Tuesday, April 30, 2024 Acts 14:19-28; Jn 14:27-31 Today’s Gospel invites us to reflect on Jesus’ promise of peace. It is often easy to give a spiritual spin to Jesus’ statement on peace. However, if we look closely, Jesus says, ‘‘My’ peace I give to you.’ Now, what is his peace? Is it the same […]
Monday, April 29, 2024 Acts 14:5-18; Jn 14:21-26 Today’s Gospel reminds me of a few lines from Tagore’s Gitanjali. ‘I shall ever try to drive all evils away from my heart and keep my love in flower, knowing that thou hast thy seat in the inmost shrine of my heart. And it shall be my endeavour
Sunday, April 28, 2024 Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:26-31; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8 The fifth Sunday of Easter invites us to explore the relation between ‘remaining in God’s love’ and ‘bearing fruit.’ In the Gospel, Jesus makes use of the imagery of the vine to show how the branches (Christians) bear fruit as a
