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Acts 6:8-10,7:54-59; Matt 10:17-22 Theme: Martyrdom As Christian Share in Christ’s Joy St. Stephen, who is one of the first deacons of the Church, is presented as the first martyr of the Church. Is it per chance that this feast is celebrated just immediately after the feast of the birth of Christ? After the birth […]
26th DECEMBER, 2022; FEAST OF ST. STEPHEN Read More »
Is 52:7-10; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 Theme: The Power Given to Those Who Accept Him After God has delivered the people of Israel from Egypt, in order to take them to the land promised to their ancestors, he led them through the desert. For forty years, the people were heading towards this Promise land through
25TH DECEMBER: THE POWER GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ACCEPT HIM Read More »
Be awake, even in the Nights We begin today the season of advent. Advent is from Latin word, “Adventus” meaning “Coming”. In the course of the church’s years, it has assumed also the sense of “Expectation”.These two words: “Coming” and “Expectation” put us into the very meaning of not just the Church’s liturgical season, but
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Isa 9:1-6; Titus 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Theme: The Birth of Christ is the Good News of a Great Joy To All of Us. Today, we celebrate the birth of Christ. The angel that came to the shepherds said to them: I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the
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It is Enough to of Christ Imagine after spending so many years, resources and energy, to build a very beautiful house for you and for many generations after you. And people, as they are passing by, are admiring the glory and the beauty of the house. On the day of the opening of the house,
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Reflection on Lk 19:1-10This passage presents us the character of Zacchaeus. The name “Zacchaeus” in Hebrew means “pure or righteous one”. Luke tells us that this man called Zacchaeus was a chief toll/tax collector. The tax collectors were seen as sinners, avoided, and dreaded by the people in the time of Jesus because, working for
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Theme: WE CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT We celebrate today the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. In the gospel of last two Sundays, we hear Jesus promising his disciples that he will not leave them orphans (Jn 14:18), but that he will send them another Advocate. Today, we celebrate the fulfilment
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Ex 12:1-8,11-14; Ps 115(116):12-13,15-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 THEME: No Service Without Self Emptying and Denial. From chapter 12:44 to chapter 18 where Jesus is betrayed and arrested, St. John shows Jesus approaching his last earthly days with his disciples. Hence, Jesus, now alone with the disciples, tries to give them the summary and
Acts 10:34,37-43; Ps 117(118):1-2,16-17,22-23; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 THEME: You Need to Grow Up in Faith!!! “Do you realize that you are a senior student now?” “Why do you still behave as if you are a junior student?” “Come on man! You should behave more maturely; you are no longer a boy.” These and many similar expressions
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Isa 52:13-53:12; Ps 30(31):2,6,12-13,15-17,25; Heb 4:14-16,5:7-9; Jn 18:1-19:42 Theme: Who are you looking for? At this end of Jesus’ life, it is important to see him asking the same question with which he started his earthly encounter as recorded by John. In Jn 1:38, when the two disciples of John were following Jesus, he turned
