Fr. Satish Joseph
Celebrating the Covenant of Love: Becoming a Feet-Washing People
Today is the Passover of the Lord. When Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples for the last time, it was different than all the...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Obedience: Walking in the Footsteps of Christ
Scripture Readings The story of Abraham willing to sacrifice his only son Isaac mystifies me on multiple levels. Even though surrounding...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Feb 13
- 4 min
Shaped by God’s Love: A Vision for Lent 2024
Lent always raises a few all-familiar questions, “What are you doing for Lent?” or, “What are you giving up for Lent?” Answers to...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Dec 24, 2023
- 3 min
Christmas 2023: Love and Tenderness
It has been quite a year. As parish priest of 5 parishes, life is a little complicated these days. The last two years have been...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Dec 2, 2023
- 4 min
"If Only You'll Offer Shelter"
At the school Mass last week, I processed into Church with a manger – the very one in the picture. The students were intrigued but...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Apr 6, 2023
- 4 min
"We Are What We Remember"
On Palm Sunday, I recall inviting everybody to make Holy Week a time to ‘remember’ the events of our redemption. I recall saying that as...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Apr 3, 2023
- 5 min
"A Reflection on "The Jews" in the Gospel of John"
“Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” Proclaiming those words during Good Friday liturgy is always deeply moving for me. We’re...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Apr 1, 2023
- 2 min
Holy Week: Remembering by Doing
Fr. Satish Joseph Memory is everything. Amnesia is like a death. This Tuesday, I lost my dear uncle, my dad’s only surviving brother. My...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Feb 22, 2023
- 3 min
Lent: A Becoming
Fr. Satish Joseph Think about this for a minute. An entire people around the globe sets aside 40 days each year to live differently than...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Dec 25, 2022
- 4 min
The Incarnation: Beyond the Obvious
There has been something inexplicable going on somewhere deep within me this Advent. I am finding it difficult to put it into words, but...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Apr 3, 2022
- 4 min
"Neither do I Condemn You": A Rereading of the Story of the Woman Caught in Adultery
I hadn’t seen him in few months. Jerusalem, though, was abuzz with news about Jesus. Caiaphas, the high priest and the other religious...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Feb 17, 2022
- 5 min
Lent 2022: Don't Let it Catch You by Surprise
Fr. Satish Joseph Super Bowl LVI is over, leaving some ecstatic and others crushed. Soon it will be time for March Madness – a thrilling...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Dec 27, 2021
- 2 min
Everyone is Someone's HERO
I have never thought of myself as a hero... anyone's hero. I am keenly and painfully aware that I am an idealist. I have very high...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Dec 25, 2021
- 5 min
Making Christmas Miracles
It was the summer of 1914. The Central Powers and the Allies had gone to war – the war we now know as the I World War. Both sides had...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Nov 27, 2021
- 4 min
Advent: Beginning with the End
It is intriguing for many people that each Advent (on which we begin a new liturgical year), the scripture readings for Mass almost...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Apr 4, 2021
- 5 min
The Resurrection is Not Magic! It is a Promise and An Invitation
A question has always plagued my mind. If the incarnation of Jesus, his life, his death and resurrection was indeed meant to be the...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Apr 1, 2021
- 5 min
The New Covenant - A 'New Normal'
When I prepared my Holy Thursday homily last year, the pandemic was raging. Public liturgies were suspended, everybody participated...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Mar 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Road to Resurrection is through the Way of the Cross
We have been through a lot in the last one year. As the human race, as a global community, as the people of God, we have been ground in...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Feb 16, 2021
- 4 min
From Dust to Dust
Dad had always wished to be buried in his ancestral grave. His grandparents and his parents are buried there. At his passing away in...
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Fr. Satish Joseph
- Jan 10, 2021
- 6 min
The Baptism of Jesus: A Pivotal Moment for Us and the Nation
This has been a tumultuous week in America. January 6, 2021 will remain etched in the annals of American history as a day of shame and...
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