Fr Soroj Mullick SDB – “Peace is a divine gift but at the same time the fruit of human efforts,” the Vatican message for Ramadan
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Tag: Lent
The Queen of Vices
By Tom Thomas – “According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere
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The Dangers of Envy and Vainglory
By Tom Thomas – “God can give His truth and life only to those who have emptied themselves. We must create a vacuum in our
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Acedia: The Overlooked Vice
By Tom Thomas – The Holy Father, Pope Francis continues to focus on the vices. This time it is on Acedia, a most appropriate topic
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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, enter the state of solitude
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Lent: Uniqueness of 40 & 50 Days of Fast in India
By Chev. Prof. George Menachery – When it comes to observing Lent, India occupies a unique place with the presence of 168 dioceses out of
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A Season to Pause
By Tom Thomas. It is amazing how the seasons change, almost like clockwork. As I pen these lines, the pleasant, cool wintry days in my
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The Biblical Theology And Spirituality Of Lent
By Leon Bent – What is the theology and spirituality of the Lent Season? Why do we need to understand? What do we have to
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The Hope of Lent
By Leon Bent – We might think that the hope of Lent is the assurance that we will get through it, that we will come
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The Covenantal Relationship in the “Father’s House”
The covenantal relationship between Yahweh and the People of Israel was sealed in the blood of the covenant at Sinai. In Christ the new covenant
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Bad Apples, Sad Couples, Glad Tidings
chhotebhai – Fortunately, I belong to a small parish where just a handful of people come for the Sunday evening Mass. It is therefore a
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Learnings from a Schedule-Free Day
Tom Thomas – “Let us set out on the path of fasting and use these 40 days to take stock of ourselves, to free ourselves
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It’s The Holy Season of Lent Again: Happy Lent!
By Fr Antony Christy, SDB – Don’t consider that a strange wish! Lent is meant to be a happy season: it is no season of
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40 Days: A Time of Grace for Stripping Away the Superficial
Fr Joshan Rodrigues – My fortieth birthday just a few short months ago, conjured up within me a feeling of deep introspection. Birthdays are a
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Lent a Season for Repentance, Renewal and Reliving in Christ
By Fr. Vivek Lionel Basu – In the annual liturgical cycle of the Church, two long periods of Lent and Easter play an important role
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