Reflection: Mark 10:13-16 Jesus reprimanded his disciples who wanted to prevent people from bringing children to him. Although in our Church communities we speak so much about welcoming people to Church and bringing Jesus to the people around us, it is also true that we behave like the disciples and prevent others from approaching the […]
Saturday of 3rd Week in Lent God Sees What It Is In Us We cannot save ourselves by rites and practices. Sin is forgiven and lasting happiness found in an encounter of love with God. If we recognize that we are sinners, people who have failed at times and who could do better, […]
Saturday of 7th Week in Ordinary Time Is Anyone Sick Among You? Introduction James gives us today his famous text on anointing the sick. The sick person is the responsibility of the community. “I was sick and you visited me,” says the Lord of the true Christian. In our difficult […]
Truskavets, Ukraine. Russia has begun attacking Ukraine today, February 24, 2022, as we can watch from the news and videos circulating on social media. The attack began moments after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had “decided to conduct a special military operation” to protect eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. Russia carried missile strikes on Ukrainian […]
Empowering Women to be Self-Employed and Self-Reliant Gauribidanur, India. Project Vision took another step in empowering the local women at its Rural Campus near Gauribidanur. It inaugurated on February 17 its tailoring unit as part of its Vocational Training Program for rural women, mainly for family members of children with disabilities. This new project is supported […]
LET’S KNOW THE BIBLE Writing to the Romans, the apostle Paul presents his own gospel. He means that he wants to propose and explain his vision of the gospel; it is not his own personal creation but the way he understood the right way of announcing the Gospel of Christ. He presents the work of […]
Reflection: Mark 10: 1-12 While writing the Gospel, Evangelist Mark selected and put together various incidents from Jesus’ life to address the issues that he considered particularly significant for life within the Christian community. In today’s gospel, the Pharisees, raises the issue of divorce. Mark’s community in Rome may have been experiencing this problem. Jesus […]