Is the Holy Mass a Sacrifice? In the past, both in the natural religions and in the ritual sacrifices of the Old Testament, an animal or a bird was killed and its blood was offered as a sacrifice to God. Whereas, Jesus offered himself on the Cross as the sacrifice Read more
Institution of the Eucharist The three Synoptic Gospels have chronicled that Jesus Christ instituted the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper (Cf. Mt 26:17-29; Mk 14:12-25; Lk 22:7-20). It was the traditional Passover feast for the Jews but for Jesus and the Apostles, it was a unique Passover celebration of Read more
In view of the Eucharistic Revival Journey, which is going to be launched on June 19, 2022, I would like to share with you in the coming weeks my reflections on the Holy Eucharist. I hope this would be helpful to those who read my column to understand deeply this Read more
A call from the National Bishops The United States Conference of the Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has called for a revival of faith through the strength gained by the Eucharist. “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that Read more
Human feelings have a great role in living a happy life. The measure we achieve integrating our feelings, will be the measure we achieve happiness and sanctity that we want to possess. From Christian point of view, we understand that disorder of emotions occurred in human nature due to original Read more
The present generation of children are born in an interconnected world. Hence, they can have a very easy and quick access to the Internet, social networks, chat rooms and video game consoles. In this situation, they are exposed to a world without borders. Even though it has a lot of Read more
Raising children is not simply a matter of developing their knowledge and skills. It is more important that the parents help their children grow as persons with the gifts given to each one of them by God. Imposing things by force is not going to help the children; rather the Read more
Parents take so much care to bring up the children in good health and to provide them with good education. It is well and good and it is to be appreciated. Nevertheless, they have yet another responsibility to help their children grow in true freedom and in character by providing Read more
I would like to share with you about our concerted effort to meet the immediate and the future needs of our Parish, by way of Inspired by the Spirit Capital Campaign. The main focus of this campaign is to strengthen our Parish, so as to provide a bright future for Read more
On September 8th, we celebrated the Nativity of Mary. On this occasion, I would like to share with you the significance of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. Even though this event took place thousands of years ago, we still continue to celebrate, because the Read more