Third Tuesday in Advent – December 17, 2024 Genesis 49: 2, 8-10; Matthew 1:1-17 One of the pronounced purposes of the coming of the Son
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Advent 2024: The Joy of Seeing the Reign!
Third Monday in Advent – December 16, 2024 Numbers 24: 2-7, 15-17; Matthew 21: 23-27 If the first week of this Advent pilgrimage that we
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Pope Francis at 88: 11 Years Going, 11 Good
By Lavoisier Fernandes – Apparently, the Italians have a proverb: “After a fat pope, a thin pope,” which essentially means that different men bring a
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Homily: The Expected Coming of Jesus
Third Sunday of Advent December 15, 2024 Zephaniah 3:14-18; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18 On this third Sunday of Advent, the church invites us to rejoice
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Of Priestly Call and Their Parents
By Tom Thomas – Recently I was disturbed by an interaction on a WhatsApp group that I was part of. Someone had posted a WhatsApp
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Uniting for a Cause: The Push for St. Joseph Vaz as Patron Saint in 2025, the Jubilee Year
Filomena Giese – The appeal to elevate St. Joseph Vaz as a Patron Saint for South Asia is a significant movement within the Catholic Church,
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Advent 2024: Peace is Child’s Play! It’s Obedience!
Second Friday in Advent – December 13, 2024 Isaiah 48: 17-19; Matthew 11: 15-19 Peace is child’s play, seems to suggest the Word today. We
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Advent 2024: Peace is Inheriting the Reign
Second Thursday in Advent – December 12, 2024 Isaiah 41: 13-20; Matthew 11: 11-15 We began this week with the prophecy about the voice in
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Jemimah – The Fearless
# chhotebhai – Have I spelt Jeremiah wrongly? No. This is not about an ancient prophet but about a modern young social influencer—Jemimah Rodrigues, the
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Advent 2024: Peace is Resting in the Lord
Second Wednesday in Advent – December 11, 2024 Isaiah 40: 25-31; Matthew 11: 28-30 On our journey of hope, towards understanding what peace is all
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Advent 2024: Peace is Inclusion, Not Seclusion
Fr Antony Christy, SDB – Second Tuesday in Advent – December 10, 2024 Isaiah 40:1-11; Matthew 18: 12-14 At times in the name of peace,
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In Search of Inner Peace
Paul Suski – This Sunday, we light the second candle on the Advent wreath; the atmosphere is bathed in a serene glow, echoing the theme
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Advent is a Time of Penance, Hope and Expectancy
Leon Bent – Advent, (from Latin adventus, “coming”), in the Christian church calendar, the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus
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Immaculate Conception and the Advent Journey: Mary – God’s Part of preparation!
Fr Antony Christy, SDB – Solemnity of Immaculate Conception – December 9, 2024 Genesis 3: 9-15,20; Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12; Luke 1: 26-38 We celebrate the
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Advent Sunday: The Journey Explained
Second Sunday in Advent – December 8, 2024 Baruch 5: 1-7; Philippians 1: 4-6,8-11; Luke 3: 1-6 We began a pilgrimage of hope last week
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