Verghese V Joseph – New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tuesday address at the Christmas celebrations hosted by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI)
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Category: Advent
Homily: The Faithfulness of God
Fourth Sunday of Advent December 22, 2024 Micah 5:1-4; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-44 Today’s Gospel tells us the touching story of Mary visiting her cousin
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Peace from a Christmas Crib!
Adolf Washington – It was the ‘Christmas Crib competition’ at the then 105-year old Sacred Heart Church in Bangalore, where I served as Assistant Parish
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Advent 2024: Leaping for Joy – A Sign of Beholding the Reign
Third Friday in Advent – December 20, 2024 Song of Songs 2: 8-14; Luke 1: 39-45 Leaping for joy – that is the symbol that
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Advent 2024: The Joy of Being Chosen for the Reign
Third Thursday in Advent – December 19, 2024 Judges 13: 2-7, 24-25; Luke 1: 5-25 None of us is here by chance, we are here
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Advent 2024: The Joy of Gathering in the Reign!
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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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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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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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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Advent 2024: Preparing the Destination
Fr Antony Christy SDB – First Saturday in Advent – December 07, 2024 Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26; Matthew 9:35 – 10:1,5,6-8 The journey has been commissioned
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