By Fr. Joy Prakash, OFM – Matthew the publican received “the bread of life and understanding” as food (Sir 15,3) and, out of this same
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Category: Faith / Spirituality
Hannah’s Prayer And The Eli Encounter
By Linda Joseph Kavalackal – 1 Samuel 1:10, 11 – In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. And she made a
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When Repentance Becomes A Blessing
By Fr. Sam Koonamplackil, VC – These are days to relinquish sin and evil pleasures in the spirit of repentance, and to become a new
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Centurion: Keeping The Faith
By Fr. Errol Fernandes SJ – 1 Tim 2:1-8; Lk 7:1-10 In the story of today’s Gospel, we will read of a centurion’s response of faith
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Facing Monday Morning Blues
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, Vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil At which he toils under
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Charity Inspires Charity
By Fr. Sebastian Vadakumpadan – In the month of September, 2016 there was an offer of cooked food from a hotel to Jeevodaya Ashram in
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Forgiveness: Need of The Hour
Fr Eugene Lobo, S.J. – Twenty Fourth Sunday of the Year September 17, 2017 Ecclesiastics 27:30-28:7 Romans 14:7-9 Matthew 18:21-35 Forgiveness is a Christian virtue
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Consecrated Life With A New Paradigm
By Sr. (Dr.) D.J. Margaret, FMA – “Consecrated” are a people of a time and a place. They can have an influence and they can
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Indian Catholic Community Joyful, Offer Prayers
The Catholic community in India heaved a huge sigh of relief and erupted with joy when the news about kidnapped Catholic priest Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil’s
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Franciscan Values: Heeding To The Call of God
By Fr. Joy Prakash, OFM – The question by Masseo “why after you,” Three times he asked the question: why does the whole world run
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Joseph’s Tears – Being Faithful To The Point of Breaking
By Linda Joseph Kavalackal – Trusting God means trusting Him when darkness threatens to defeat what God revealed to you in the light. Trusting God
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Just like Mary
By Linda Joseph – Catholics mark the birthday of Mother Mary in September. A person who was called ‘favoured’ and ‘blessed among women’. Mary’s ‘blessing’
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St. Peter Claver: Follower of The Commandment of Love
By Fr. Errol Fernandes, S.J. – Peter Claver, was born in 1581 to a prosperous family in Verdu, Spain. He entered the Novitiate of the
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Mother Mary Has Set An Example And Showed Us The Way
By Fr. Errol Fernandes SJ – The source for the story of the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Protoevangelium of James, an apocryphal
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Many Ways To Honour The Mother
By Fr. Peter Mascarenhas, SMM – September 8th is special day for Christians at large and a special day for the metropolis of Bangalore as
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