Gods Own Words

“It is finished”: The Cry of Victory‍

Benny Nalkara, CMI Jesus’ seven utterances from the cross were not mere despairing cries of a helpless soul. They were expressions of His divine and human natures with the innermost feelings. As a human person, Jesus revealed God’s love in categories that derive from human experience. As the Son

Abuse and its Aftermaths

Jacob Chanikuzhy Desperate situations can be powerful catalysts that empower the weak and vulnerable people to invent ingenious solutions to their miserable situations. The story of Tamar in Genesis 38 is a case in point. According to this story, the Patriarch Judah had three sons: Er, Onan and Shelah. Tamar was the wife of Er […]

Speaking the Language without the Word, “I”

Benny Nalkara, CMI “He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30). This spontaneous response made by John the Baptist when he was told that even his disciples began to go after Jesus, can be considered as one of the most beautiful statements of the entire New Testament. Speaking the language without the word, “I” […]

All Against One…

Jacob Chanikuzhy It is possible that a parent feels special love for one of the children; but it is prudence not to make any conspicuous show of it. Jacob, however, showed his special affection for Joseph by making a multicolour garment for him. Without doubt, all other sons of Joseph became envious of him and […]

The Josephine Justice Act

Benny Nalkara, CMI The Just Man (hodikaios) has become almost like a synonym for St Joseph, the foster father of Jesus. The same virtue is attributed to Jesus in the Gospels (Mt 27:19; Lk 23:47). “Because Joseph, her husband was a just man” (Mt 1:19)! That’s the unique and remarkable statement about the personality of […]

A Disastrous Outing

Jacob Chanikuzhy “Dinah was so beautiful that she was hidden in a box and was carried by Jacob’s servants lest Esau see and wish to marry her,” reads a Jewish story. Dinah was just a curious teenager when Jacob’s family settled in Shechem. As the only daughter of Jacob and the only sister of her […]

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