Holy Saturday: Reflecting With Mary, Mother of Humanity and Our Mother
By Sr. Teresa Joseph, FMA - The words of His Eminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias during the homily on Palm Sunday ...
Prayer Before Death – Jesus’ Life and Faith Statement
Fr Arockia Dhas Rayappan - Jesus loudly prays before he dies: “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (Luke ...
A Lenten Reflection on Faith from Poland
By Paul Suski - "They that hope in the LORD will renew their strength, they will soar on eagles’ wings; ...
Part II: To Suffer with Jesus
By Fr Arockia Dhas Rayappan - Often as though a spark of insight - gifted by the divine revelation through ...
Part I: To Suffer With Jesus
By Fr Arockia Dhas Rayappan - Suffering is part of a divine call; we see it in the mission of ...
Part II: Mother of God and Sister in Faith: A Vatican II Interpretation of Mary
By Arockia Dhas Rayappan, Concordia University, Canada During the days of Marian feasts as well as devotions, our families and ...
Part I: Mother of God and Sister in Faith: A Vatican II Interpretation of Mary
By Arockia Dhas Rayappan, Concordia University, Canada The prologue of the Gospel of Luke affirms that Saint Luke the Evangelist ...
Part II: A Conscious Choice: An Archbishop’s Insight into Jesus’ Forgiveness
By Fr Arockia Dhas Rayappan - What does forgiveness do in our life? Archbishop Hebda says that forgiveness is the ...
A Priest’s Prayer in Sync with the Spirituality of Synodal Church
By Fr Arockia Dhas Rayappan – Oh, Jesus, Son of God, the Eternal Priest, our Good Shepherd, and the source ...
Chair of St. Peter: Bedrock of Faith
By Fr. Francis Gonsalves, SJ – When a fussy guest was complaining to a receptionist in a hotel, he insisted ...
How 40 Days of Lent Can Make Me a Better Leader
By Tom Thomas – Each year Lent rolls around, we get an opportunity to retreat a bit from the world, ...
Lenten Journey for Youth: The Word in Lent – Ash Wednesday
By Fr. Antony Christy, SDB - February 14: Through the desert, to Freedom... God leads us. Joel 2: 12-18; 2 ...
Ash Wednesday: Thou Art Dust
By Jacqueline Kelly - Easter is the greatest of all feasts. We have two periods of preparation for it, called ...
St. Chavara: Saint and Poet
By Br. Rojan Babu - Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara (10 February 1805 – 3 January 1871) was the founder of ...
Pope Francis and his Obsession for the Blessed Virgin Mary
By Lavoisier Fernandes. Since his election in 2013 and till date, Pope Francis has made 44 apostolic trips abroad and ...
The Spiritual Struggles of a Christian
By Tom Thomas. There are a lot of struggles in the life of a Christian. It certainly is not an ...
Decluttering ‘Fiducia Supplicans’ and the Controversy Around Gay Blessings
By Lavoisier Fernandes. The Holy Father has been in the headlines again after the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith ...
‘Amen’ and Its Impact on Personality Trait
By Fr Mathew Thankachen O.Praem. A person's personality and social network are influenced not only by their familial and social ...
Are We Religious or Spiritual?
By M L Satyan. A few months ago, I read a news report about four nuns of a religious congregation ...
All Saints Day: From Ordinary to Extraordinary!
By Sr Lini Sheeja MSC. God in His goodness created human beings in His own image and likeness with love ...
Saints Simon & Jude: Heeding to His Call
By Fr. Joy Prakash, OFM. Simon we know as a Zealot. For a long time, scholars thought that this referred ...
Tales from Prison: The Magic of ‘Our Father’ Prayer
By Fr. Sebastian Vadakumpadan – There was a sharing by a nun at the Delhi convention of Prison Ministry - ...
Cardiologist of the Eucharist!
By Dr. Gerard Abreo, MD - On August 28th, 2023, my daughter Rachel was being confirmed in Houston, TX, alongside ...
Divine Garland of Roses: Why Recite the Rosary?
By Leon Bent - I have been saying the Liberation Rosary for more than 20 years, every single day, together ...
Communion in the Hand Versus Communion on the Tongue?
By Lavoisier Fernandes - In the Catholic community discourse the typical hot-button issues are abortion, inter-religious dialogue, celibacy, euthanasia, and ...
Angels: Ambassadors to Our Rescue
Sr. Molly Fernandes sfn - The Catholic Church celebrates the feasts of the Archangels on 29th September while the feast ...
The Angels: Princes of Paradise
By Jacqueline Kelly - God has created powerful beings who are wholly spirit, the angels. God created the angels in ...
Feast of Archangels: Saints Michael, Gabriel & Raphael
By Fr. Joy Prakash, OFM - We spontaneously call a person “an angel” who gives us timely advise or help ...
Be At Home In Any Catholic Church
By Fr Joshan Rodrigues - How many of you have had this feeling?…You are far away from your city or ...
Miraculous Healing of a Young Visually-Impaired Girl During Lisbon WYD!
By Marcin Zatyka Lisbon: It is like a tremendous coincidence or a classic movie with a happy ending that a ...
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Dr Jeanette Pinto - The cross is the victory, the resurrection is the triumph. There are many ways for Christians ...
On The Night of 8th September
Sr Molly Fernandes sfn - My visit to a religious article store, left me speechless when I saw a rare ...
Part II: Churches of Nativity of Mother Mary in India
Jacqueline Kelly - The Feast of the Nativity of Mother Mary is popularly referred to in Kerala as “Puthari Perunnal” ...
For Refugees, Poor and Displaced, St. Teresa Will Always be a Mother
By Fr. Cedric Prakash, SJ - Saint Teresa of Calcutta embodies so much: charity and compassion; goodness and generosity; simplicity ...
St. John the Baptist: A Bloody Gruesome Gift on a Platter
Dr Jeanette Pinto - Gifts bring joy and a smile on the face of a receiver. There’s a plethora of ...
Cost of Discipleship: Living Sacrifice
# chhotebhai While searching for a book in my library this title caught my eye: “Fools Die”, by Mario Puzo, ...
The Queenship of Mary
By Fr. Peter Mascarenhas, SMM - In exchanging my Indian currency into a European currency at an airport, the clerk ...
The Wisdom of St. Clare
By Fr. Joy Prakash, OFM - St. Clare, as we know, was born into one of Assisi’s most notable families, ...
Feast of St Lawrence: The Deacon & Martyr
By Fr Trevor D'Souza OFM - John 12:24 unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it ...
Understanding Mass From a Laity Perspective
By Jacqueline Kelly - Mass is a mystery. It means that although every year we will grow to appreciate it's ...