No seed germinates without first dying. And so, Jesus died on the Cross at the Calvary to free the world. This is a special Good Friday and Easter. The world is currently besieged by the deadly coronavirus. Suddenly we all have time to be indoors. To know one another better. To make our houses homes. To pray together. To have special relationships with God at a family level. The #covid19 is a reset button to remind all of us the true meaning of life – family is where it all starts. For a long time, many people have become too…
From Whatsapp: Emptiness and Vanity!
Our cars are just parked there, nowhere to go to. The private jets are lying in waste, air spaces are all shut, every country nursing its citizens and fighting an unseen tiny enemy. Each man is confined to a room in those big mansions and the designers; clothes, bags, shoes, perfumes and make-up kits have all become useless and serving no purpose. No more urgent appointments and business meetings that deprive us of time with God and family. No parties to attend and hangouts to meet up with friends, no more convoys and sirens, even the money stocked away in…
Tool 82 of 104 is to believe
As Jesus went along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, for him to have been born blind?’ ‘Neither he nor his parents sinned,’ Jesus answered ‘he was born blind so that the works of God might be displayed in him. ‘As long as the day lasts I must carry out the work of the one who sent me; the night will soon be here when no one can work. As long as I am in the world I am the light of the world.’…
Tool 81 of 104 is to search for the living water
Jesus replied: ‘Whoever drinks this water will get thirsty again; but anyone who drinks the water that I shall give will never be thirsty again: the water that I shall give will turn into a spring inside him, welling up to eternal life.’ John 4:5-42 “Forgive me, Father, For I Have Sinned”, I looked up at the Priest as I made my over 100th confession. Nothing good comes easy. You must act. Get up and search for it. You will be lucky to have someone pushing you to go for confession, yet penance is one such sacrament essential for your…
Tool 80 of 104 is to focus on community impact
“Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain where they could be alone. There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light.” Matthew 17:1-9 “How will you measure your life?” Your routine is clear cut: wake up early. Drive or find a way to the office. If you have kids to drop off at school, you do it. At the office, you do your best to win. At 5 pm, you pack thebags, and off you leave for…
Tool 79 of 104 is to be conscious of evil
“Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was very hungry, and the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves.’ But he replied, ‘Scripture says: Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:1-11 Her life was changed in under five minutes. At about 11 pm, a woman is seen walking slowly into a dimly lit corridor,…
