Grace Archives - Indian Catholic Matters

Lessons from Rahab: God Writes Straight With Crooked Lines

January 30, 2022 Team ICM Reflections

By Tom Thomas – “ .. The Lord your God is indeed God in heaven above and on earth below. Now then, since I have

Why Do We Say The Act of Contrition?

January 28, 2022 Team ICM Q&A @ ICM

By Fr. Adrian Mascarenhas – When I say the Act of Contrition, are my sins taken away immediately? Or is my prayer simply a request

Prison Ministry India: The Dreamers’ Mission

November 30, 2021 Team ICM Features

By Sr Lini Sheeja MSC – PMI Ruby Jubilee (1981-2021) Phantom Fasil (name changed) was a gangster. He had 91 cases pending against him in

Lent A Joyful Season of Grace

March 13, 2020 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Fr. Joseph Royan, C.Ss.R – The Season of Lent is a special time of prayer, penance, sacrifice and good works in preparation for the

A Psychology of Healing: A Season to Perfect Grace Through Sacrifice

March 1, 2020 Team ICM Features

By Abhishek Prasad – There’s a famous saying which goes like this – “There is always a moment in life where we have to make

Grace and Greed

April 25, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington God satisfies our needs, not our greed. Quite often, unhappiness in life is not because be something but because we measure

Pride As Impediment to Worship

March 30, 2019 Team ICM Reflections

By Fr. Adolf Washington – King Canute was once ruler of England. His courtiers always flattered him. “You are the greatest man that ever lived…You

Basking in God’s Word

March 8, 2019 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Suzanne Fernandes – A personal testimony A catechist of nine years, teaching was always a passion. However, since my mother almost bedridden, with Parkinson’s

Hope is the Only Thing Stronger Than Fear

January 17, 2019 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Larissa D’Souza – A group of frogs were travelling through the woods; two of them fell into a deep pit. The other frogs crowded

Wisdom of the Church: One Should Desire for Grace Lovingly

November 21, 2018 Team ICM Features

By Most Rev. Dr. Yvon Ambroise, Bishop of Tuticorin – Each and every heart should really desire from God abundant graces and particularly in moments

Homily for Youth: Re-Ignite the World

March 10, 2018 Team ICM Youth

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – For God so loved the world that God gave God’s only Son, that everyone who believes in him might

Fr. Tom: God’s Grace Kept Me Going

October 18, 2017 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Meeting Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil at the Salesian Provincial House in Bangalore on a cold October evening was indeed a warm and humbling experience for us.