For faith does not happen in the cloud. It happens on the ground where people still reach out to hold one another’s hands, whisper a prayer, and believe that even in an age of machines, the human heart remains the oldest, most sacred technology of all.
Jesus connects these two teachings because they are really the same truth. Faith is not about our adequacy. It is about God. And service is not about our worthiness.
God teaches us new and valuable lessons at this stage of our lives I feel. They may be painful, but they are necessary in helping us realise the need for detachment and the ultimate goal of our existence.
Brothers' lives will not make headlines, but they will change hearts. And perhaps that is the most important bridge of all, the one between despair and hope, loneliness and belonging, indifference and love.
October is known across the Catholic world as the Month of the Holy Rosary. It was Pope Leo XIII, in 1884, who dedicated this month to the recitation of the Rosary, placing in the hands of Mary’s children a spiritual weapon of hope and victory.
From the war in Ukraine to the tragedy in Gaza, from the capricious policies of the Trump administration to the upheavals in the world economic arena – nothing seems certain anymore.
The title “Mother of the Church” strengthens the identity of the Church as a family of God. Just as every family has a mother, the Church has a mother in Mary. She makes the Church a home, where the members are loved and nurtured.
Take a step, give to the Church, to the poor, to the missions. Your offering will travel to places you cannot imagine, bless people you will never meet, and return to you in ways only heaven understands.
The Scriptures present us with three vessels of salvation: the Ark of Noah, the Basket of Moses, and the Ark of the Covenant. Among these, only the Ark of the Covenant appears in both the Old and New Testaments, making it a privileged sign of God’s saving presence.
At its core, the parable urges us to look past people’s anger to their pain, continue loving without recognition, and remember that both we and others are healed by Christ’s patient, restorative love.
In today’s fast-paced world, silence and solitude often feel like rare luxuries. Yet, in the Christian tradition, solitude is more than just “being alone.”
The famous Latin hymn “Crux Fidelis” (Faithful Cross), attributed to Venantius Fortunatus in the 6th century, beautifully captures the paradoxical nature of the Cross
At the heart of this concept, we find Mary, the ‘Mother of God,’ whose unique participation in the sufferings of her Son, Jesus Christ, is venerated under the title of ‘Our Lady of Sorrows’ (Mater Dolorosa in Latin).
‘Satyagraha’ was a movement to make people realise that all humans have dignity and are created equal in the image and likeness of God! Our responsibility is to help build bridges and not walls!
The evening air in Mumbai carried something special on September 8, 2024. At St. Theresa’s Church in Bandra, hundreds of parishioners filled the courtyard, their hands cradling flickering candles and fresh flowers.
On Sept 8, Catholics around the world mark the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a celebration that honours the birth of the woman chosen to bear Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world.
