18 April 2019 : Clericalism versus Servanthood
HOLY WEEK Thursday
Exodus 12:1-8,11-14; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-15
Jesus said to Peter, ‘If I do not wash you, you can have nothing in common...
17 April 2019: Everyone is a potential betrayer of the Gospel
Wednesday of Holy Week
Reading 1: Isaiah 50:4-9; Gospel:Matthew 26:14-25
Someone who has dipped his hand into the dish with me, will betray me.
Jesus knew, towards...
16 April 2019: The most serious betrayal is converting God to one’s own ideology
Tuesday of Holy Week
Reading 1 : Isaiah 49:1-6; Gospel;John 13:21-33,36-38
At that instant, after Judas had taken the bread, Satan entered him.
Judas! The very name...
15 April 2019: Let us not adore the gods of utility
Monday of Holy Week
Isaiah 42:1-7; John 12:1-11
‘Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor?’
Clowning in Rome,...
14 April 2019: Why this political road show?
HOLY WEEK Palm Sunday – Passion Sunday
Reading 1: Isaiah 50:4-7; Reading 2: Philippians 2:6-11
Passion Narrative: Matthew 26:14-27:66
For my part I offered no resistance, neither did I...
13 April 2019: The love-hate conflict between kings and prophets
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Reading 1: Ezekiel 37:21-28; Gospel : John 11:45-56
If we let him go on in this way everybody will believe...
12 April 2019: Are you a controversial person? There may be something important in...
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Reading 1: Jeremiah 20:10-13; Gospel :John 10:31-42
The Father is in me and I am in the Father
The statement...
11 April 2019: Fall at God’s feet; that is your glory. Make others...
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Reading 1: Genesis 17:3-9; Gospel : John 8:51-59
If I were to seek my own glory, that would be no...
10 April 2019: Truth and Freedom are twins. They always go together.
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Daniel 3:14-20,24-25,28; John 8:31-42
The truth will make you free
Truth and freedom are some of the most commonly used...
09: April 2019: The greatest criminal responsible for all evils?
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Reading 1: Numbers 21:4-9; Gospel John 8:21-30
‘When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know...
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21 April 2019: What no eye has seen, and no...
Easter Sunday
The Resurrection of the Lord
EASTER VIGIL
In the Solemn Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter’s square in Rome, when the time for ‘Alleluia’ comes...
YOUNGSPIRATIONS
Practical Guidelines to overcome porn addiction
Having examined some of the details about the danger of pornography let me suggest some of ways of overcoming porn addiction.
One of the first...
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25 Sept 2017: Torch Bearer
Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1: Ezr. 1: 1-6; Gospel: Lk. 8: 16-18
Introductory Prayer: Lord, you dwell in brightness, truth, and love....
