Lectio Divina: Easter Sunday. Year B

Washington, D.C. (USA), Sr. Luz Amparo Cárdenas, April 4, 2021.- The empty tomb.  

Palm Sunday: "Rely on the power of the cross and you will be saved"

Reflection: Palm Sunday: Is 50:4-7; Phil 2:6-11 and Mk 14:1-15, 47 and for the Procession Mk 11:1-10

Bangalore (India), 03/28/2021, Sr. Anula Irvin Suguna.- We are at the threshold of the Holy Week which begins on Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday when we recall and relive the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. 

March 22, World Water Day: The well and living source of our Charism

Cali (Colombia), 03/22/2021, Sr. Elsa Myriam Londoño Valencia, JPIC Delegate of the Province of Manizales.- The cries of history resound differently in our world today. The pandemic has made us aware of our responsibility to care for our common home and to be more concerned about life.

Visit of Pope Francis to Iraq - 2

Bagdad (Iraq), 03/19/2021, Sr. Nejla Thomas.- March 5-8, 2021. Is the Pope coming to our country, to Iraq? No, we are with Covid-19 epidemic. Yes, said the Pope. I will go, regardless of everything, because the people of Iraq deserve it. Joy always gives the strength and courage to do wonders.

5th Sunday of Lent: “Transforming love”

Reflection: Fifth Sunday of Lent: Jer31: 31-34; Heb 5:7-9 and John 12:20-33

Bangalore (India), 21/03/2021, Sr. Anula Irvin Suguna.- The tone of Lent is gradually altering, becoming more intense as we move towards its supreme hour culminating in the passion and death of Jesus.

4th Sunday of Lent: “Whoever does what is true comes to the light”

Reflection: Fourth Sunday of Lent. 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Eph 2:4-10 and John 3:14-21
 

Bangalore (India), 03/14/2021, Sr. Anula Irvin Suguna.- The fourth Sunday of Lent is called Laetare Sunday. Laetare, denotes rejoice as this Sunday, Church rejoices on her journey half way through lent as she looks forward to the light of Easter.

“Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”

Dalmadih (India), 8/03/2021, Sr. Anney Chumar Maniamkot.- MARCH 8: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2021. International Women's Day is a global celebration which highlights achievements of women, women's equality and a call for change.

Pope Francis' visit to Iraq...

Bagdad (Irak), 03/04/2021, Sr. Bernadette Youssef.- His Holiness Pope Francis will visit Iraq from March 5 to 8, 2021. This is a pilgrimage to the land of Abraham carrying a "message" of Hope for all. In this time of uncertainty, his visit represents a concrete gesture of closeness to all the people of this country, martyred for many years.

3rd Sunday of Lent: “Zeal for your house will consume me”

REFLECTION: Third Sunday of Lent. Ex 20: 1-3, 7-8, 12-17; 1 Cor 1:22-25 and John 2:13-25
 
Bangalore (India), 03/07/2021, Sr. Anula Irvin Suguna.- Today, we have another significant imagery: The Temple, understood as ‘Shekhinah’ in Biblical Hebrew, is the presence of God. Jesus went up to Jerusalem temple (Jn 2:13), not wrapped in divine glory as on Mount Tabor at the Transfiguration, but filled with the zeal for the house of God (Jn 2:17).