Most of us try sincerely and earnestly to pray. In spite of our efforts, we are, in a few moments, led to daydreaming, either about our conversation with someone or any of our meetings or any of our work etc. and thus get distracted from prayer. We all know that Read more…
According to spiritual writers, Prayer is distinguished as vocal and mental prayer, public and private prayer, reflective and affective prayer, guided and spontaneous prayer etc. However, the Catechism of the Catholic Church underscores three major ways of prayer: Vocal Prayer, Meditative Prayer and Contemplative Prayer (Cf. CCC #2699). Vocal Prayer Read more…
Prayer is a loving conversation between us and God. It comprises of Adoration & praise, Thanksgiving and Petition: Adoration and Praise: An act of Adoration and Praise is an essential part of prayer, because it involves our recognition of God’s magnificence and grandeur on account of his love and goodness. Read more…
In the Gospel according to St. Matthew, Jesus complains on one occasion saying: “This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me” (Matthew 15:8). From this we can understand that true prayer does not consist in high-sounding phrases or words. It is not simply what Read more…
I would like to share in the coming weeks, some thoughts about Prayer. What is prayer? There are so many explanations given to enlighten, what we mean by prayer. As a general understanding, the Catechism teaches that prayer is raising one’s mind and heart to God, in order to have Read more…
The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines, “A Virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends towards the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; Read more…
The Sunday following Easter Sunday is celebrated as Divine Mercy Sunday in the Catholic church. Hence, it is fitting for us to understand what exactly we mean by God’s grace and mercy. In Christian understanding, Grace is the spontaneous, unmerited gift of the divine favor in the salvation of sinners; Read more…
Today the joy of Easter echoes through the world, proclaiming Christ’s Victory of light and life over the darkness of sin and death. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, is the song, we sing on this Easter Sunday and during the coming 50 days of the Easter Season. “This Read more…
What is Liturgy? Liturgy is a form or rite or a body of rites, according to which public worship is conducted. A Catholic Liturgy is essentially an action of Christ, performed by one of the ordained ministers: Deacon, Priest, Bishop, Cardinal or Pope. In so far as it is the Read more…
The historical events of Jesus’ Suffering, Death, Resurrection and Ascension into heaven is known as the Paschal Mystery. The word Paschal actually comes from the Hebrew word for Passover. The Paschal Mystery is very closely connected to our salvation: “He (Jesus Christ) accomplished this work (salvation) principally by the Paschal Read more…