Category Archives: Lenten Season

Readings: Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 19:28-40 The King on a Pony en route to Die (Before the Procession) Today we begin the week of weeks in the liturgical calendar: the Holy Week. Today we begin … Continue reading →

Readings: Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:1-11 Grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ Sometime back, I was participating in a training in Spiritual Accompaniment. During the days of training we also had ample time for personal … Continue reading →

Readings: Jos 5:9-12; Ps 34:2-7; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 The Good Boy and the Bad Boy Today is one of those days, when I feel, a homily might steal the gospel reading of its depth. The parable that … Continue reading →

Readings: Ex 3:1-8,13-15; Ps 103:1-4, 6-8, 11; 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9 THE GOD WHO OFFERS ME A SECOND CHANCE Is the God you believe in, a coach or a referee? What does a coach do, for instance, in … Continue reading →

Readings: Gen 15:5-12, 17-18; Ps 27:1,7-9, 13-14; Phil 3:17-4:1; Lk 9:28-36 Towards an experience of Jesus Mountains are seen as locations of God-experience in many traditional cultures, and in many of the world religions. It is not by chance then … Continue reading →

Readings: Deut 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2,10-15; Rom 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 The Three Ps: Pleasure, Possessions, Power! We say the Season of Lent lasts forty days, as the Latin word, ‘Quadragesima” suggests. When I was a young seminarian – skeptical as I … Continue reading →