Month of November is specially dedicated to pray for the souls in purgatory. On 2nd of November we specially remember and pray for these souls. However, many Christians, including some Catholics, have this common question: Why should we pray for those who have already died? To answer this we, first, need to understand what is…
Here I am on the ground, wounded and weary Stained again with what I always abhorred. “No never again,” I had resolved, Yet ever again, do i falter. But I am consoled to say, “Man is weak.” After all ‘to err is human,’ it is said. To stand apart is a burden too heavy,…
When Jesus saw the widow offering the two copper coins he called his disciples and said that she has offered more than what all the others had offered. He said that the others offered from their abundance and she, from her nothingness, offered all what she had to live on. I was just thanking God…
A continues effort to be aware of the constant and enveloping presence of God in one’s life will set him on his way to holiness. The path of holiness marked out by Don Bosco is characterized by his constant reminder, “God sees you” to his boys. When one is aware that he is in the…
We know that if someone is focused on God and his word he will undergo a transformation in his life. There are many examples of such transformations. Can we also experience that transformation? One needs to learn how to focus on God. In Ps: 16:8 we read, ‘I keep the Lord always before me’. A closer look into this verse…
It was when I was in Holy Redeemer Hospital, Dimapur that I met Sr. Mildred Rongthaluh who shared an incident from her life which reminded me of the tender devotion to Guardian Angels which I always treasured. Devotion to guardian angel is not a fairy tale meant only for small kids. It’s a real experience for many. Whether we are aware or not our angel is always with us, seeing everything we do, listening to all what we say. What will we feel when we love someone greatly and do a lot for his or her good but receive no response from the person we love. We will certainly be sad. Similarly our angels will be sad if we do not respond to their love.
It was a practice to send an obituary notice to other Carmels when any Carmelite nun dies. A month before St Therese died one of the nuns said, “I really wonder sometimes what mother prioress (superior) will be able to say about Sr. Therese. It won’t be easy, for though the little sister is very good…
St Therese became one of the most popular saints of the twentieth century. Pope Pius XI made her the “star of his pontificate”. She was beatified in 1923, and canonized in 1925. Therese was declared co-patron of the missions with Francis Xavier in 1927, and named co-patron of France with Joan of Arc in 1944. On October 19, 1997 Pope John Paul II declared her the…
Love of God The year before Therese died, her sister Marie told her: “You are possessed by God, literally possessed, exactly s the wicked are by the devil.” Therese herself told Celine, her sister, I don’d believe I’ve ever been more than three minutes at a time without thinking of God.” Celine appeared to…
Our Lady was never far from Therese’s thoughts. She spoke of her frequently in her letters. To a missionary priest she wrote: “What a joy to remember that the Immaculate Virgin is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear.” She always presented her petitions through Our Lady…
Vox Divini 