Thank you!!! I pace the seasons of MY life in God’s hands: Everyday, I ask God to transform my attitudes and bring positive results out of negative situations as I travel through life’s seasons. I totally rely on God’s unchanging power in the midst of changes and unbearable challenges I experience in all aspects of…
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Special Prayer for COVID-19: My most beloved friends, Good early Sunday morning from my prayer room in our home. I know, things are beginning to look very frightening. Our Lord is telling us – Do not be afraid. He is asking us – Don’t we have Faith in Him? Let us cast all our anxieties…
Each year on August 15, the Feast of the Dormition of the Holy Virgin Mary (Theotokos) is celebrated. It is also known as the “falling asleep,” repose or kimisis of the Virgin Mary, mother of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Feast also commemorates the Assumption of the body of the Theotokos into heaven. The Epitaph…
oday marks the 32nd anniversary of my Holy Ordination to the Priesthood: My priesthood began by answering His call.
To my most beloved friends, My Amma’s viewing began at 8:30 am and the funeral/burial ended at 5:30 pm on 17th April (Wednesday). We had several Orthodox and Marthoma bishops and numerous priests attended from both sides. She was very blessed and fortunate to receive a complete Orthodox and full Marthoma funeral services. Well wishers…
Let us begin the Great Lent Seeking “Forgiveness” My dear friends, “if I have wronged you in any manner through my words or deeds, please Forgive me, a Sinner.” The first act before we enter this Great Lent is to ask from and offer forgiveness to everyone individually we have wronged. This is one of…
Baby Jesus Brings the Message of “Not to Be Afraid” Let us enter the “Nativity Fast” with a message for this Christmas! St. Luke 2:10-11 says, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city…
Has Jesus forgiven your sins? The Story of the Paralytic in Mark 2:1-12 The Lord placed this event in Scripture to assure us that Jesus has the authority and divine power to forgive sins. Jesus is able to forgive because He became a man, lived a perfect life, and taking our sins upon Himself, He…
I am very blessed and extremely honored to be standing next to His Holiness Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, Catholicos of the East & Malankara Metropolitan, holding his blessed Crosier. These are the cherished precious moments of a lifetime! .
The man in today’s story (St. Luke 5:12-16) was unclean, repulsive, unfeeling, alienated, with an incurable disease. He came to Jesus – You will never be saved until you are willing to do anything you have to do to get to Jesus. In order to come to Christ, you are going to have to turn…