23 Sunday - B - Ephphatha

 Introduction

The Rite of Blessing and Sprinkling Holy Water (Missal, p 387) is appropriate because the gospel is that of Jesus restoring hearing and speech to the deaf man with the speech impediment.

A.    Lord, Open Our Ears and Lips 

We live in era of communication explosion: fax, E-mail, internet or web, and so on. And at the same time it is an age of isolation and loneliness of people. What people have is information, and what they have lost is personal relations. In this eucharist we pray to the Lord, to open our ears. that we may again listen to one another and to God speaking to us. May we also learn again to speak to one another, person to person.

Pipe-compost in Kozhikode

Pipe-compost units to cut waste menace in Kozhikode

 

KOZHIKODE: The city corporation has decided to set up pipe-compost units in all city households in its effort to find a permanent solution to waste menace. The plan has been successfully implemented in the state capital and will ensure the disposal of biodegradable waste at the point of generation itself.

22 Sunday B

Introduction to the Celebration

We gather here because Jesus has made us welcome. He has called us, he has chosen us, he desires that we love one another around his table.

This is our great religious gathering: we affirm who we are, what we believe, we ask the Father for our needs, and we thank him for our lives and all our blessings.

Retrouvaille - Rediscovery of Marriage

Since Father Arul Raj is ministering in this area and conducting seminars, I thought you might be interested to have some idea of what it is. TK

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Retrouvaille_™

... a lifeline for Marriages

A program to Help Couples Heal and Renew their Marriages.

• Do you feel lost, alone or bored in your marriage?
• Are you frustrated, hurt or angry with your spouse?
• Are you constantly fighting? Or, do you simply shut down?
• Have you thought about separation or divorce?
• Does talking about it only make it worse?
  ... Retrouvaille provides marriage help!
   

A dog caring for a baby Monkey

The baby monkey that's as thirsty as a dog: Caring mongrel suckles chimp separated from family back to health

 Mintu the caring mongrel has become something of a local celebrity in her tiny Bangladeshi village after adopting a baby monkey that was separated from its family and suckling it back to health.

De Mello - Meditations

Call to Love - Meditations by Anthony de Mello SJ

Meditation 31 - Divinity is all around you

Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. (Mt. 24:44)

Sooner or later there arises in every human heart the desire for holiness, spirituality, God, call it what you will.

One hears mystics speak of a divinity all around them that is within our grasp, that would make our lives meaningful and beautiful and rich, if we could only discover it.

De Mello - Stories

De Mello Stories

Tony de Mello

The Master in these tales is not a single person. He is a Hindu Guru, a Zen Roshi, a Taoist Sage, a Jewish Rabbi, a Christian Monk, a Sufi Mystic. He is Lao Tzu and Socrates. Buddha and Jesus, Zarathustra and Moham­med. His teaching is found in the 7th century B.C. and the 20th century A.D. His wisdom belongs to East and West alike. Do his historical antecedents really matter? History, after all, is the record of appearances, not Reality; of doc­trines, not of Silence.

21 Sunday B

Introduction to the Celebration:

Rather than give an introduction, say something like this: We are gathered here as sisters and brothers, members of the Body of Christ, so let us introduce ourselves to each other.

De Mello Tapes - Wakeup! Pray-Part Four

De Mello Wakeup! Pray - Part Four

De Mello Tapes - Wakeup! (Pray) Part Three

Wakeup! (Pray) Third part.