There is a beautiful story which tells us about the importance living with a sense of higher purpose in our daily...

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by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Sep 11, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
There is a beautiful story which tells us about the importance living with a sense of higher purpose in our daily...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Sep 4, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
One of the often referred teaching from the Second Vatican council is about the missionary vocation of all the...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Aug 28, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
For St. Vincent, to live according to the spirit and charism of the congregations is to live the virtues of the...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Aug 21, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
“The up-to-date renewal of the religious life comprises both a constant return to the sources of the whole of the Christian life and to the primitive inspiration of the institutes, and their adaptation to the changed conditions of our time.” This verse from Vatican...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Aug 14, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
Gospels present the life of Jesus here on earth as a journey from Galilee to Jerusalem (Lk 9:51). It was a Journey to his Father, which ended in his death, resurrection and ascension to his father. On this Journey, he invited many to follow him and he taught them the...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Aug 7, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
In the gospel of Luke, we have the great mission statement of Jesus: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind to let the...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Jul 31, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
There is an interesting conversation between St. Vincent and St. Louise which I read many years back in a book about St. Vincent. The topic of conversation was,” why God allows sufferings in our life?”. Vincent tells to Louise, that “God can be compared to a sculptor...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Jul 24, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
In Christian spiritual tradition, the state of perfect acceptance of the will of God by an entire resignation is called as the virtue of holy indifference. It is not a virtue among many other virtues, but it is a state of virtuous life. There is a famous philosophical...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Jul 17, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
In the year 1264 at the request of Pope Urban, St. Thomas Aquinas composed a beautiful hymn for the feast of Corpus Christi. The hymn is very familiar to us and it continues to inspire us to love and adore the Eucharist. The first verse says: “I adore you by...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Jul 10, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
In the Bible, the First Book of Kings chapter three and four speaks about King Solomon and the greatness of his rule. He had a strong administrative structure. The army was also very strong and he was sovereign over all other neighboring kingdoms. During his rule we...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Jul 3, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
There is an interesting story of an atheist who considered faith in the incarnation of Jesus as absurd. On a Christmas night when all the believers where in the Church to celebrate the birth of Christ, he stayed back at home. That night there was big thunder storm and...
by Fr. Binoy Puthusery, C.M. | Jun 26, 2023 | Formation, Reflections
I hope most of us have watched or heard about the 1948 Oscar Award winning Film, “Monsieur Vincent” directed by Maurice Cloche. It is an excellent and inspiring film, one that rewards repeated viewing. And no wonder, it is at the top of Vatican’s best films list....