Family Corner

Love that Transforms Fear!

Dr. Agnes S. Thomas The people and relationships I encounter often arouse the feelings of joy, love, fear, and suffering in me. I also see how the evil manifested in war and other forms of destruction are deeply impacting a lot of people, including the communities we care about. It breaks my heart to see […]

Will mankind survive for another 50 Years? Are we heading towards mass extinction?

To our great shock and surprise, a local corporation in a city in India declared water emergency in March, much before the advancement of extreme summer taking into consideration the acute shortage of water, both ground water as well as rain water. It even imposed penalties on those who bath twice a day and those […]

Living with a Place

Prema Jayakumar ‘Mostly, we are good when it makes sense. A good society is one that makes sense of being good.’ Novelist Ian McEwan says this among other things about living in the world of today. Have you thought of the world you live in? I don’t mean anything large, not on the scale of […]

The gift of suffering

Dr. Agnes S. Thomas Lent brings forth reflections on suffering, the cross, and other sacrificial aspects of life and love more profoundly than any other time of the year for me. Therefore, I am sharing a few thoughts on suffering, what I have learned, and how it continues to influence my life. While none of […]

Are We Becoming More Controversial?

Sanjose A Thomas We dream about the making of a peaceful society and many often imagine about a world with no arms, no warfare, no mutual antagonism and where people live in harmony and peaceful co-existence. Gandhiji used to designate his welfare state to ‘Ramrajya’ which is nothing but a country where everyone is concerned […]

A call to stewardship

Dr. Agnes S. Thomas “Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?” Ezekiel 34:18 My most recent trip to Kerala, […]

Ramarajya

Prema Jayakumar It is irresistible, given the confluence of the two dates, the installation of the deity in the not yet fully built Rama temple in Ayodhya with all its fanfare, celebration and controversy and the seventy-sixth death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi which comes a week after it, no longer particularly remembered or acknowledged, to […]

A New Year resolution to love the other like ourselves!

Dr. Agnes S. Thomas The New Year reignites our hope for new beginnings – perhaps to achieve our goals we didn’t manage to accomplish in the new year, like learning a new skill. Typically, these New Year resolutions are focused on personal goals and are wonderful ways to begin a new year! However, a reflection […]

Indian bishops slam terror attack on tourists in India’s Kashmir

No action taken against police who assaulted Catholic priests in India