3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Simham)

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Simham) No side tracking him from following him I have a nephew. He was first in his city when he wrote his GCSC or tenth class exams. I was so happy and I got a seat for him in the most prestigious St. Joseph’s college in Bangalore....

Corpus Christi (Fr. Simham)

Corpus Christi (Fr. Simham) On this Corpus Christi Sunday when the whole catholic world is making every effort to publicly venerate the Lord truly, really, and substantially present in the Blessed sacrament, I thought I can reflect together with you about the...

Trinity Sunday (Fr. Simham)

Trinity Sunday (Fr. Simham) I remember a wonderful story I read from Leo Tolstoy. Its about a bishop in Russia who once when he was travelling by boat heard about an island where only three men lived. He decided to visit them out of his pastoral love and care. But...

Pentecost Sunday (Fr. Simham)

Pentecost Sunday (Fr. Simham) Holy Spirit the Sanctifier Today is the day of the Holy Spirit. There are so many ways in which we refer to this third person of the Trinity. We call Him as the spirit of the Father, Lord and giver of life, Advocate, counselor, Spirit of...

Ascension of the Lord (Fr. Simham)

Ascension of the Lord (Fr. Simham) Today we celebrate the solemnity of the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. It may not be as glamorous a celebration as Christmas or Easter. It may not look, at the peripheral level as spectacular an event in the life of Jesus as...

6th Sunday of Easter (Fr. Simham)

6th Sunday of Easter (Fr. Simham) The readings today give us an insight into the life of the church and how it works. In the first reading today we are taken right into the controversy that troubled the church in the first century. The controversy was such a huge one...