Author: Fr. Sibi Choothamparambil

We all know that Lent has 40 days, but it may cause us to wonder about the significance of the number 40. Moses, Elijah and Jesus fasted in the desert…

09.01.2021Mark 6:45-56 Jesus has just fed five thousand men, as well as additional women and children, with five small loaves of bread and two fish. In verse 45 we read,…

07.01.20211John 3:22-4:6 "By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God."(4:2, NASB) From the very beginnings…

06.01.2021 The Epiphani of the Lord Matthew 2:1:12 Who are the wise men from the east mentioned in the beginning of the gospel of Matthew? What relationship do they have…

05.01.2021John 1:43-51 Let us reflect today on what it means to follow Jesus.Jesus decides to head for Galilee, and that’s when the encounter with Philip begins. The first point we…

31.12.2020 John 1:1-18 The prologue to the gospel of John is one of the greatest theological masterpieces of the bible. It sums up the whole of Christianity. It is an…

24.12.2020 Lk 1:67-79 In today's Gospel, we read the prophetic song of Zechariah. The Messiah is referred to here as the light from on high. A ray of light that…

19.12.2020 Luke 1:26-38 "In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name…

19.12.2020 Lk 1:5-25 "Since you have not believed my words, which will come true at their appointed time, you will be silenced and have no power of speech until this…

18.12.2020 Matthew 1:18-24 In today's gospel passage we read Matthew`s narration of the birth of Jesus. It seems appropriate to meditate on Jesus' foster father, Joseph, before Christmas. "When Joseph…