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FARCICAL FRATERNAL FANTASY
There is celebration in some circles that Pope Francis’ latest directive that non-ordained “Brothers” in men’s religious orders that also include priests, may now become Major Superiors, albeit with Vatican permission. What is the hullabaloo about? Will it have any impact on the ground? Though not a fan of Shakespeare, the Pope’s directive reminded me…
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समान नागरिक संहिता पर ज्वलंत प्रश्न
UNIFORM CIVIL CODE ke bare mein
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टैंक – बुलडोज़र और नमक
शासक और राजनेताओं को नम्रता की राह पर चलना चाहिए
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FEAR NOT…
Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week, done and dusted. Life can now return to normal. Really? If the preceding 50 days was a drama, then “Yes”. If it was a spiritual experience, then “No”. Post Resurrection we cannot possibly return to normal life. A believing Christian’s life can never be “normal”. Nor is it abnormal. It…
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TRANSFIGURED, CONFIGURED, DISFIGURED?
This morning (13th March) the Church celebrated the feast of the Transfiguration. While the gospel was being read my thoughts raced ahead. The three Synoptic Gospels refer to the Transfiguration (cf Mat 17:1-8, Mk 9:2-8, Lk 9:28-36). Peter, who was present then, also alludes to it (cf 2 Pet 1:16-18).Significantly, all three synoptic writers situate…
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MAKE LOVE NOT WAR
As teenagers in the 1960’s we were exposed to the anti-establishment pop culture of the Beatles, and the anti-war protests of the hippies. The latter’s war cry (sic) was “Make love not war”. As I write this the Russian invasion of Ukraine has entered its second week. Time will tell how and when it will…
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GENERAL SUNITH FRANCIS RODRIGUES (RETD) PVSM, VSM, ADC
19/9/1933 – 4/3/2020 One more gallant, courageous and compassionate soldier has gone to his reward; to the bosom of the Supreme Commander of the forces of good – the Heavenly Father. It is by chance that I came to know about the passing on of Gen Rodrigues. I scoured my two newspapers and a couple…
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HOW FAITHFUL IS GOD?
The mandate given to me was to write about “How great is the faithfulness of God”, in the context of FOCUS completing 9 years. This sounded like a categorical statement that brooked no argument. The best answer would be “Please read the Bible. You will discover how faithful God is”. Unfortunately, this seemingly innocuous question…
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SOMEBODY RAPED NOBODY – MADNESS!
When our kids were quite small they regaled visitors to our home with this story. “There were three friends named Somebody, Nobody and Mad. One day Somebody killed Nobody so Mad went to the police station and blurted out that Somebody had killed Nobody. The inspector was not amused and shot back – Are you…