We all need healing from some kind of leprosy that separates us from ourselves, from others, and from God. Healing is a mystery! The deepest healing that Jesus came to bring us is not skin deep but at the level of our relationship with God.
Continue readingThe Guru said, “You saw God in whomever you met and asked about God.” The searcher of God could not believe it; all those I met, God was with them! To know this truth, we need deep and loving hearts! God created a human person, in whom God wanted to
Continue readingLet us take an honest look at ourselves. What are the things, the persons, and the places, which prevent us from doing what we really want to do and from being the people we really want to be? It is important that we identify our fears, that we see them
Continue readingJesus does not look for us to be fit but makes us fit. By calling us, Jesus makes it possible for us to follow Him, to participate in the mystery of Jesus' death and resurrection, and to make this mystery visible to others. Only those, who are ready and willing
Continue readingWhatever we have in our lives, if we do not have real happiness, joy, and peace, our lives are nothing. This happens only through our close connection with Jesus and by witnessing joy and peace with others. If we really want happiness, joy, and peace in our lives, let us
Continue readingThen the son added: “Thank you father for showing me how poor we are…...!” This small story gives us the moral message: It is not about money or expensive clothes, expensive cars or a big house that makes us our lives rich and happier but simplicity, love, compassion, family, and
Continue readingJesus Christ still lives as King, in thousands of human hearts all over the world. The cross is His throne and the Sermon on the Mount is His rule of law. His citizens need to obey only one law: “Love others as I have loved you.” His love is selfless,
Continue readingThe other thing we notice in the parable: “For everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” This is very difficult to understand from our human perspective. Here, Jesus was not
Continue readingBeing ready to stand before Jesus is a personal responsibility. Each of us needs to nurture our own relationship with the Lord and put His teachings into practice in our daily lives. No one else can do this for us; we have to know Jesus and He has to know
Continue readingIn today’s gospel reading, the Beatitudes beautifully explain the meaning of the saints. Every Christian is called to be a saint, to have the qualities and virtues mentioned in the beatitudes. The Beatitudes offer us a way of life, inviting us to identify with the poor; those who mourn, the
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