The Lord is always willing to sit with us, to share table with us, to interact with us and be our inspiration in life…

Any service done in love is very acceptable to God and gives substance to anything else we may do for Lent…

Voluntary renunciation has a positive meaning. Giving up something for Lent is always with a view to living life more fully.

Our ultimate destiny is not just a return to dust and ashes but sharing in the Lord’s risen life and seeing God face-to-face…

Just as children easily begin to join other children as playmates, so we should respect those who are least self-important…

Even when all seems lost, we need to keep reaching out, like the man in today’s gospel, whose prayer was finally heard…

Today we pray for divine guidance on our present pope and on the whole church of God throughout the world…

If we reach out a helping hand to our neighbour in need, we are carrying the cross in the way that matters…

James hits out against servile deference and class distinction. He will not have us show special regard to rich, fashionably dressed people, while despising others …

We cannot walk this path without help, but must let ourselves be led, like the blind man whom Jesus took by the hand…

Like Jesus, James urges us to value the spiritual side of life. How else can one persevere till the end unless by having a deeply rooted hope?

Such a level of faith helps us through dark times, holding on to hope for better times, with the help of God…

Seing others restored to life and strength was his constant motive. Promoting life was nourishment to him…

He blesses us, that we may share his views and values, so others may be inclined to find life in him….

His own bad choices led Solomon from being an icon of wisdom to becoming a foolish despot who caused his nation to split in two…

Central to a good life lies a love of wisdom, humbly and faithfully following wherever God may lead us….