Category: Prayers in Malayalam

BAD PARENTING

“Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons.” —Genesis 37:3 Israel, also known as Jacob, deserved the “Good Housekeeping” seal of disapproval. He was a terrible parent. He favored his son, Joseph, and made him a special robe without giving his other children anything comparable (Gn 37:3). Jacob let the communication break down in his family to the point that Joseph’s brothers “hated him so much that they would not even greet him” (Gn 37:4). Jacob was so out of touch with his family’s feelings that he unknowingly sent Joseph into a situation in which he was almost murdered by...

DIS-LOCATED?

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” —2 Corinthians 5:17 An old maxim used by realtors says the worth of a piece of property can be evaluated by the three L’s: location, location, and location. It’s where the property is located that counts. The “three L’s” apply even more fully to Christianity: it’s where you are located that makes the eternal difference. To be Christians, we must be in Christ. The New Testament refers to being in Christ over ninety times. This expression is not merely Christian jargon: it proclaims the Good News that being located in...

FARM WORK

“One day a farmer went out…” –Matthew 13:4 Mass Readings: July 26 First: Sirach 44:1,10-15; Resp: Psalm 132:11,13-14,17-18; Gospel: Matthew 13:16-17 Listen to the Mass Readings The kingdom of God is like breaking ground. The ground may be rock, a footpath (Mt 13:4), or just rocky (Mt 13:5). In our post-Christian, anti-Christian culture of death, groundbreaking is a major task. We can break open the hardest ground and hardest hearts by obeying the Lord. Often He calls us to pray and fast, prophesy, and suffer redemptively. These are principal ways in which the Lord lets us join in groundbreaking. The...

POSSESSION

“The testimony is this: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever possesses the Son possesses life; whoever does not possess the Son of God does not possess life.” –1 John 5:11-12 Mass Readings: January 6 First: 1 John 5:5-13; Resp: Psalm 147:12-15,19-20; Gospel: Mark 1:7-11 St. John puts it very directly and bluntly. Jesus is Life (Jn 11:25; 14:6). If you want life, you need Jesus. “Whoever believes in the Son has life eternal” (Jn 3:36). John even tells us why he writes to us: that we may come to believe that Jesus is...

RUNNING FROM LOVE?

“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” –Acts 7:59 On this second day of Christmas, we have ample proof that Christmas has become too commercialized. Many of us have received all kinds of stuff as presents. We may also feel stuffed from over-indulging in food, drink, TV, shopping, working, etc. We may be smothered in debt. Why do so many feel compelled to go so far overboard at Christmas? There are many answers to this question, but one answer may be that we absorb ourselves with material things at Christmas because we’re afraid of finding the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas means...