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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.
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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).
REFLECTION: Second Sunday of Lent. Gen 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Rom 8:31b-34 and Mark 9:2-10
Bangalore (India), 02/28/2021, Sr. Anula Irvin Suguna.- The second Sunday of Lent presents another significant imagery for this time of conversion: the experience on a mountain. Both first reading and the Gospel events take place on the mountain top.
Madrid (Spain), 02/20/2021, Sr. Marta Elena Vélez, delegate JPIC Province of Spain.- Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) has been a challenge since the origins of the Congregation; Since our beginning, Marie Poussepin oriented her mission to the commitment to the poorest, to the young girls of the countryside and to the victims of persistent wars in which France was involved during her time.
REFLECTION: First Sunday of Lent: Gen 9:8-15, 1 Peter 3:18-22 and Mark 1:12-15
Bangalore (India), 02/21/2021, Sr. Anula Irvin Suguna.- Each year Lent invites us to take stock of our lives, to look at what we do: our choices, our behaviours, our actions and reactions. It is a challenge to look into ourselves and recognize the truth of who we are. Church offers us this time of grace to re-enter our inner self and bring order in our lives, through fasting, prayer and almsgiving.
Kuttikad (India), 02/07/2021, Sr. Daisy Rose Peenikaparamban.– Jeevadhara Girls’ Home is a registered institution under Juvenile Justice Act of the Government of India. Jeevadhara Girls’ Home welcomes girls and young women who are less privileged and dropped out of school due to various reasons: very poor family background with scarcity of food, clothing, shelter and medical care.
Roma (Italy), 01/24/2021, of letter of Sr. Maria Escayola Coris, Superior general.- We have just celebrated our thanksgiving to the Lord for the 25th anniversary of the Beatification of Marie Poussepin. This gave us the opportunity to fix our eyes on her, to go deeper into her response of fidelity to the Lord throughout her life, her intuitions and virtues, the charism she received for the Church.
"Men and women of the Church in the heart of the world, and men and women of the world at the heart of the Church"
Puebla N. 786; Aparecida N. 209.
La Paz (Bolivia), 01/19/2021, Community of Alto Obrajes.- Forty days for life will defeat abortion with prayer and fasting. "Forty Days for Life" is an international campaign in which more than 60 countries are participating. La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia, has formally participated in it for four years and since this year, six more cities joined this campaign.