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  “Love begins at home, right inside our community,” Mot her Teresa, the saint of the gutters. She exhorts each one of us to go home and love our mother, father, brothers and sisters at home. For, we cannot love others unless we really love our brothers and sisters within our home, family and community. Therefore, we can assume the meaning behind the novel words “ Maathru dhevo bhava and pithru dhevo bhave …” Thus it is possible to see God in our neighbour first and then serve Him in our immediate neighbours. Likewise, we love God while living one another, just as God first loved us as the apple of His eye. Mother Teresa was not merely ideal but was practical and pragmatic in her approach to love God in the dying destitute. She stands tall in the service of love and care to the other without any pre or post-considerations. She not only loved them but also prayed for them.   Mother Teresa, despite problems and challenges she was optimistic about her mission. With optimism ...

"A sound body leads to a sound mind." And "early to bed early to rise makes a man heathy, wealthy and wise" is a old saying that speaks about a person's well-being. Today people have become health conscious like never before. However, it is true how young people get trapped in emotional and relationship issues due to lack of balance and maturity. Therefore, I just would like to tell all irrespective of class and community to take care of physical and emotional health. Modern psychologists vehemently say that Emotional and Physical Health lead to Spiritual Well-being. When we balance both emotional and physical health be sure we become spiritually matured Individuals who can be flexible and creative in dealing life related issues. This process of maturity will answer the question How do I find myself, happy or said?  We must keep in mind that our physical health will certainly affect our Thinking, Behaving and Action. For an instance the balanced people use time ...

As religious we profess that we live poverty, chaste and obedient to God and Superiors. Here I mainly focused on "OBEDIENCE". I compare the obedience of Jesus to our own lives. Before I start, I would like to ask a question to you, what is obedience? Obedience is nothing but denying one's own will and choice for the sake of the kingdom of God. Obedience is listening to others and sharing with others. We see in the life of Jesus Christ, every moment or every step that he took and he was always obedient to God the Father. We see that devil came to tempt Jesus Christ. But Jesus never put God in test but he always praised God. We also know that before Jesus death on the cross, he went to the garden of Gasthemene, and he prayed to Lord: "Father; if it is possible let this cup pass away from me, but not my will but your will be done." This is the real obedience to God. This shows to all how much Jesus was obedient to God the Father. My dear br...

I was none... is now one... but will be none... When I was none... there was one... to make one... Thank  God I was none... for, there was one... and now I am One... Cos God is One... there is none... beside One... God is near... no more fear... when He is near... Cos God is One... I am ever One... Will never be One... Like the one never before... is the only one ever after... will never be hereafter... 

Pastoral Counselling Course  27th-28th September 2018  1. Write an integration paper of understanding and insights received?    The two-day sessions were guided by the Holy Spirit and the grace of God. It was a moving experience invoking the Spirit with a hymn Spirit be our spirit... On the first day, we were put into context by drawing our attention to Jesus. Evangelists tell us how Jesus was compassionate, empathetic and yet effective in his three years of public ministry. Therefore, Jesus the Good Shepherd is our model and inspiration to emulate and imitate. It was an eye-opener for me, that (in the contexts of the Religious Life) ‘if we are left to ourselves then we come to know the truth of our convictions and commitments.’ Perhaps, today a majority of laypeople, faithful, domestic staff and people who associate with us in work know how autonomous, authoritative, assertive, independent and even disobedient we are. This sets everything in perspect...

Monday: 1 Cor. 11:17-26, 33; Lk. 7:1-10   The first reading presents to us how Paul explains the attitude and the disposition of the community with regard to the Lord’s Supper. In fact, Paul gives a scolding to the community because they failed to understand the meaning of the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. As we all know that the Eucharist is the expression of Jesus love for the twelve apostles. But, the community was disloyal to this Eucharistic love due to disunity and lack of eschatological orientation. One of the reasons why Paul does not commend the community is that while celebrating the Eucharist they were stuck to their divisions and factions. Thus the community failed to understand the primordial things over the trivial issues. They gave away the eschatological essentials by being bogged down by the existential elements. Paul is rather emphatic as he says that what he received from the Lord he passed it on. But then the community could not do so. Therefore...

Once, a friend asked me to prepare a talk on the role of the young people towards parents, family and the Church. Today, the young people are seemed to be busy doing many things but they fail in life. In fact, many young people end up in life as drunkards, drug addicts, rapists and then commit suicide. As teenagers, they are so promising and so active in studies, sports and music but then as they complete teenage something goes wrong with them. Where are the principles that they learn in the School? Where are the values that they learn in the family? Where is their faith? Being young is adventurous and challenging. But then, suddenly there is a drastic change in their lifestyle, dress code, talk, food habits, picnics, new and unknown friendships and online late night chatting etc. Dear young reader, I am happy that you are reading this and while you read if you find yourself uncomfortable then you’ve got to think seriously about your life. Today all the young people who are victims...