Dr Jenette Pinto – A retreatant once asked his spiritual advisor, “I have many atheist companions, what should I say to convince them on my
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Tag: Baptism
Manifestation of Our Love for the Church and Her Mission…!
We should love the Church whom we consider as “mother” and we enjoy the privilege of being her children! We enjoy in this Church the
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Is Life “In and With Christ, and for Christ” Due for a Renewal?
He was crucified and died, and on the third day he rose from the dead or he rose again… I believe in the Resurrection of
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The Baptism of Our Lord
By Leon Bent The Baptism of Jesus, which we recall is celebrated on the Sunday following Epiphany, on 6th January. It gives us an opportunity
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Baptised, Born-Again and Sent
By Leon Bent – The “Catechism of the Catholic Church” states, “Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life
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Advent: Reflect, Renew and Move Forward
By His Grace Prakash Mallavarapu, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam As the season of Advent commences we all are thinking of Christmas celebrations and preparations for the
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Sacrament of Confirmation: Laying on of Hands and an Initiation into a Life of Beatitudes
By Dr Tiju Thomas – In his article “Sacramental life and memory”, Bishop William Patrick Callahan wrote the following positive note about our personal history:
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Types and Symbols of Lent
By Leon Bent – “Bestir thyself, Lord…and awake; do not banish us from thy presence forever…prostrate, we cannot lift ourselves from the ground. Arise, Lord,
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How to Plan the Most Memorable Baptism Celebration
By Laurel Whitworth – According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the sacrament of baptism is “the basis of the whole Christian life, the
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Baptised Life Is A Vocation
By Joy Prakash, OFM Everything exists because God called it into being by name. In the beginning God says, “Let there be light” and there
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The Divine Baptism of Our Lord
By Leon Bent The Baptism of Jesus, which we recall is celebrated on the Sunday following Epiphany, on 6th January. It gives us an opportunity
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Authentic Prayer is the Blossoming of the Spirit in Us
By Most Rev. Dr. Yvon Ambroise, Bishop of Tuticorin – A flower is meant to blossom in its own time and to spread a particular
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On Friendship Day: What a Friend We Have in Jesus!
Sr. Dr. Teresa Joseph, FMA – As Friendship Day 2018 falls this Sunday, it is just awesome to recall what St. Thomas Aquinas has affirmed,
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Chapter XXIX: I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins
By Fr. Joseph B Francis – God is ever ready to forgive the repentant sinner The Niceno-Constantinople Creed (381 AD) has a variation here: “I
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Baptism of the Lord
By Fr. Eugene Lobo, S.J – Isaiah 55:1-11; 1 John 5:1-9; Mark 1:7-11 The feast of the Baptism of our Lord presents us with the
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