Bishop's Writings
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Reflections / EnewsTuesday, November 3, 2020Posted: August 20, 2020 Dear saints, India is an ancient civilization with time tested virtues and defects. As with most aspirational nuggets, a virtue mined out of an ancient anthology of poems in my mother tongue, Tamil seems relevant. Kaniyan Poongundranar, in Purananru wrote these words 3000 years ago, யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் ரேளிர்—yaadhum oore yaavarum kelir, which means, “I am a world citizen, and everyone is my own kith and kin.” Read more » |
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Christ's Presence in the SacramentWednesday, July 22, 2020July 18, 2020 Dear friends, |
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Mission Home Run for JesusThursday, July 16, 2020Friends, One of the clearest teachings of Jesus that transcends religious and other categories of reality is when he identified with the outcasts of his time. “...just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Matthew 24:40. Read more » |
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A Call to Read, Watch and PrayFriday, June 19, 2020
Dear saints, I pray that you and yours are well this Juneteenth. I have been asking us to watch and pray. I now call upon you to do so by considering a diocesan wide sacramental journey to engage our baptismal identity as a Eucharistic community. Let me describe this call first and then explain why. READ MORE HERE Read more » |