Reflection: John 11: 45-56 We are now on the threshold of the Holy Week, and today’s Gospel sets the stage for the coming events. The tension between Jesus and the opposing Pharisees and high priests has reached a point of no return. An official meeting at the highest level is held, and a full-fledged decision […]
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Saturday of 5th Week in Lent Gathering What Is Scattered At a time of the purifying trial of the exile, Ezekiel preaches God’s utopian dream: Israel will be gathered into one: one nation, one land, one sanctuary, ruled by one shepherd and servant king under one God in a covenant of peace. After the […]
Saturday of 5th Week in Lent Gathering What Is Scattered Introduction At a time of the purifying trial of the exile, Ezekiel preaches God’s utopian dream: Israel will be gathered into one: one nation, one land, one sanctuary, ruled by one shepherd and servant king under one God in a covenant of peace. After […]
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PASTORAL VISIT OF BISHOP GUY BOULANGER TO TIMISKAMING FIRST NATION Timiskaming First Nation, Canada. 5th April 2022 was a day-long pilgrimage for Msgr. Joseph Ferdinand Guy Boulanger, Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda, on the sacred land of Timiskaming First Nation, situated close to the municipality of Notre-Dame-du Nord. The day started around 09:05 with a warm welcome to the […]
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REJUVENATING AND RENEWING TOGETHER ONE’S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD Shillong, India. Lent is a season of rejuvenation and renewal. Twenty-six Claretian Missionaries of Northeast India Independent Delegation made their annual retreat at Arrupe Renewal Center at Mawshohroh – Shillong from 28th March to 2nd April 2022, in order to prepare themselves to be better missionaries. Fr. Scotus Fernandes, SJ, facilitated the […]
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LET’S KNOW THE BIBLE The apologetic letter that Paul sent to the Corinthian community was not accepted. The apostle’s defense was rejected by the community or, rather, by someone within the community who was stirring up the group whom Paul calls ‘super-apostles,’ people who have gone up in smoke and think they are who-knows-who and […]
Reflection: John 10:31-42 We are close to the Holy Week. From the fourth week of Lent, the Gospel texts for day’s liturgy are almost exclusively from the Gospel of John. In the last two weeks, we have been reading about the progressive revelation that Jesus makes, of the mystery of God the Father on the […]