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Month: December 2017

Cleanse Your Heart for This Advent Season

December 8, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Fr. Domnic Emmanuel Ablutions and bodily bath are absolutely necessary before one begins one’s prayers or worship, be it for the pujari (priest) or

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Fr. James Raphael Appointed New Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey

December 7, 2017 Team ICM News

By Team ICM His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. James Raphael Anaparambil, of the clergy of Alleppey, as new Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey.

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Feast of Immaculate Conception of Mary

December 7, 2017 Team ICM News

By Fr. Eugene Lobo, SJ– Genesis 3:9-15, 20; Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12; Luke 1:26-38 On the 8th of December the Church celebrates the feast of the

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Noah’s Pet Mosquitoes

December 7, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

By Jane De Suza A bout of malaria hit my family when I was little and provoked the mutter, ‘Must be the monsoon – those

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The Real Meaning of Christmas

December 7, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Marianne Furtado de Nazareth — It’s that time of year again. December has come and with it all the joys of Christmas. The malls

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Christmas: Pieces or Peace?

December 6, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Leon Bent — Christmas is round the corner. I asked the Lord, give me a dream, a theme! And, lo and behold, peace versus

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Chapter XIX: Seated at the Right Hand of the Father Almighty

December 6, 2017 Team ICM I Believe

By Fr. Joseph Francis — Symbolic or metaphoric language   Obviously here we are using metaphorical or symbolic language whose meaning should be clearly perceived. Do

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Word of God; Our Eternal Food! Spiritual Quest of a Clinician

December 6, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture, Healthcare

By Dr Job Cyriac — “But he answered and said, it is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that

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The Difficulties of Family Prayer

December 5, 2017 Team ICM Family

By Fr Hervé Morissette, CSC – There is no ready-made solution to calm a child who misbehaves. However, it is important for the parents to

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Striving to be the Rule: Ethics for Wedding Guests

December 5, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Fr Warner D’Souza — The Bible is filled with analogies and parables relating to weddings. Yahweh was the bridegroom to His people Israel, in

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CBCI Expresses Solidarity; to Offer Prayers for Cyclone Victims

December 5, 2017 Team ICM News

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) on Tuesday expressed its solidarity with the people of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep and assured its prayers

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Sr. Nirmala: The Guiding Light

December 4, 2017 Team ICM News

By Subhasis Chattopadhyay – Sannyasa means effecting an ontological break with one’s past; sannyasis let the dead bury their dead. They are themselves dead to

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Time to Say Thank You Lord

December 3, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Most Rev. Lumen Monteiro, CSC, D.D, Bishop of Agartala — What  does  one  do  18  times  a  minute, 1800 times an hour and 25,920

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Of Things Past, Passing and Yet to Come

December 3, 2017 Team ICM Catholic Culture

Fr. J. Pulinthanath, SDB — There is something puzzling about the speed with which December always comes, bringing with it tad regret and surprise. Surprise

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When Able Meet Not So Able!

December 2, 2017 Team ICM Offbeat

By Jacqueline Colaco Rheumatoid arthritis has slowly decreased my ability to move normally so I limp around. My fingers too are bent out of shape.

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