Our faith must relate to the truth of life, and then only the Sacred Heart, the most powerful symbol of the agape-love and mercy, will be fully and meaningfully re
Often regarded as a miracle worker (a patron saint of lost people and things), Saint Anthony in today’s painting is presented primarily as a ‘Saint of the Peop
Nano Nagle was born into a wealthy Catholic family during the penal laws in Ireland. She was sent to Paris to be educated. As a young woman, disturbed by the suffe
He is all over but we do not notice him for lack of faith as Mary must have seen him in everybody and everywhere because she was a woman of great faith.
With the teaching of ‘Our Father’, the most recited prayer in the world, the term Father became synonymous with Jesus himself because he is in the Father and t
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
As Pope Francis put it, “The bond between the Church and the world of sports is a beautiful reality that has strengthened over time, for the Ecclesial Community
Jesus takes on the Jewish leaders understanding of the law which they have filled with human tradition. In Matthew 15: 1, He will confront the leaders when he says
Today’s gospel reminds us that we are called to be ‘salt,’ to be that softening agent in the world, flavoring the world with values of sensitivity, gratuitou
Unlike popular culture, West in his painting depicts not the Garden of Paradise teeming with natural beauty and peaceful glory but rather draws us to the very hear
The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a reminder that our human feelings, desires and inclinations - our hearts - must be inclined to God’s providential love
The scribe in our pericope seems to be one with a mind of his own. He has been hovering in the temple, listening to the Jesus haters who came in attack formation,
Any question on the resurrection would have the ears of the Pharisee puckered up, to say nothing of the consequences of the hold Jesus had on the people, should he
Sacred Heart Cathedral, one of the 100 icons of Delhi, has the most interesting history to know.
A painted manifestation of the theological truth, the painting dwells on the basic tenet of Christian faith: the Transubstantiation. This doctrine professes that w
In this surge of communication, we often find ourselves in a dilemma trying to sift fact from fiction or truth from untruth, our faith and morals shaken and even
There is no such thing as unanswered prayer, for God always hears our prayer. He may choose not to grant it in the way we so desired it but that does not mean he h
Like the disciples we too take two steps forward and then one step back in our spiritual life. The cares of the world, if not the lure of power seem to be the ston
Peter cries out that he and the other disciples have given up everything to follow Jesus — their families and their livelihood, so what was their reward? At the
For Jesus, the commandments had a vertical and horizontal dimension of love. It was not so much in the doing rather than in the being, that salvation could be obta
Jesus declares that marriage was God’s plan for humankind from the beginning; marriage is God’s idea and His institution so it’s incorrect for man to add his
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