Verghese V Joseph – New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tuesday address at the Christmas celebrations hosted by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI)
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Tag: Christmas
Peace from a Christmas Crib!
Adolf Washington – It was the ‘Christmas Crib competition’ at the then 105-year old Sacred Heart Church in Bangalore, where I served as Assistant Parish
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In Search of Inner Peace
Paul Suski – This Sunday, we light the second candle on the Advent wreath; the atmosphere is bathed in a serene glow, echoing the theme
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Christmas the Season of Biblical Joy
Leon Bent – The season of Advent is known as one of “Joyful expectation.” The Catholic Church names the third Sunday of Advent as Gaudete
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Post Merriment Post Mortem
[tta_listen_btn] #chhotebhai It bugs me when people wish me a “Merry Christmas”. It’s worse when it gets corrupted in the Hindi heartland to Marry or
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Community Leaders Christmas Interaction With PM Could Have Touched Upon Burning Issues, Feels B’luru Prelate Dr Machado
By Verghese V Joseph. While the Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore, Most Rev. Dr. Peter Machado, expressed gratitude for Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s recent interaction
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Goa: Peace, Love and Unity are Hallmarks of Christianity, Says CM Sawant
Pilar: To celebrate the message of Christmas with government officials and civil service officers, the Society of Pilar, hosted a festive Christmas High Tea, at
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How Jesus Found Me When I Lost Sight of His Manger
By Fr Sunil Macwan, SJ – Even though my Jesuit training and priestly ministry have helped me cope with the pandemic’s social challenges reasonably well,
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Christians and Peace are Like Siamese Twins
[tta_listen_btn] By Isaac Harold Gomes. Christmas is an annual religious and cultural festival that is observed in almost all countries on 25 December to commemorate
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Making a Difference: A Christmas Message from the Heavens
[tta_listen_btn] By Tony Magliano On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 entered lunar orbit and began circling the moon – the
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Christmas Story Revisited
By Dr. George Jacob – Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir -Tacitus Let us for a moment forget the commercial
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Advent: A Season Worth Waiting For!
By Jacqueline Kelly – Advent prepares us for Christmas. It is the expectant waiting, hopeful anticipation and cheerful preparation of God breaking into our lives
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Giving Up for Advent
[tta_listen_btn] By Tom Thomas. “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”- Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol “It
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Origin of Jingle Bells
Fr Hedwig Lewis SJ – James L. Pierpont composed “Jingle Bells”, perhaps the most famous secular Christmas song, in 1850. The origins of this song
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For Family at Christmas, “LOVE” is Born
Sr. Mary Thadavanal MSMHC – “Christmas” seems to be the word almost on everyone’s lips whatever the reasons – commercial, holidaying, picnicking, purchases, celebrations, get-togethers
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