THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – FIRST WEEK THURSDAY February 26 – Esther 4: 17; Matthew 7: 7-12 Listening to the right voice, is the
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Peter Is Here: 400 Years of St. Peter’s Basilica
Pietro – Un uomo nel vento (Peter – A Man in the Wind), the powerful monologue book by the well-known Italian actor, writer and film
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Lent in Terms of Fasting
THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY February 20 – Isaiah 58: 1-9; Matthew 9: 14-15 Lent as a time of conversion
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Lenten Reflection: Lent as a Time of Conversion
By Fr. Antony Christy, sdb – February 19 – Deuteronomy 30: 15-20; Luke 9: 22-25 Lent as a time of conversion – that is a
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Lenten Spirituality for Total Union with God
Leon Bent – Jesus prepared himself in arid land for 40 days for his public ministry. The hermit yearns for a indwelling Jesus-presence in him,
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Ash Wednesday: Lenten Reflection: Listening and Fasting
Fr Antony Christy, sdb – Lent as a Time of Conversion February 18 – Joel 2: 12-18; 2 Corinthians 5:20 – 6:2; Matthew 6: 1-6,
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Making a Difference: Lent Urges Us to Venture From Darkness into the Light
By Tony Magliano – With dust-like ashes crossed upon our foreheads, each one of us is firmly presented with Ash Wednesday’s wake-up call that our
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Lent: A Time for Greening Our Souls
Janina Gomes – Lent, the 40-day journey toward Easter that begins on Ash Wednesday, is often reduced to a somber season of repentance—forsaking sins, bad
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Historical Injustice and the Concept of Truth in Saint John Paul II
Nearly four years have passed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and eight since the annexation of Crimea. Every war is inseparably linked to unimaginable
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Jacob’s Fourteen Years: Labouring Towards Divine Love
In the book of Genesis, we encounter a curious chronological detail in the life of the Patriarch Jacob. To marry Rachel, the woman he loves,
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Love That Lasts in a Distracted World
By Lavoiser Fernandes – Valentine’s Day arrives each year with predictable enthusiasm. Shops turn red, restaurants fill, and love is packaged into cards, flowers, and
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Assam: Integral Ecology and Climate Response of the North East Church
Guwahati: The North East Commission for Ecology and Climate Change convened a two-day regional planning meeting on Integral Ecology and Climate Response of the North
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San Francesco Vive: A Seed of Peace and Mercy for Our Time
Fr. M. Titus Mohan – A Special Franciscan Jubilee Year has begun to mark the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi
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The Ministerial Priesthood and St. Maximillian Kolbe
By Paul Suski – Nothing is more doomed to failure than a layperson trying to tell the clergy what they ought to do. Well, perhaps
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Disarming Our Hearts: The Vocation of Peace Making
By Lavoisier Fernandes – If 2025 left us worried, 2026 doesn’t yet give much reason for comfort. The Jubilee Year of Hope came with good
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