It is 22nd February 2015. It is the First Week of the Lent. The readings are from Gen.9:8-15; 1Pet.3:18-22 and the Gospel from Mk.1:12-15. The first reading reminds us the covenant God made to Noah. God reassures Noah that God will repopulate them again. As Noah was saved through the flood, we are all cleansed […]

It is 21st February 2015. It is the fourth day of the Lent. The readings are from Is. 58:9b-14 and the Gospel from Lk.5:27-32. The first reading inculcates a new type of fasting with the change of behaviour and heart. It is time to be converted from our old, routine and casual sins. It is […]

It is 20th February 2015. It is the Third day of the Lent. The Readings are from Is. 58:1-9a and the Gospel from Mt. 9:14-15. The first reading insists a type of fasting God wants us to do during this Lenten time. “To share your bread with the hungry, and shelter the homeless poor, to […]

It is 19th February 2015. The second day of the Lent. The readings are from Deut. 30:15-20 and the Gospel from Lk 9:22-25. The first reading concentrates on the challenge Moses made to the people of Israel in choosing God and life. The blessings come only through following the commandments of God. Otherwise, we perish […]

It is 18th February 2015. THE ASH WEDNESDAY. A day of Fasting and Abstinence. The Readings are taken Joel 2:12-18; 2Cor 5:20; 6:2 and the Gospel from Mt. 6:1-6, 16-18. The first reading provides a turning point by the prophet. Today starts a new way of looking at our spiritual journey with our God. It […]

It is 17th February 2015. The Readings are from Gen.6:5-8; 7:1-5,10 and the Gospel is from Mk. 8:14-21. The first reading reports us that humankind is growing in wickedness and God’s reaction to it. Human beings were growing in evil day after day. God is so sorrowful to see what is going on with human […]

It is 16th February 2015. The Readings are from Gen. 4:1-15, 25 and the Gospel is from Mk. 8:11-13. The First reading informs about the First Brothers, their relationship with God and the First murder in the Bible. Cain became a farmer while Abel was a shepherd. Both brought their gifts to God. God accepted […]

It is 15th February 2015. It is 6th Sunday of the Ordinary Time. The Readings are from Lev. 13:1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor. 10:31-11:1 and the Gospel from Mk. 1:40-45. The first reading invites us to view the attitude of the people of Israel had towards leprosy and the rules for quarantining the person. In the […]

It is 14th February 2015. The Readings are from Gen. 3:9-24 and the Gospel from Mk. 8:1-10. It is the memorial of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. It is the Valentine Day too. We shall remember all those who are in love and wish to be in love with someone. May the Lord bless them all […]

It is 13th February 2015. The Readings are from Gen. 3:1-8 and the Gospel from Mk. 7:31-37. The first reading brings forward the disobedience of the human beings. The human beings budged to the cunningness of the serpent. A bulging desire to become like God in human beings destroys their inner connection with God and […]