Cycle A 16th Sunday in the Ordinary Time

Wis. 12:13, 16-19; Rom. 8:26-27; Mt. 13:24-43

The Battle of Gaugamela took place in331 BC between Alexander the Great and Darius 111 of Persia.

According to historians 1,000,000 troops of Darius and 40,000 troops of Alexander met in the Battle of Gaugamela. In the battle thousands of men lost their lives. But, the empire that was built at the cost of thousands of lives did not last long. It too sank into oblivion in a short span of time.

Gratitude

Gratitude is expressed through return of gift in the same quantity or more than what we have received. But do we return the love also in return together with gift. Until then it is not complete.

Cycle A 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Is. 55:10-1; Rom. 8:18-23; Mt. 13:1-23

Jesus taught the good news for three years. The message of Jesus penetrated the heart of each of his listeners because he spoke with tenderness using the vocabulary of the common man. In order to make himself understood more easily He made abundant use of comparisons which He took from the everyday life of the people. Today’s Gospels presents before us the parable of the sower.

Cycle A 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Zech. 9:9-10; Rom: 8:9, 11-13; Mt. 11:25-30

When Jesus taught it was easy for his listeners to understand his teachings, because Jesus used examples and imageries from their daily experience.  His teachings were centred around the geography, vegetation, climate and lifestyle of the land.

In today's Gospel Jesus says, “Come to me.

Cycle A Sacred Heart of Jesus

Deut. 7:6-11; 1 Jn. 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30

The heart is one of the most important organs in the entire human body. It is really nothing more than a pump, composed of muscle which pumps blood throughout the body, beating approximately 72 times per minute of our lives. But it is the powerhouse of human beings. Heart is so important that it has found a place in mythology,

Cycle A Corpus Christi

Deut 8:2-3, 14-16; I Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-52

October 17, 2008, a 22ft dinghy with 30 Dominican refugees aboard drifted for 15 days after getting lost at sea en route to Puerto Rico. WHAT began as a journey to a better life went horribly wrong. According to the men, they were all told by the Captain, Francisco Soler of Miches, not to take any food and water on board since it was a one-day trip.

Charity

Why many of us don’t like to give charity? Not because we are not charitable but just because of our negative experiences on giving charity, that is cheating.

God Needs You

God is in need of people who can be an instrument that His blessings can reach to his people.

Cycle A Holy Trinity

Ex 34:4-6, 8-9; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18

The world, we live in, is not as simple as it might seem to be. It is full of unexplained mysteries that raise several questions that remain to be answered till date. There are many such mysterious phenomena, which find no satisfactory explanation in science. Many of the mysteries keep us wondering,