Holy Family - C

 Introduction by the Celebrant
(Liturgical Prayers of the day are included at the end)

A. In The House Of The Father

It may come as a real surprise to us to hear Jesus ask Mary and Joseph: "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I had to be where my Father is?" Even Joseph and Mary had still to learn and to grow in their faith. Like the Holy Family, our families and each of us have also to grow in the faith. Perhaps it is through painful trials like the one of Mary and Joseph that our faith may become mature. We too are asked: Did you not know...?

Mary, did you know - with Malayalam Subtitles

Christmas: Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ - Year C - 2

At the outset let me express my sincere and prayerful wishes of the Nativity of the Lord. May the promises of hope, joy, peace, love of his birth be fulfilled in each of us now and always.

The True Meaning Of Christmas from Sanja .

John Littleton
Gospel Reflection
Christmas has finally Come. We rejoice that the Word has become flesh, that God the Son has become human while remaining divine. There is no more waiting because the Messiah has arrived and now is the time liberation from our enslavement to sin. But this is n surprising since, in the Hebrew Scriptures ( Christians call the Old Testament), this arrival had b prophesied for many centuries before the birth of Christ.

Christmas: The Nativity of Our Lord - C -1

Catholic Series: The Christmas Season

More presentations from Pablo Cuadra

Michel de Verteuil
General Comments                                              
This well-known story is very rich so we will focus on some aspects only, staying with Mary’s perspective, especially in verses 6 to 7

The Visitation Revisited

Tyler Blanski

The days following the angel’s announcement had been the most exciting, most disorienting days of Mary’s life. With only one fresh water spring, the village of Nazareth was small. Rumors flew. By all appearances, she had fallen into disgrace. She was avoided, even slandered by her own kindred, homeless in her own hometown. The silence between her and Joseph was a yawning chasm. Yet even as whispers turned into open slander among the townsfolk, Mary’s heart beat with purpose. She remembered God’s promises. And she remembered her promise, I am the Lord’s handmaiden.

Advent 4 C: Mary and Elizabeth

4th Advent D from Padir Neylu

Michel de Verteuil
General comments
Each year the gospel passage for this Sunday is a story of Mary’s pregnancy, and for this year it is the visitation. We meditate on this story as the second joyful mystery of the rosary, so that this could be an opportunity to go into it deeper than we usually can in saying the rosary, and this would give depth to the way we say that prayer which plays an important part in the lives of many people.

Heart of a Caregiver - Video

http://www.heartofacaregivermovie.com/

People are Awesome - must see

Weekend Humor on our Current Intolerance

A man at the Mumbai zoo sees a tiger getting loose and attacking a
woman! He fights the tiger and kills it with his knife and it dies!

Newspapers report "LOCAL HERO SAVES LADY FROM TIGER " .

Later the man was interviewed, he says "I'm not an Indian"
.
Report changed "Foreign Hero Saves lady from tiger" .

When further questioned the man says: . "Actually I'm a Pakistani ."

Breaking News: .  "Terrorist killed Innocent tiger which was playing with a Girl.."

Advent 3 C - Gaudate

3rd Advent C from Padir Neylu

Michel de Verteuil
General Comments

On the third Sunday of Advent St Luke gives us a glimpse into the personality of that wonderful person, John the Baptist. In your meditation, let him remind you of great people you have known.