history, fiction, books

The Light of Knowledge

A Celebration of the Power of Books Books are like a window onto another world – with each new page, they introduce us to new

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The Voice

Without silence, God disappears in the noise. And this noise becomes all the more obsessive because God is absent. Unless the world rediscovers silence, it

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The Conversion of Saul

January 25th is an unusual date in the history of the Church.  Normally, the church remembers saints on the death days, sometimes on birth days

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He Is Waiting For You

The unexamined life is not worth living (Socrates). The opportunity to attend a four-day residential retreat recently brought forth a lot of opportunities for me

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Two Angels

On a run this morning, many sights pass me, but one leaves an impression. A mother seeing her little child off to school, the school

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Lead Kindly Light

My mind is troubled by a matter that is not in my control.  A sense of helplessness pervades me, at the thought of being seemingly

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The Necessity of Exercise

I don’t have time, Father tells me, adding, there are many responsibilities to attend.  I am asking a Father I know, how is he doing,

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Jesus, Good Shepherd, salvation, evangelizing

Father B., The Good Shepherd

“Achane Vilikku”. “Call the Father”. ( Translation of above words from the Malayalam language). These words delivered with such clarity and confidence startle me.  My

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A Simple End

Walking through a cemetery can be quite educative.  Reading the various inscriptions on the headstones, one can get an idea of the person.  The age,

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The Bible Diary

I have been using a Bible Diary, one of the books that tell me the Mass readings for the past so many years. This Bible

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Letting Go

As I sat in the Church, yesterday afternoon,  and looked up towards the ornate roof, just before the Mass started, I thought about how many

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Where two or three are gathered, Jesus, disciples

Spiritual Sandwiches

Sandwiches. The term evokes something that one normally eats in a hurry, on the go.  Grabbing something maybe at lunch time in between work or

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road, Book of Eli

The Narrow Path

“The portion we will try to cover would be Mark 10:13-31”. This message from the leader of our weekly Bible study group ahead of our

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martha and mary, balance

Becoming like Martha

“ How do I turn on the gas? Does it have an automatic lighter?” I enquire. My wife sighs, “ No! That is the indoor

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medical care

Heroes

Disease is surely one of the ways in which we are tried by life and offered the chance to be heroic. Though few of us

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Book of Wisdom, Bible, Jonah, Truth, Gospel, Hebrews, homosexuality, word

The Power of the Word

“Oh no! Here they come!”  At 8 am sharp, this is the thought going through my mind as the gates open to the noisy, bustling

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