Virgin Mary lived her Whole Life in complete surrender to God’s will.Let us live, our entire life, FULLY SURRENDERED TO GOD’S WILL. “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word,” (Lk. 1: 38) said Virgin to Angel Gabriel. Mary surrendered Read more…
Mary became a dwelling place for God.Let us become living temples of the Most Holy God. God’s dwelling place here on earth, is fulfilled in Mary. Mary became a dwelling place for God, by submitting to the will of God. God, Who became present here on earth, truly dwelt in Read more…
Blessed Virgin Mary, Chosen to Bear Christ!Let’s Choose to Live, as Blessed Virgin Mary did! Blessed Virgin Mary was the Creator’s Chosen Creation to Bear the Creator. God chose Virgin Mary, a common and ordinary person to bear Christ within her. Blessed Virgin Mary was God’s chosen instrument to carry Read more…
The Holy Gospel records but a few incidents from the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It says nothing about her parentage, her nativity, or her childhood. All such information comes to us from the early tradition of the Church, which was recorded in the middle of the second century Read more…
Joseph of Arimathea was a righteous, holy, pious, and devout disciple of Lord Jesus. He was a good and upright, just man (Lk. 23: 50). He was born to one Matthias, in Arimathea, (otherwise, called Rameth or Ramathaim, native town of Samuel the Seer), a city in Judea and is Read more…
It was during the time of the Babylonian captivity, Daniel and three fellow Hebrews, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, were chosen to enter the king’s service because they were “young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified…” (Daniel Read more…
Samuel was a man chosen by God for God, from his birth until his death. He faithfully served God and the nation of unified Israel as it transitioned from the time of judges to the rule of kings,in several important positions during his life, earning God’s favour because he knew Read more…
Mar Labi often called as Judas (Jude in English) is variously named. Jerome called him Thaddaeus Trinomius, which means a man with three names. In Mark he is Thaddeus.In Matthew he is called Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddeus. Matthew 10:3 in the Peshitta Bible reads as (and Philipos, and Bar-Tholmai, and Thoma, and Mathai Read more…
God is present every where. He can hear our prayers, from wherever we pray. Then, why should we go to Church to worship? Such questions are normally put forward by many students. A humble attempt is made to answer this question. We will see certain Biblical proofs as to why Read more…
It was the Lord’s day, and the 15th day of the month of August, when that blessed hour that all were awaiting drew near. It was the third hour of the day (nine o’clock in the morning). In the room, the Holy Apostles were offering praise to God, with many lamps burning. Theotokos Read more…