Gods Own Words

Battle of Prayer

Jacob Chanikuzhy “War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse,” writes the well-known English Philosopher J.S. Mill. A different opinion is expressed by William Tecumseh Sherman, American author and military General: “I […]

Conversion: A “Work from Home”

Benny Nalkara, CMI “Today salvation has come to this house”(Luke 19:9). This statement of blessing by Jesus at the house of the “converted” Zacchaeus seems to be one of the most fascinating declarations of Jesus in a home – context in the Gospels. In the Gospel of Luke, the act of conversion or repentance is […]

Hidden inside the Hard Rocks

Jacob Chanikuzhy About marriage failures, Max Lucado, accomplished American author and preacher, has this to say, “One of the things that I discover a lot in marriage counselling is the husband or wife trying to get their spiritual thirst quenched by their partner; I think that’s a real common mistake that we make.” Something similar […]

GRATITUDE: RETURN GLORIFYING GOD

Benny Nalkara, CMI “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they?” may be considered as an a typical question by Jesus during his earthly life, especially in the context of the healings He performed. The story of the healing of ten lepers and of returning of only one of them to […]

Manna, the Daily Grace

Jacob Chanikuzhy Many, a mom in large families struggles to meet the different likes of her children, husband and elderly parents at the dining table. While children dote on fast food and fried items, the elderly crave for traditional food. What if, whatever she cooks is equally relished by everyone! God, the Universal Mother, has […]

Martha and Mary : The Presence Precedes the Performance

Benny Nalkara, CMI The Martha-Mary episode in the Gospel of Luke (10:38-42) has been always a matter of lively debate in the Christian thought. Whether Jesus commended the contemplative Mary and put down the activist Martha? Actually, wasn’t it Martha who welcomed Jesus at home and tried her level best to host him, the one […]

The Holy Spirit: The Paraclete par Excellence

“Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counsellor will not come to you” (Jn 16:7). This saying of Jesus found in the farewell section of John’s Gospel is often is a comforting as well as a confusing statement. In […]

Between the Devil and the Deep Sea

Israelites may not have been the first nation to find themselves caught between the devil and the deep sea. But, their story told in the book of Exodus chapter 24 is almost a literal depiction of that situation. In front of them was the Red Sea and behind them was the army of Pharaoh, the […]

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