Spirituality

Understanding The 14 Stations of The Cross

Dr Marianne Furtado de Nazareth – The Way of the Cross is one devotion which seems to come alive for ...

Lenten Reflection: Slavery to Law or Fulfilment in Obedience?

Fasting – from lack to fullness THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – WEDNESDAY THIRD WEEK March 11 – Deuteronomy 4: ...

Lenten Reflection: Heart of Stone or Heart of Flesh?

Fasting – from lack to fullness THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – TUESDAY THIRD WEEK March 10 – Daniel 3: ...

Lenten Reflection: From Hardheartedness to Humility!

Fasting – from lack to fullness THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – MONDAY THIRD WEEK March 09 – 2 Kings ...

Lenten Reflection: Fasting… From Lack to Fullness!

Helplessness to hopefulness; hardheartedness to humility; hurt to hunger! THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT March ...

Lenten Reflection: Living for God is Openness to New Life!

Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – SATURDAY SECOND WEEK March 07 – Micah ...

Lenten Reflection: Living for God to the Extent of Dying for God!

Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – FRIDAY SECOND WEEK March 06 – Genesis ...

Lenten Reflection: Living for God is Mindfulness of God!

Living for God is mindfulness of God! Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – ...

Lenten Reflection: Living for God and the Pit-Digging Enemies!

Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – WEDNESDAY SECOND WEEK March 04 - Jeremiah ...

Lenten Reflection: Goodness and Justice – Signs of Living for the Other!

Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – TUESDAY SECOND WEEK March 03 - Isaiah ...

Lenten Reflection: Living for God is Living for the Other!

Listening to God is living for God THE WORD IN LENT 2026 - MONDAY SECOND WEEK March 02 - Daniel ...

Lenten Reflection: Listening to the Voice Makes Us People of God

THE WORD IN LENT 2026 - SATURDAY FIRST WEEK Deuteronomy 26: 16-19; Matthew 5: 43-48 Listening to the right voice ...

Lenten Reflection: Choose to Listen; Choose to Forgive; Choose to Live!

Listening to the right voice THE WORD IN LENT 2026 - FIRST WEEK FRIDAY February 27 - Ezekiel 18: 21-28; ...

Lent and the Grace of Returning

Each season in the liturgical calendar brings with it a quiet summons - a call to reflect, to decide, and ...

Lenten Reflection: Listen; because the Lord your God listens!

THE WORD IN LENT 2026 - FIRST WEEK THURSDAY February 26 – Esther 4: 17; Matthew 7: 7-12 Listening to ...

Lenten Reflection: Sign of Jonah – the Nineveh Factor

THE WORD IN LENT 2026 - FIRST WEEK WEDNESDAY February 25 – Jonah 3: 1-10; Luke 11: 29-32 Listening to ...

Lenten Reflection: The Word of God (the Voice)

How do you know that you have listened to the voice of God Listening to the right voice THE WORD ...

Lenten Reflection: How Do You Listen to the Voice of God?

THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – FIRST WEEK MONDAY February 23 – Leviticus 19: 1-2, 11-18; Matthew 25: 31-46 Listening ...

Lenten Reflection: ‘Follow Me’

THE WORD IN LENT 2026 – SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY February 21 – Isaiah 58: 9-14; Luke 5: 27-32 Lent ...

Dust Thou Art and unto Dust Thou shalt Return

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent, has been a very difficult day for me since the death ...

Fasting for Families: Finding Peace in the Chaos

John Singarayar SVD  We live in an age where our children know how to swipe before they can tie their ...

The Miraculous Story of St. Agnes

Agnes was born in 291 A D into a Roman noble family and raised as a Christian. She grew up ...

The Paradox of the Incarnate and the Transcendental Horizon: A Theological Cartography of Henri de Lubac and Karl Rahner in the Context of the Indian Church (1947–2026)

Subhasis Chattopadhyay Ph.D. The Jesuit Bifurcation and the Crisis of Modernity The intellectual history of twentieth-century Roman Catholicism is, in ...

Blessed Devasahayam Pillai – The First Lay Indian Martyr

By Verghese V Joseph - January 14th is the feast day of Blessed Devasahayam Pillai, the first Indian lay martyr ...

Why the Jubilee Is Still Alive for Us?

Fr. M. Titus Mohan - The Jubilee Year of Hope is now drawing to a close. In the silence charged ...

The Cosmotheandric Kairos: Raimundo Panikkar’s Christo-Advaita

Subhasis Chattopadhyay Ph.D. Lest we forget Raimundo Panikkar In a word, is it not time to humbly and realistically resign ...

St. Stephen, The Martyr

By Leon Bent - St. Stephen, feast day December 26, Christian deacon in Jerusalem and the first Christian martyr, whose ...

Nostra Aetate at 60: A Call for Unity Still Relevant ‘In Our Time’

By Lavoisier Fernandes - This year marks the 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate ("In Our Time"), a short but transformative ...

Rosary: A Pilgrimage in Your Pocket  

Dr. John Singarayar SVD - In a small church not long ago, I watched an elderly woman lean close to ...

“He Has Loved Us”: 10 Takeaways That Moved Me from Dilexi Te

By Lavoisier Fernandes - When I first heard that Pope Leo XIV was preparing to release his first Apostolic Exhortation, ...

Echoes of the Nicene Creed: 1700 Years of One Faith, One Church

Fr. Vivek Lionel Basu - As the Church celebrates the Jubilee Year 2025, we commemorate an extraordinary milestone: 1,700 years ...

Tamil Nadu: Constantine Joseph Beschi (Veeramamunivar) Declared a ‘Servant of God’

Robancy A Helen – Trichy: Constantine Joseph Beschi (1680-1747), the Italian Jesuit missionary, who preached the Gospel in the Tamil soil ...
St Lawrence Karkala: PC- Flavin Glenson Dsouza

Saint Lawrence of Karkala: A Journey of Faith From Spain to Karnataka

Dr Jeanette Pinto - Karkala, a town in Udipi district Karnataka, boasts a rich history spanning centuries, particularly known for ...

The Trinity is Not a Mystery

(A presentation at Bishop’s College, Kolkata to commemorate 1700 years of the Nicean Creed, organised by the various Theological colleges ...

Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Clothed in Grace

Sr. Molly Fernandes SFN - There’s a quiet tradition, often overlooked but profoundly moving, where at baptism, a priest blesses ...

Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Mother of Hope

Br Malvino Alfonso OCD - Every year on July 16, the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Mount ...

Mary’s Light Guides Our Journey To God

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

Legacy of Saint Joseph

Jacqueline Kelly - Saint Joseph is considered to be “the most hidden of the saints”. Nazareth, Jerusalem and Bethlehem were ...

Finding Hope in the Lenten Season

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

Anyone for Spiritual Sandwiches?

Tom Thomas - The term evokes something that one normally eats in a hurry, on the go. Grabbing something maybe ...