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Bad Apples, Sad Couples, Glad Tidings

March 3, 2023 Team ICM Features

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

February 28, 2023 Team ICM Catholic Culture

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!

February 22, 2023 Team ICM Youth

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

February 21, 2023 Team ICM Catholic Culture

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

February 19, 2023 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

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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Remain Connected With Christ

April 1, 2022 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By His Grace Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam As members of the believing community today, we have something important to reflect, pray, and

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Lenten Vision: Do We Dare Point To Jesus?

March 25, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Leon Bent – Lent is a special period of transforming grace which opens “The Door of Faith” (Acts 14:27; Also see, Pope Emeritus Benedict

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I Won’t Give Up Chocolates for Lent

March 10, 2022 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Jane De Suza – ‘Who’s going to eat my chocolates that I give up for Lent?’ I asked my mother petulantly as a child.

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Lent – A Time for an Extra-Step!

March 1, 2022 Team ICM Features

By Sr Lini Sheeja MSC – God formed Adam out of the dust of the earth and made him alive by breathing into his nostrils

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Lenten Fast: It’s a Spiritual Warfare

February 28, 2022 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Leon Bent – During Lent, we do well to recall that we are engaged in a great and dramatic battle for our souls. The

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For the Renewing Grace Received, We Sing Alleluia!

March 28, 2021 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By His Grace Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam We have many festivals and festivities that we as a Christian Community celebrate and naturally

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Lent’s Radical Call to Each Person and Every Nation

March 21, 2021 Team ICM Features

By Tony Magliano “Repent and believe in the Gospel” – the call we received from Christ on Ash Wednesday – is a radical call, the

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Lent, a Time to Bend and Lend

February 21, 2021 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr Mathew Thankachen, O.Praem — Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving are the three pillars of the season of Lent. Truly, these ought to make men

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A Cry for God’s Mercy and Forgiveness

February 16, 2021 Team ICM Features

By John Malvino Alfonso, OCD – Today, 17th February 2021, the Church observes Ash Wednesday. In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday is the first

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Lent is Easy! It’s Simply Springtime and Grace

February 14, 2021 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Leon Bent – Like Advent, Lent is a time to open the doors of our hearts a little wider and understand our Lord a little

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