Dear Indian Catholic Matters, it is a joyful occasion to celebrate, as you turn three! In this era of social network and virtual existence, you
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Category: Faith / Spirituality
3rd Year ICM Anniversary Special: God Writes Straight on Crooked Lines
By Fr Trevor D’souza, OFM – This is a brief account of my vocation story, how God writes straight on the crooked lines of our
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ICM Anniversary Special: The Contemporary Spiritual Socialism and its Impact on the Church
(On the occasion of the 3rd Birth Anniversary of ICM, I am indeed happy and proud to note that this Indian Catholic Web site portal
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The Magnificent Traditional Holy Mass
Thirteen years ago, on July 7th, 2007, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI gave a great gift that was and is a cause of endless rejoicing
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The Scapular: Cloak of Many Colours
By Jacqueline Kelly – In continuation with yesterday’s reflection on ‘The Scapular: Cloak of Armour,’ today we look different kinds of scapulars: WHITE SCAPULAR Order
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The Scapular: Cloak of Armour
By Jacqueline Kelly – The English word “scapular” is derived from the Latin word scapulae, which mean “shoulders”. Our Lord taught us to say the
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Five Chaplets for Offering Body and Blood of Jesus
In the Bible, St. Peter our first Pope commands us Christians, to go on making spiritual sacrifices to the Father, which are acceptable to Him
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Church: Living in Communion for a Mission
The Church is a communion of communities in the sense, that starting with individual families, each being domestic church, clusters of communities in different localities
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The Spirituality of Healing: An Inbuilt Spirituality
We, the Indian, celebrates July 1st as Doctors’ Day. Let’s offer our prayer and homage to the millions of doctors and health workers of our
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Sacred Heart of Jesus: A Means of Salvation or Literally Saint-ification for Us
By Nishant Xavier – The Sacred Heart of Jesus is God’s Living Testament of His Infinite Love for us – our Divine Redeemer, our Father
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Sacred Heart: Love of Jesus for the Father and for Us
By Fr Joseph Francis – I would like to begin by pointing out a few things that could help us meditate on this theme of
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The Feast of Corpus Christi and the Changing Face of the Church
(In this paper, I make an attempt to link two concepts of Church as ‘Temple of God’ where Temple and Priesthood is the center; Church
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Consecration to Sacred Heart of Jesus through Immaculate Heart of Mary
In this month of June dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus by the Catholic Church, let us make or renew our Consecration
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The Feast of Holy Trinity in the Context of Indian Culture
By Fr. Mathew Thankachen O.Praem – Today, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Trinity, the mystery of God’s nature as revealed to Christ
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Pentecost, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, the Church, Mission at Hand Now
On the last day of the Marian month of May we had the Solemnity of Pentecost bringing to memory the first Pentecost experiences, descent of
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