Showing posts with label lent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lent. Show all posts
Friday, March 22, 2024

Lent Day 41: The temptation of fake profiles

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St. Matthew 4: 1-11 narrates how the devil tries his best to tempt Jesus. After forty days of fasting, Jesus is tired, hungry and vulnerable...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Lent Day 38: The immorality in seeking whatever we want

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Prayers these days are becoming a want based asking to God. There are many who claim that they can bring God down, can get whatever someone ...
Monday, March 18, 2024

Lent Day 37: Execution of persecution

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How many of us will choose to be and remain a Christian if we realise that we have to die for it? Not just die, but suffer in the meanest of...
Saturday, March 16, 2024

Lent Day 35: The worship of goodness and life

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Why do we go to church? Why do we get together as a community? Why do we partake of communion and why do we listen to the word of God? Is it...
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Lent Day 28: “Something”

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Old houses and elderly women in Kerala have something in common. They are hospitable. Of course, if they know you. When one visits, the gran...
Friday, March 8, 2024

Lent Day 27: House wives are not free helps

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Women’s Day is celebrated today in many parts of the world and it is a time to recognise the hard work of women in our society, community an...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Lent Day 26: Welcome back dear prodigals

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We love to talk in terms of binaries and like the ‘us’ and ‘them’ usage in society, community and church. That is how we also come to usages...
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Lent Day 25: Mid Lent- The cross of dignity, love and hope

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Everyone goes to church to feel at peace and to set down the burdens one feels. The church community can become a great place if people gree...
Saturday, March 2, 2024

Lent Day 21: The Great Feast

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Having a reading of the feeding of the four thousand is intriguing during lent. There is so much talk of depriving oneself of food, fasting ...
Friday, March 1, 2024

Lent Day 20: Knowing God enough to not ask

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How easy is it to ask something to a loved one? Even though many think it is easy, that is not the case. We will be reluctant on two counts....
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Lent Day 19: Lent as a time of multiplying

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What would we like to be in life? Would we want to be a source of healing through our prayers and compassion? Or would we want to be a poiso...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Lent Day 18: Being Christ ready

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One can never be fully ready. Whenever we plan a trip or a vacation, something or the other will always come in between. But if we go withou...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Lent Day 17: Lent as a time to recognise and congratulate

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I have heard many people either refer to themselves as self-made or say that someone else is self-made. I do understand the emotion behind t...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Lent Day 14: Discerning Jesus of Nazareth

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The church starts and ends prayers in the name of the Holy Trinity, The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The collegiality of the three persons, ...
Friday, February 23, 2024

Lent Day 13: Jesus’ cheeky gospel

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Today’s thought continues with the other teachings of Jesus to stay away from power, money and authority. In St. Matthew 5: 38-39 he goes a ...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Lent Day 12: Making money spiritual

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One of the most difficult things in Christian faith is with regard to money, making of money and spending money. Jesus didn’t show any incli...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Lent Day 10: Remembering the sacrifices of our forefathers and foremothers and the working class of the church

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The Christian community should be seen as a giving community. It is not just the money or donation one gives but the effort one puts in to m...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Lent Day 9: Our churches should not be profitable institutions

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Many churches these days are trying to be professional in their approach and running. Some even appoint professionals to run churches. Many ...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Lent Day 8: Clean and pure as the antithesis of Lent

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St. Luke 5: 12-13 showcases a man full of leprosy who asks Jesus to make him clean. Jesus responds positively and touches him and says “be c...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Lent Day 6: A reconciliatory demand towards repentance, justice and peace

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Apart from lent and fasting, the most significant Christian form of proclamation of faith is the Holy Communion. The body and blood of our L...