On September 14th, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. This feast had been established at the end of the 7th century AD, in order to commemorate three historical events in the history of the Church. The finding of the True Cross thanks to Saint Read more…
Once Pope St. John Paul II said that Jesus is the cure for our aching. Many of us are like the rich man in the Gospel according to St. Mark (Ref. Mark 10:17-31). The rich man was very excited to follow the Lord; but when he hears the cost, he Read more…
In continuation of last week’s sharing, why we have the image of Jesus and the Cross in the Catholic Church, which is wrongly understood as against the first commandment, I would like to share and clarify another misunderstood concept: why the Catholics have the statues of the Saints and pray Read more…
One of the Protestant Christians asked me “why do you Catholics worship idols? Is it not a sin against the First Commandment of God?” Perhaps, many of you might have been challenged with such questions by anyone of your protestant friends or your life partner, who is not a Catholic. Read more…
Some of us, who have been receiving the Eucharist on the tongue, perhaps have an internal debate, whether they are worthily receiving the Sacrament, now, when they receive it in the hand. Which is right: whether to receive the Sacrament on the tongue or in the hand. The answer is, Read more…
When we pray, we are very eager to listen to God’s voice. God’s voice is not like human voice, which one can hear. One might ask, how we can hear God’s voice in prayer. God speaks to us in the silence of our heart. What is this inner silence? It Read more…
At least once in our life time or even several times, we would have fallen asleep while praying. Subsequently, the fact that we have been weak and not having been awake during prayer, disturbs our conscience with the question, “I wanted to pray well, but because I was so exhausted, Read more…
We all are experiencing difficult times due to COVID-19. Still, we are happy that we could come together, at least, with a limited number, to worship and participate in the Holy Mass. I pray for the safety of all. This unprecedented time has had a significant impact on our Read more…
In the Catholic Tradition, June is the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Just before this month, I thought I should share with you the importance of our devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. These days, when we are challenged with Covid-19, we could take refuge in Read more…
The society in which we are living today is so much struggling with Covid-19. In addition to this crisis, many of our families are struggling with another problem, namely, unemployment. On account of this, many of our families have lost their income and consequently go hungry or suffer from mental Read more…