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Mary’s Light Guides Our Journey To God

May 2, 2025 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Our faith is woven through Scripture, Mary stands as a luminous thread, her life a testament to unwavering trust in divine promise. When the angel

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Legacy of Saint Joseph

May 1, 2025 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Jacqueline Kelly – Saint Joseph is considered to be “the most hidden of the saints”. Nazareth, Jerusalem and Bethlehem were the three scenes in which

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Finding Hope in the Lenten Season

March 4, 2025 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

In homes across the Christian world, families are entering the sacred season of Lent—a 40-day period that serves as both spiritual pilgrimage and shared journey.

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Anyone for Spiritual Sandwiches?

December 2, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Tom Thomas – The term evokes something that one normally eats in a hurry, on the go. Grabbing something maybe at lunch time in between

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My Experiments with Tyagarchana

November 14, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Acharyasri Sachidananda Bharathi – The term ‘Tyagarchana’ is conceived and developed by me to represent the sadhana and ideology of the Kingdom of God

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The Power of the Holy Rosary

November 5, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Paul Suski – (Eph 6:12) “For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world

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All Saints Day: From Ordinary to Extraordinary!

October 31, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Sr Lini Sheeja MSC. God in His goodness created human beings in His own image and likeness with love and for love. “I have

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Saints Simon & Jude: Heeding to His Call

October 27, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr. Joy Prakash, OFM. Simon we know as a Zealot. For a long time, scholars thought that this referred to a violent group of

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A Tale of Eucharistic Miracles

October 20, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Jacqueline Kelly – The working of miracles is very closely related to the charisma of healing, but it includes miracles of different kinds. There

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Sacred Spaces or Market Places? A Call for Reflection on Church Practices

September 24, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

ML Satyan – From the Church history, we learn that the Catholic Church, in every country, has been promoting ‘devotions’ for many years. A predominant

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Mary Treasured These Things in Her Heart

September 17, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Sr. Molly Fernandes sfn – The Month of September is like a coin with two sides.  A month where we are reminded to celebrate the

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Going Within Before Going Out – Exaltation of the Cross

September 13, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

By Fr Joshan Rodrigues – Looked at from a purely secular and historical perspective, the Cross would not be considered an object to be exalted

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Part II: Churches of Nativity of Mother Mary in India

September 6, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Jacqueline Kelly – The Feast of the Nativity of Mother Mary is popularly referred to in Kerala as “Puthari Perunnal”. Puthari means new harvest and

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Synodal Spirituality: A Unique Expression of Christian Spirituality

August 19, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Fr. J. Johnson OFM Cap. – Synodal Spirituality is a distinct expression of Christian spirituality that emerges from the Synodal Church’s emphasis on union and

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An Integration of Marian and Gandhian Spiritualities

August 14, 2024 Team ICM Faith / Spirituality

Acharyasri – The integration of Marian and Gandhian spiritualities offers a profound lens through which to view the ongoing struggles for freedom in India, particularly

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Friday reflection on readings 1, Isaiah 29:17-24 & the Gospel of Matthew 9:27-31. Please click link and scroll down a bit to listen to the audio.

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