Hi friend! Hello friend!

Hi friend! Hello friend!




friendship...it happens!



A few days ago I came across a very interesting article on friendship and social media. It has been a matter of proud to have more friends on social media. The author has rightly pointed out how social media has changed the real meaning of friendship. I had a very interesting reflection (not philosophical!) on friendship just a couple days ago. As I was returning home after having gone through an unpleasant incident, I was thinking with whom I should share. I was looking for someone whom I could trust, whom I could rely on and more ever who would stand by me instead of condemning me. It would have been easy for me to share with many if it would have been a pleasant incident. I do call many as friends, consider many as my friends, have a sizeable number of friends on social pages like facebook, orkut, blog, skyp…! But are they really my friends! A thought remained with me for sometimes…

Offering God...

Yes my devotion to my books has increased rapidly. The books I read are all about the Bible, theology, church, liturgy…and about God! As I browse through the pages of my notes I ask myself, ‘can I really study God?’ I have no answer. All I know is that I can have the experience of God and in fact I am doing it. As St Ignatius puts it, “finding God in everything…” how true these words are… my struggles, my fear, my tension, my weaknesses, my shortcomings, my success, my temptations, my studies, my parents, my friends, my books, my room, my religious life, my three vows…God is there in everything! I offer them all to you…

ciao...Greek

A year has gone by…

A year has gone by! Today I have finished my first year of theological study. Its time to get ready for exams. Just study, study and study!

Ciao Greek!

At the end of Greek exams, the only words I could speak is, ‘Ciao Greek.’ Finally its over. I must admit it had been terrible. Thanks God its over! Now looking forward to Latin!

As we grow…

As we grow…


In the middle of our conversation my good friend asked, “Why do we have so many tensions? Why cannot be life simple?” I did not have any answer to give her. Then she began to tell that when she was studying she did not have anything to worry. Her parents looked after all her needs. But as she moved from the family and began to live separately while having a job, things have begun to change.

Nostalgia...

‘Nostalgia’ I must admit that I have a special affection for this word. When I learned this word for the first time, I simply loved it. For me this little word carries certain amount of emotion. I do not really recall if ever I had used this word in any of my writings! But time it comes within my heart…

It’s a problem or difficulty!

It’s a problem or difficulty!


This morning I had gone to the beatification ceremony of Pope John Paul II at the St Peter’s Square. It was a special moment for me as he would be the first blessed of the Catholic Church whom I saw. I had seen him as a young boy of six, when he came to visit my country. I always cherish that moment. If I begin to write on the impression he had left in me, I may pen a few pages, which I do not intend to do right now. Rather I would pen a simple thought which has been haunting me since morning.

Silently doing the God’s will

Silently doing the God’s will

For a day the festivity was all around our house. It was the occasion of the Diaconal Ordination of the third year. There were many guests, many unfamiliar faces. From my room I could hear the crying of children and laughing of women in our corridor. Later I heard from one of my companions that he got up from bed early in the morning as I heard the crying of a child. Initially he was not sure either he was dreaming.