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Walking with God by Fulton J. Sheen [A-book-for-a-week-series 7]

Walk with God   is a good guide for the pastors and anyone who is interested in Catholic Spirituality. ‘One does not go to bed one night a saint and wake up the next morning as a devil… Moral decline often brings with it mental indecision.”  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iZ3h_DCxT0CnNYJBDkMzM5RvDiyPja0Zx1GOYxvUV8Q/edit?usp=sharing

Note From a One Year Old Priest!

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I am celebrating the first anniversary of my priesthood a wonderful, perhaps the greatest, the gift of God. I have been wondering as to how to describe this gift of God. Honestly, there aren't any words to describe the joy of being a priest, to act in the name of Christ, to offer consolation and guidance, above all, to part of someone's life whom I otherwise would've never known. To express priesthood in the words of St. Paul, it is "a treasure in clay jars" (2 Cor. 4, 7). While priesthood is holy, a priest is, I am, far from being holy many a time. It's a mystery why God chooses some people, most importantly why has God chosen me? It is and shall be a mystery! While a priest deals with the holy he remains very much earthly, sometimes even lacking humaneness that is expected of anyone. Very often I would like to tell Jesus the very words of St. Peter, "depart from me O Lord, for I'm a sinful man" (Lk. 5, 8). After all these years of being i

Celebrating Immorality: Is Indian Democracy on a Headlong Collision Mode?

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Recently I quit Facebook for a simple reason that it keeps you anxious all the time bombarding you with problems one after another. It robs your peace, doesn't provide the space to reflect on any single issue. If you are an Indian you can find that media is celebrating the immorality of politicians who usurp power somewhere all the time in the country or those crying foul over their opponents. I happen to watch news just now and the first thing that is flashed across the Indian news channels is the formation of government in an Indian state where president's rule was revoked early this morning to pave way for a party with the support of another party - whose leader himself does not know about the intentions of his party MLA, needless to say normally in India such a person is a kith and kin of the party leaders themselves.  Mahatma Gandhi gives the list of seven deadly sins. The seventh one is 'politics without principle'. There isn't any principle for politi

When Bad Things Happen to Good People - A-BOOK-FOR-A-WEEK-SERIES 2

“There is only one question which really matters: why do bad things happen to good people?” Here are the insights from Rabbi Harold S. Kushner. Happy reading! Truly an unputdownable book! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GEQ9Oe3hztMGyhrFkf3n-WfbvIj2DfJU/view?usp=sharing

A-Book-for-a-Week-series 6

"If you want to be interesting read books," says Matthew Kelly. Here is the link to the insights that I got reading the book of Matthew Kelly, an acclaimed motivational speaker & author. Hope you enjoy it! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OTWezAxfYLjFLSD8pKBDew0yNao4WZ86/view?usp=sharing