Sunday Homilies

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. He chose maths and science as his main...

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 adoration or the respect that is due...

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 many objected saying "The old...

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 truth and so on. With all...

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 Christmas where there were angels...

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 that it almost ship-wrecked the...

TO LOVE AS JESUS  LOVED The message that stands out from today’s readings is the new commandment that Jesus gives to his disciples. And the commandment is ‘to love as Jesus loved.’ Our immediate reaction to this is: How can we possibly love as Jesus loved? After all,...

Can you hear the sound of the Good Shepherd's voice Because God is so far beyond human comprehension, when he has to be referred to, Bible often used images to talk about God. Even Jesus used images to talk about God the Father. These images were often drawn from the...

Today's Gospel is one of the post-Resurrection appearances reported by John. Recall that in John's Gospel, Jesus appears first to Mary of Magdala, second to all of the disciples except Thomas, and finally to Thomas and the disciples (which we heard last Sunday).  in...

All of us have a share in his heart both sinners and saints Today is ‘Divine Mercy Sunday’. We celebrate the richness and dept of God’s love and mercy.When you go through the Bible or the history of salvation what is clear is that ‘God is a God of Mercy’. There is no...