GRACE...!

“Save wildlife, you save the planet: The importance of wildlife in the eco-system” Earth is the common home for all of us. If we don’t take care of it, the future generation will curse us. The freedom and prosperity will be ours if development and sustainability of our planet go hand in hand. We need to take responsibility to make earth green. Therefore, UNO announced 2015 as the international year of “Green Earth.” Pope Francis in his encyclical Letter Laudato Si , says that “If we destroy creation, creation will destroy us.” He says human greed is the cause of the loss of biodiversity. By our short-sighted behavior he says “thousands of species will no longer give glory to God by their existence, nor convey their message to us.” He ends saying that we have no such right to manipulate and put an end to those innocent animal world. Therefore let me give some information about how we are the cause of this environmental imbalance.         1. Do not Kill Me: This is the voic

      Many great people are born and died. Few are forgotten and few are remembered and few are living as legends. This reminds us that life is all about relationship and memory. When living people are forgotten they are almost dead and when dead people are still remembered they still living.         It is wonderful to think about one's date of birth. It is still wonderful to think of friend's birthday. That is why many friends of us time and again remind us about the upcoming birthday. They love us more than the birthday itself, however there are moments when we feel how some friends who sincerely care us. It is all the more wonderful to think of such God-given friendz. They make not the birthday special but our life special. I thank God for such friends who walk into my life and make life splendid indeed. 

“It is not how long we lived but how well we did” says Martin Luther King the Junior. Of late the Provincial of Shillong Province said that the contribution of Fr P.V to bring up the DBCIC is beyond words. Therefore, with a heart of appreciation and hope of admiration we offer him a token of gratitude on behalf of the SHTC family. Because what he has achieved as DBCIC director is great indeed.              “For nothing will be impossible with God.” Luke 1:37 .  When God is with us, be sure, we are destined to do great things; beyond the borders and across the rivers. This is exactly what Fr P.V has achieved in last seventeen years. “ Great things happen when God mixes with us, great and beautiful, wonderful things...great things happen when God mixes with us.” As we think of Fr P.V. this is exactly the hymn that flashes through my mind at the moment.        He loves green, prefers green and goes green. Perhaps that is why , he is ever green with an enchanting smile on his f

Today we had a Seminar Class on the Letter to the Collossians. One of the students was presenting his paper, the class was rather serious. After the presentation of the theme there was time for discussion, debate and clarification. The class was rather hot and debatable. Many students questioned the person concerned and clarified a lot of doubts. As usual there were a couple of students who acted smart and kept quite and looked wise. Noticing this the teacher asked them if any question two can ask. One of them raised voice and dared to ask. Other students were lost as if another serious doubt would be asked. But to our surprise that so called smart student said, "a small correction, that there are two capital letters in word. It is good if there is only one capital letter." I could bot but laugh hearing this mystical doubt or a question....difficult to term. But to my surprise the other students were equally in the clouds lost in the heat of the day. After the class, I poi

OUR GOD IS THE GOD OF HISTORY ... Introduction  God is the power and wisdom manifested in the human history and the world created. Thus God is revealed in the salvation history significantly by the prophets and through the prophets. This wisdom and the power is understood and comprehended by the human beings in the given situation. Thus God has plan for human beings even before we were born. The purpose behind this plan and power is that we find his plan and obey his will. Perhaps this is what we call discovering the divine vocation. God’s love and message for us humans is that he never abandons us despite human predicament. This is called in Latin Mysterium Iniquitas meaning the mystery of evil. In this context freedom is God’s choicest blessing to us by which we have the capacity to transcend that evil by God’s grace, help and mercy. Thus God’s presence is pervading everywhere in the form of wisdom, power and love. Thus one of the patriarchal promises of Yahweh is still co

He was committed to his motto “Death Rather than Sin” and made a pledge of faith “Jesus and Mary shall be my friends.” In this light of faith and grace he was guided by Don Bosco another spiritual giant of the times. Thus Dominic Savio proved the world that sanctity is not monopoly of the sages and monks. Sanctity and holiness can be achieved by anybody provided we are guided by the Holy Spirit and assisted by the enlightened elders. Be it teenagers, youngsters or children all can reach to the heights of holiness and sanctity, for which Dominic Savio is a perfect example of such holy living.   Dominic Savio, a 14 year old lad manifested holiness in his short span of life. All his virtuous life is rooted in his upbringing in a devout family. In such conducive family atmosphere and accompanied by devout parents - the result of this holy family is a saint among us today. He was brought up in a Family that was cradle of love and charity. He was abundantly blessed to live among th

 Down the history we heard about many ideologies, theories, philosophies and religious traditions but no one has ever claimed as “the way, the truth and the Life,” (John 14:6) except Jesus Christ, the living God, who said “Whoever finds their life will lose and whoever loses it for my sake will find it,” (Matthew 10:39) for “I have come to give you life and life in all its fullness” (John 10”10). Therefore, he is “the way, the truth and the life” (John 14:6).    In life, there are certain essentials that guide us and lead us to the Father in Heaven. Hence, Jesus begins his public ministry with Beatitudes (Sermon on Mount) which are the measure of our earthly life. By these beatitudes Jesus once again sets the importance of the Ten Commandments that were given by God the Father. By this teaching and preaching he sets the tone for us to live to the full.   However, there are many young people today, who live life anyhow and somehow as if there is no God. This in fact is a com