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Which is the single most factor that affects our children and youth? The response of parents may vary from anything like TV or MySpace or music or friends. A few might say church. But, studies (and experience) have shown that only a very few parents would...
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When at random I tuned into the NPR the other day there was an interesting talk show on “academic dishonesty” in the US . One of the Duke University students, under scrutiny for cheating in academics, was telling his story. He was a brilliant guy who...
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During the last mission prayer, we reflected on Luke 10: 25-37 ( http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2010:%2025-37&version=31 ). In this portion, we find a lawyer asking Jesus about eternal life and who his neighbor is. When Jesus responded...
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Since not everyone can join our weekly mission prayer sessions, I would like to use this forum to share a few thoughts on the Bible portion that we reflect on during this conference call. In the DYF Mexico Mission Team, we have a prayer team that meets...
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Last week the Sunday School Students of the Eastern Zone of our Diocese came together under the title ‘Young and Respected' at Ramapo College NJ for the Junior and Senior Conference. The young kids who came were restless in their quest to find out how...
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The advanced computer technology erected a more sophisticated phenomenon ' my space .' This is an area where people are specially invited to enter into a more personal and intimate level. Only intimate buddies are invited to this area. It creates a personal...
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A boat with a furled sail at rest reminds us of the great journeys captured and yet to be captured.A boat is designed in such a way that it can go through the waters.A car reminds us of the journey through roads and highways.So each and every minute creation...
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Last week, I had the scare of my life. A US Justice department letter arrives calling me to report for jury duty. I had no idea as to why they found my name for that! The consequences for not reporting for duty was quite frightening. Anyway I was elated...
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We all are taught or instructed to give. Giving is considered as one of the noble act. We often ask questions like, how much I have to give. Or to which project I should help? These questions pose an idea as if we are the owners of our resources. Who...
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Mark Chap 6 begins with Jesus being rejected in his own village but ends up being accepted in other places where people come seeking him. When does a witness become relevant? Only when we have a first hand experience. Every witnessing is challenging but...
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Attaining credits is an inevitable part of American life. From the begining itself one is struggling to attain good credits.Whether it is in the field of education, work, purchase of house, indulging into business etc., inshort in every aspect of life...
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Hi 2007 graduates The day you were waiting for long is almost here. It’s the day when you will be recognized as men and women and not just kids, when you would be looked up to as heroes ( check out your image on the back cover of the current Reader’s...
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Who is a visionary? Yes I remember Moses, who got challenged by the vision of God at Horeb while he was shepherding the flock. But here is a person who saw a vision at the death of somebody else! The vision of Isaiah (Isaiah 6.1-13) is like that. A death,...
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“The sheep hears his voice .......” Jn 10:3 My ministry began as a missionary in hilly regions of Himalayas in India. The place was poor with rocky soil, better suited for grazing than cultivation, so shepherding was a common occupation. The collection...
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America is a nation of unending highways, millions of automobiles and people on the move. An intrinsic part of this ballad of the road is the ubiquitous McDonald's, Subways and so forth. A small patch of light in a sea of darkness, a moment of respite...
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Matthew 25.31-16 Matthew 25 is all bizzare stories. Ten Virgins in waiting, lamps with and without oil, Master who gives away his treasure to his srevants and moving on for long holiday. It culminates in the event of The Lord who had left all his nations...
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As I approach to the waiting lounge in the airport, the public safety announcement heard, “please report any strange packages or suspicious act immediately to the concerned authorities.” The strange(r) always seems to be a threat. The post resurrection...
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The longest walk in the history has become the shortest seven miles ever walked, a walk that turned a conversation of pain and confusion into a conversation that illumined and excited the two disciples leaving their hearts burning within themselves. It...
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We join in mourning the student community of Virginia Tech who lost their friends in the heartless shoot out on Monday. We are shocked by the depth of heinous act which snuffed out so many promising life as they were blooming. We share the sorrow of the...
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Our neighbour Mr.Cardinas Ray 87, rarely goes to Church.Basically he is a Catholic.He says ' I don't want to go to Church because Christians simply believe. I can't do that. I want proof. There is no proof in Christian belief, so I am not interested in...
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The wait is over, the day is here-april 14th. Philadelphia Ascension All Stars BB tourney is right here. All the martho-ortho-jaco-catho kids of the entire East are crowding at Downingtown for an April Madness of a better kind.... They say you won’t know...
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CHRIST IS RISEN from the dead, trampling down death with death. Eastern Orthodox Hymn The Jesus tomb is again in news. Thanks to some extreme archaeological findings and Discovery Channel. They must have hoped for a rerun of Gibson's Passion, as is evident...
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The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Matt 21:9 The crowds and disciples of Jesus’ time were under the yoke of Roman Empire, under the foreign...
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Mark 10: 46 - 52 We exclude people in different ways and for different reasons on the basis of faith, ideology,caste, rich and poor, etc. As a result of this many people are thrown to the peripheries of the society where no activity takes place. The gospel...
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An unexpected incident occured around two thousand years ago in a Jewish Church.The presence of Jesus altered the traditional worshipping experience of that Church. This incident of the crippled woman is mentioned only in Luke's Gospel and this healing...