A still image taken from CCTV footage provided by the West Bengal Police shows three men who police said are suspects in a case where a nun was raped when a group of about five intruders broke into a convent...
Story By: Fr. Felix Anthony (Matters India). Miao: A group of Catholic bishops Friday paid a visit to a Buddhist monastery in Arunachal Pradesh as part of their efforts to promote inter-religious dialogue. “We feel at home with you as both of...
Ranaghat(Story By: mattersindia.com): A 75-year-old nun was raped early Saturday by a gang of miscreants in Ranaghat, a town in Nadia district of West Bengal. To protest the incident, local residents began blocking road and railway lines Saturday afternoon. West Bengal Chief Minister...
Stinger stung, antidote awaited Kejriwal can keep his flock together by chanting the harmony song (This editorial appeared in March...
ANDHRA PRADESH FEDERATION OF CHURCHES (APFC) (State Level Body of Bishops / Church Heads – Regd. No. 89 of 2008) APBC Center, 2/3 Sikh Village, Secunderabad, A.P. – 500 009 Cell: 09849965958 Fax: 040-27891976 E-mail: apchurches@gmail.com March 13, 2015 Honourble...
Mumbai: The Bombay Archdiocese had said that they would probe the incident where a Catholic priest, during a sermon for children, reportedly made an anti-women remark, leading to an uproar in the community. Fr Neville Fernandes , a Redemptorist priest...
'Many who haven't even seen the documentary are claiming that it defames and damages the image of India, makes it sound unsafe, and gives the rapist a forum.' 'This couldn't be further from the truth, and the film shows the...
Story By: mattersindia.com reporter. New Delhi: Delhi Police have appointed a nodal officer and launched a Facebook page to address the grievances of Christians in the capital city. Joy Tirkey, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, has been nominated as the nodal...
Story By: Fr. Adolf Washington (Matters India). Nagpur: The Council of Diocesan Priests in India (CDPI) launched its website February 27th, at its 13th National Conference where priests from dioceses across the country gathered at Nagpur to deliberate on the theme ‘Effective...
Story By: mattersindia.com. New Delhi: Suspected Hindu radicals attacked two churches in four days in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The attacks came a few days after police in Rajasthan, a northwestern Indian state, allegedly tortured 20 Christians, reports christiannews.net....
Father Mathias fills the vacancy left by Father Thomas, whose body was found inside the seminary building on the morning of April 1, 2013. Bangaluru: Jesuit Father Joseph Benedict Mathias has been appointed Rector of St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary in...
Story By: mattersindia.com. Mangaluru – The discalced nuns of cloistered monastery in Mangaluru dedicated to Sacred Heart of Jesus, who live an enclosed life spending minimum seven hours a day in prayers, have been forced to run from pillar to post...
Story By: mattersindia.com. Nagercoil: A group of Christians not attached to any denominations Monday staged a demonstration in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, to demand a separate burial ground. “A common burial ground is a must for those who are not members of...
In our society, a woman's problems start from the moment she is conceived. New Delhi: When a 23-year-old medical student was brutally gang raped on a bus in Delhi in December 2012, it sparked outrage across India and around the...
Modi's assurances of ending violence are contradicted by his party faithful. By John Dayal New Delhi: Whether you love her or hate her, Blessed Teresa of Kolkata did her main work with her hands and heart among people that...
(Note: This editorial in the March 6th edition of the Hindu has a wide range of applications about the need of internal democracy in all political parties, as well as churches and religious organizations. Without internal democracy there can be...
It is pointless to attack a person (now declared Blessed by the Vatican) who is no more to answer all these charges which are unfounded and only intended to tear the fabric of religious harmony which India has been practising...
Fr M Prasad said that Mother Teresa always wanted to serve the poor, but not involved in religious conversions. Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh Federation of Churches organized rally in Vijayawada on Tuesday demanding an open apology from RSS chief Mohan...
The parish was in possession and enjoyment of the site for 80 years and had been given electricity connection. Madurai: Madurai district administration has ordered demolition of a church allegedly instigated by Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK), the church's parish told...
(This Hindu Editorial, February 28, 2015, on Mother Teresa is full of lessons for all and comforting for those who look to her as the saint of the gutter. Dr James Kottoor) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent...
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The Power of the Saw
Every Saturday morning seems to be the time to check out the latest fix-up list posted on the household refrigerator door, which usually leads to a trip to the local hardware store. Once a do-it-yourselfer went into a hardware store and asked about a new saw for cutting firewood. The salesman took a chain saw from the shelf and told him it was the newest model, with the latest in technology, guaranteed to cut ten cords of wood a day. The customer thought that sounded great, so he bought it on the spot.
The next day the customer returned, looking somewhat exhausted. “Something must be wrong with this saw,” he moaned. “I worked as hard as I could and only managed to cut five cords of firewood. I used to cut seven with my old saw.”
Confused, the salesman said, “Here, let me try it out back on some wood we keep there.” They went to the woodpile, the salesman pulled the starter cord, and as the motor went Vvrrooomm, the customer jumped back shouting, “What is that noise?”
(The customer trying to saw wood without the electric power turned on to help him is very much like the believer who attempts to live his religious life without the daily Divine empowerment).
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