"The true spirit of singing the Easter Exsultet in Indian churches is found in achieving equality and liberation for Dalits, the Indigenous and minorities," writes Sr. Sujata Jena.
We understand God's love better in our time because of the many good Samaritans around us. It is in helping the needy, poor and marginalized that we can lead a holy life, imitating the acts of Jesus' love.
Horizons - "Many gave false witness against him, but their testimony did not agree." Doesn't this passage sound like a summary of a current news story and not a Gospel scene that unfolded millennia ago?
When I confront the privilege and oppression within me and experience the pain they cause, I am more able to see the destruction and pain these systems and mindsets cause to others.
"We have been taught that the poor have nothing to offer," Sr. Lavina D'Souza writes. "True hospitality, however, is a privilege of interacting with the poor, and considering them as carriers of gifts."
Everyone is welcome at the table. Everyone has food to eat. Everyone experiences safety and shelter. Everyone has an opportunity to contribute and to develop their own gifts and talents.
In 2023, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted an unprecedented Christmas celebration, with guests including Mumbai's cardinal and Delhi's archbishop. Why has the event evoked outrage among Christians?
India's upcoming general elections, scheduled for May 2024, are crucial for the country's future. A campaign is underway to save India's democratic values.
We need leaders with a certain depth, who listen to the call of their people. To lead is indeed a call. It is to enter into the deep pain of human suffering with deeper solidarity. It is to lead with one's life.