We Are ‘Easter People’
Posted On April 22, 2019Easter is Joy- which Mary experiences when she finds that the ‘gardener’, is in fact her “rabboni”- her Master and Mentor, her Saviour and God. The joy tha
Easter is Joy- which Mary experiences when she finds that the ‘gardener’, is in fact her “rabboni”- her Master and Mentor, her Saviour and God. The joy tha
The Easter Vigil has four parts: Blessing of fire, the Liturgy of the Word, Blessing of Water and Liturgy of the Eucharist. All the four aspects of the Easter Vigi
The readings for the Easter Vigil trace through salvation history, showing how God was working through His plan of salvation which came about in Christ. At Easter,
Suffering followed Jesus from His very birth at Bethlehem. Suffering followed Jesus while his family fled to Egypt. Sufferings followed him after his family return
Maundy Thursday commemorates three aspects of Jesus’ ministry: institution of the Holy Eucharist by Jesus, institution of priesthood by him, and finally the new
In the Gospel we see on one hand Judas was plotting the betrayal of Jesus and on the other hand Jesus was sending two of his disciples to prepare for the Last Supp
The church believes that the suffering servant is none other than Jesus himself. Yesterday we reflected upon the chosen-ness of the servant and his anointing as ne
Jesus’ response inspires us to see things in a right perspective. Mary was welcoming Jesus in her house with the Jewish hospitality but Jesus interprets her acti
Today’s Sunday is known as ‘Palm Sunday’ or ‘Passion Sunday.’ It is called ‘Palm Sunday’ because during Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem peop
People die due to sickness, accidents, calamities, hunger or old age. Most of them die for themselves. Jesus had come to die for others. The death and dying proces
The basic difference between an argument and a discussion is: in an argument we try to prove who is right and who is wrong; whereas in a discussion we try to prove
Temporary doubt can be clarified quite soon. Zechariah’s doubt was persistent because he was a priest, he was praying for a child (“Zechariah, your prayer has
“How can this be for I know no husband?” Joseph was thinking of abandoning Mary secretly thinking that she must have had some illicit relationship with a man.
In this Gospel Jesus reveals himself as the Bread of Life (6: 35), the light of the world (8: 12), the door of the sheepfold (10: 7), the Good Shepherd (10:11), th
One of the ways of understanding this statement is to see how the face of Jesus is hidden in the OT personalities like Adam, Abel, Moses, David and Jeremiah.
These are some landmark events in the history of the Catholic Church, to help the readers to understand the depth and breadth of the mammoth monolith called the Ca
The people of Israel went through four stages of growth in their understanding of God. In the first stage they worshipped many gods along with the worship of Yahwe
Each one us has a particular image of God in mind. Some think of him as an old man with long beard sitting in the clouds and watching us, or like a judge with is h
