Author Archives: Nelson Lobo

Receive the Holy Spirit In the recent years I have been travelling and living in different cultural contexts. The question, “Where do you come from,” has become so difficult for me to answer. I am sure, these days many people … Continue reading →

Eyes Fixed on Heaven and Feet Firm on the Earth Luke tells us in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 1:3) that Jesus was seen in his risen form for forty days. After those forty days, Jesus was no more … Continue reading →

I am going away, and shall return John 14:23-29 Have you ever felt that Jesus was absent in your life? Have you ever felt that God was far away? Sometime back I was talking to a young friend of mine … Continue reading →

Love one another, just as I have loved you From the Golden Rule to a Programme of Life Many Diocesan Catechisms, after listing the Ten Commandments would immediately add, “And these can be summarised in two Commandments: –‘You must love … Continue reading →

I am known to the Shepherd (Jn 10:27-30) With the increasing urban life, young people of today might think, oranges are just churned out of factories. The only fruits that they may be familiar with are: Apple products, Black-berries and … Continue reading →

Peter’s Mentor: The Beloved Disciple (Jn 21:1-19) In the liturgy, since the beginning of the Easter Triduum (the three days before Easter), through the Eastertide we hear so much from the Gospel of John. In the passion narrative and in … Continue reading →

In Jesus, I trust. One day a nurse at a hospital heard cries of ‘Help! Help!” coming from the room of a 96 year old woman who had broken her hip. They rushed in to find that she was just … Continue reading →

WITNESS IS ONE WHO “SAW” THE LORD The words with which John begins his first letter are moving: “What we have heard and have seen with our own eyes, what we have looked at, and touched with our hands, I … Continue reading →

DO NOT LOOK FOR THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD We Christian are convinced we are custodians of an excellent project of humanity and society. We are proud if the noble and elevated moral proposal that we preach is recognized. We … Continue reading →