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Yet Another Lent?
I have just travelled to and from about 9,000 miles. It took me six flights to get to India and be back. Most of you are air travelers...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Mar 53 min read
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The Miracle of Christmas
I had just finished celebrating Mass. With altar servers ahead of me, I was processing down the aisle towards the back of the church. A...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Dec 25, 20244 min read
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Advent: An In-Between Season for an In-Between People (Five Ways to Make Advent 2024 Meaningful)
The liturgical cycle has brought us once again to the season of Advent. The Advent season is unique in the sense that it anticipates...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Nov 29, 20244 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Mar 28, 20243 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Feb 25, 20243 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Feb 13, 20244 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Dec 24, 20233 min read
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"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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Dec 2, 20234 min read
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"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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Apr 6, 20234 min read
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"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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Apr 3, 20235 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Apr 1, 20232 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Feb 22, 20233 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Dec 25, 20224 min read
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"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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Apr 3, 20224 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Feb 17, 20225 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Dec 27, 20212 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Dec 25, 20215 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Nov 27, 20214 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Apr 4, 20215 min read
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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...
Fr. Satish Joseph
Apr 1, 20215 min read
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