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PASSAGES AND PASSOVERSPASSAGES AND PASSOVERS On each of Lent’s Third Sundays, the selected scripture readings remind us that ours is a spirituality of un-rootedness. As we see in today’s first reading from Exodus(3:1-8...Posted: Mar-20-2022 -
A Place to Call HomeA Place to Call Home It is part of human being’s dream to have “a place to call home”. This Sunday’s readings illumine and illustrate this aspect. In Genesis (15:5...Posted: Mar-13-2022 -
Fasting, Feasting, OfferingFasting, Feasting, Offering Fasting from food and feasting on the presence of God are the two important spiritual exercises during Lent. In between comes offering with almsgiving. This six-week long intense preparation for Jesus’ saving death...Posted: Mar-06-2022 -
Words that RevealWords that Reveal We are entering the Season of Lent; let us purify our hearts examining our thoughts, words and deeds. The words a person chooses to speak are a window through which to see and know his/her...Posted: Feb-27-2022 -
GOSPEL OF LIFEGOSPEL OF LIFE Some scientists claim that they have discovered the “book of life”, which will help them to control the diseases in a novel way. Today’s readings give us the “gospel of life...Posted: Feb-20-2022
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Trust in GodTrust In God “In God We Trust; all others must pay cash!” this sign, hanging over the cash register in a store, always brings a smile to the passers-by. Jeremiah, in today’s 1st...Posted: Feb-13-2022 -
Call To ServiceCall To Service God’s call comes to us in different ways. Few among us have probably experienced a summons to ministry as dramatic as that of Isaiah (1st Reading Is 6:1-2,3-8), or as...Posted: Feb-06-2022 -
The Uphill Struggle of DiscipleshipThe Uphill Struggle of Discipleship According to a myth popular among the ancient Greeks, Sisyphus, the king of Corinth and reputed founder of the Isthmian Games, was punished by gods because he outwitted them. Punishment was to push an...Posted: Jan-30-2022
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Be Strong and UnitedBe Strong and United This week’s readings invite us to face the future united and strong. Reading the word of God and interpreting it for life are the best means to meet this challenge. In the 1st...Posted: Jan-23-2022
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Manifesting Unity & IdentityThis Sunday’s 1st reading (Is. 62:1-5) and gospel (Jn 2:1-12) invite us to manifest our identity by becoming aware of our spousal relationship with God. John the Evangelist and Isaiah make use...Posted: Jan-16-2022
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Sacramental SolidarityLast Sunday we reflected on “Travelling towards God” keeping the journey of the Magi in focus.“ Are we, the baptized Christians, travelling towards God with one heart and one mind?”, is a pertinent question when we...Posted: Jan-09-2022
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Worship and Bow DownIn this week's reading, we hear that when the Magi saw the star, they came into the house. Then what did they do when they saw the Christ child in the arms of his mother? They fell down and...Posted: Jan-02-2022
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Prayer and FamilyIn recent years, words such as “dysfunctional” have been used to describe the changing face and growing fragility of family. Almost every day media brings before us some horrific account of abuse or neglect or worse...Posted: Dec-26-2021
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Babe of BethlehemGod chose Bethlehem for his Son. Why? If Jesus was born in Rome or Alexandria or Athens or Corinth, it would have made more sense from the point of view of spreading His message. Sophisticated Rome...Posted: Dec-19-2021
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RejoiceStep by step we are processing to the nearness of God. The step to be taken this week is symbolized in the pink candle we light on the Advent wreath. The mission we receive through the readings of...Posted: Dec-12-2021
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Characteristics of WaitingThe weeks of preparation for Christmas is an opportune time for cultivating a spirituality of waiting. The characteristics of the one we await affect the character of our waiting. Jesus is the loved one whose coming we await. And...Posted: Dec-05-2021
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A Spirituality of WaitingA reflection on the book “A Spirituality of Waiting” authored by Henri Nouwen (1993) seems worth considering for this advent. As Nouwen has affirmed, waiting is not a very popular posture. Many consider waiting a...Posted: Nov-28-2021
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END OF THE WORLD?The last few Sundays of each liturgical year invite our attention to the last things: the end of the world, death and judgment, reward and retribution. The intended purpose of this focus on the end time is to...Posted: Nov-13-2021
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SIGHT & INSIGHT“God has not called me to be successful. He has called me to be faithful” (Mother Teresa). This inspirational quote was printed on a memento when Mother Teresa died on September 5th 1997. May her...Posted: Oct-24-2021
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DARING WISDOMOnce upon a time, long, long ago, two men lived in an arid land. Nothing grew there except cactus, lizards and sand fleas. Growing weary of being so thirsty, they decided to travel to Niagara Falls. Upon...Posted: Oct-10-2021
