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Month: December 2023

Christmas Rubble

December 13, 2023 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By chhotebhai On Sunday 10th December, I heard the first reading from Isaiah (40:1-5, 9-11) on freedom from the Babylonian exile. The reference to Babylon

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Advent Reflection: Learn to Respect

December 13, 2023 Team ICM Advent

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB. THE WORD IN ADVENT – Second week Thursday December 14, 2023 – Isaiah 41: 13-20; Matthew 11: 11-15 How do

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Making a Difference: A Christmas Message from the Heavens

December 13, 2023 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Tony Magliano On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 entered lunar orbit and began circling the moon – the first

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Prepare Your Hearts With the Virtue of Humility

December 13, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

By Newton Basumatari csc. Readings: Is 41: 13-20; Mt 11: 11-15 The readings of the day invite us to respond to the needs of the

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Advent Reflection: Learn to Empower

December 12, 2023 Team ICM Advent

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB. THE WORD IN ADVENT – Second week Wednesday December 13, 2023 – Isaiah 40: 25-31; Matthew 11: 28-30 How do

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Surrender All Anxieties and Worries to the Lord

December 12, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

By Newton Basumatari csc. Readings: Is 40: 25-31; Mt 11: 28-30 In a world filled with constant change and unpredictability, it is natural that we

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God Speaks in Silence

December 12, 2023 Team ICM Catholic Culture

By Tom Thomas. “The speech of God is silence. His word is solitude.” Thomas Merton Most of the Gospel readings during Advent are from the

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Archbishop Thomas from North East India Honoured with World Peace Award

December 11, 2023 Team ICM News

By Felix Anthony. New Delhi: On the occasion of United Nations International Human Rights Day, All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and Social Justice (AICHLS)

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Christmas Story Revisited

December 11, 2023 Team ICM Features

By Dr. George Jacob – Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir -Tacitus Let us for a moment forget the commercial

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Let Us Abide in Jesus

December 11, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

By Pritam Dangwar csc. Readings: Is 40: 1-11; Mt 18:12-14 We are in the second week of Advent and the liturgy of the word assures

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Advent Reflection: Learn to Speak

December 11, 2023 Team ICM Advent

By Fr Antony Christy, SDB. THE WORD IN ADVENT – Second week Tuesday December 12, 2023 – Isaiah 40: 1-11; Matthew 18: 12-14 How do

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Advent: Learn to See

December 10, 2023 Team ICM Advent

Fr Antony Christy, SDB. THE WORD IN ADVENT – Second week Monday December 11, 2023 – Isaiah 35: 1-10; Luke 5: 17-26 How do we

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The Just Man Joseph Teaches Us Something More Than Meets the Eye

December 10, 2023 Team ICM Family

By Tom Thomas. Recently I was upset at a situation where I felt I was not treated with respect by the other party. While being

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God Cares for Our Spiritual and Physical Well-Being

December 10, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

By Thomas Lima csc. Readings: Is 35:1-10; Lk 5:17-26 Today’s readings reveal God’s promise and power to renew all aspects of our lives. In the

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Live in Accordance With His Eternal Perspective

December 9, 2023 Team ICM Reflections

By Eldho Augustine csc. Readings: Is 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Pet 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8 Today’s first reading from the book of Prophet Isaiah echoes with profound

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