Sunday Homilies

One year back I took one month off from the parish and visited my native parish in India. I thought of having good rest and seeing some of my childhood places. When I went there and attended to celebrate daily mass, I was asked to visit a sick person and with that my...

Less Luggage and More Comfort Those who have travelled by Indian railways must have seen a short notice on every trains. It will at almost every door or window. It says “Less luggage; more comfort”. What they mean to say is: when you travel with less luggage, your...

THORN IN THE FLESH If you watch some of the Christian channels on T.V and also some of the churches services and prayer groups, you’ll see lot of importance being given to “TESTIMONIES”. You know what ‘testimonies’ are? They call out some people who were healed or...

Dear Friends in Christ, The reading from the Book of Wisdom says God formed humans to be imperishable; the image of God’s own nature were humans made.  So, what went wrong?  Genesis spelled it out for us.  Sin entered the world, and with sin, death.  Humans became...

Dear Friends in Christ, It is important to hear this Sunday’s first reading from the Book of Job in context.  When the Just Man suffers, who will avenge him?  The epitome of the Just Man is Job.  Honorable in his relationships with God and his fellow humans, Job, at...

Dear Friends in Christ, It is only natural that when we hear similes regarding the reign of God, or the Kingdom of God, we translate them into terms of our human experience.  We have no other frame of reference.  Imagine God reigning, or God’s kingdom.  Naturally, we...

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...

The mystery of the most Holy Trinity is a basic doctrine of Faith in Christianity, understandable not with our heads but with our hearts. All prayers in the Church begin in the Name of the Holy Trinity and end glorifying the Trinity. All Sacraments are administered...

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...

Today is Pentecost Sunday. Pentecost marks the definitive end of the Easter Season. It occupies a very important position in the Church’s life and liturgical calendar. This is because, it marks the beginning of the church’s missionary endeavor. Pentecost day is a day...