Holy Week: Good Friday Reflection
At the beginning of the service, Fr. Dom prostrated himself at the altar surrendering himself completely to God. In his homily, Fr. Dom explained that it is a Good Friday […]
Category: Lenten Journey
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Holy Week Reflection: Maundy Thursday
Humility At the beginning of the mass, Fr. Dom humbled himself and asked forgiveness from the congregation for any faults or hurts he may have caused. He said on this […]
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Seder Meal
The Seder Meal – a Jewish Passover Tradition was held on April 16 at NBVM to give the parishioners an experience of the Jewish tradition and celebrate their deliverance from […]
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Lenten Journey: Palm Sunday
During the sunset mass for Palm Sunday celebration, Fr. Louis explained that the Gospel today exposes the worst of human traits- jealousy and betrayal. At the same time, the gospel […]
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Are we the living stones?
For reflection from this Friday, a week until Good Friday, Fr. Dom asked the congregation to reflect on the ‘stone’ stated in Gospel of John 10.31 “the Jews then took […]
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Lenten Journey Week 5: Jesus Raises Lazarus from the dead
In this week’s Gospel Reading on Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, Fr. Dom explains that in this story Jesus gives a clear indication that He is the resurrection. This […]
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The way of Christ
Fr. Louis in his sermon during the Friday mass on 5 April prodded the congregation with the following question: How would you react when we are challenged or troubles come […]
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Laetare Sunday: The Halfway Checkpoint of Lent
Rose vestments. Only fairly recently did I come to know of their existence in the liturgy. They are rather elusive, worn only twice in the liturgical year, on Gaudete Sunday […]
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LENTEN JOURNEY WEEK 4: JESUS HEALS THE BLIND MAN
In this week’s Lenten reflection, Fr. Dom explains that the Gospel speaks of three kinds of blindness- physical, spiritual and selective. The Gospel of John (9:1) portrays physical blindness of […]