With a bit of humour, Luke argues from the lesser to the greater. If God cares for the least expensive item on the menu and counts the hairs that fall from the hea
Luke came from the large metropolitan city of Antioch, a part of modern-day Turkey. By birth Luke was a Gentile. One of the reasons this is asserted is that in St
In the Gospel of today Jesus pronounces three woes against the Pharisees and the lawyers. These were members of the religious establishment who had become the de f
The confluence of such diverse thinking people with multiple religious backgrounds is bound to cause friction especially on matters such as ritual purity which wer
The 68-year old Jesuit priest was the man the poor could approach in case of any legal problems. And for the tribals, legal problems were in plenty, and they had n
One new Saint, who will truly be celebrated by several, particularly by the poor and oppressed, is Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. Even in his lifetime, se
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 Father of the Lord ’s Prayer to whom we ask for daily bread, is the Father to whom we shamelessly ask for all our needs (ask and it will be given) and we do
The prayer given by Jesus has come to be known as the Lord’s Prayer though it can also be called the disciples prayer considering that the disciples asked to be
The response of Jesus to Martha has sadly been seen by many as a rebuke. Look at it with newness and you will see it is rather as an invitation; “Martha, Martha
Jesus breaks out into a parable which has come to be known as the ‘parable of the good Samaritan’. The parable is set on a journey between Jerusalem to Jericho
The reason why we pray the Rosary is to long for peace in this millennium that has witnessed a lot of bloodshed. Rosary is a prayer of peace. By praying the Rosary
The Gospel passage of today stands smack in between the sending out of the seventy into mission and the return of the seventy from mission. It almost seems like an
We live in days when the call Francis heard from God ‘Rebuild my Church, which is in ruins’ has immeasurable relevance for us today.
Many have tried to understand these three proverbs literally and treated them as though they must be lived exactly as said by Jesus. To do that would be foolishnes
The leadership in Indian Christianity lies mostly with the clergy and the laity is quite cool about politics or political action.
October is notable for three significant dates: 1, 4, 7. On October 1st we celebrate the feast of Saint Therese of Lisieux, on 4th that of Saint Francis of Assisi
In asking the disciples who do people say he is Jesus wishes to elicit a response from those closest to him and to know what is in the mind of the Galileans. The r
In Luke 7:1-9:6 we saw how Jesus’ kingdom message is for men AND women and how it also shatters the boundaries of clean and unclean.
Jesus never meant faith to be blind even when he said that if you had faith as tiny as a mustard seed, you can even move mountain; and the faith he meant was fait
There is a difference between hearing and listening. Often people say, ‘I listened to the other’ when in reality they only heard the other. To listen is to not
