13. Timely advise saves the child and develops the child integrally. Those who have not followed the ideals during their life time here on earth will […]
It is 6th February 2020. We celebrate the memorial of Sts. Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs. The readings are from 1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 and the Gospel from Mark 6:7-13. Timely advise saves the child and develops the child integrally. Those who have not followed the ideals during their life time here on earth will […]
It is 01st February 2020. We celebrate the memorial of Blessed Benedict Daswa, a South African martyr for rejecting witchcraft. Pope Francis in his beatification decree described him as “a zealous Catechist, all-round educator who gave heroic witness to the gospel, even to the shedding of blood.” The readings are from 2 Sam. 12:1-7, 10-17 […]
It is 30th January 2020. The readings are from 2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29 and the Gospel from Mark 4:21-25. Everyone wants to leave a legacy. Some leave it in kindness and merciful acts to humanity, while some others are busy building personal monuments and memorials of their own and for their mighty heroes and heroines […]