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                                                     Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde                  Lazy afternoon, but had to work – to get that job done. Wanted to clean the attic as it was in a bad shape for quite some time. I sat down to clean and dust my books, which had accumulated on the cover and the room had caught a little mold, which gave a little stink probably because of the fungus that had grown all around it. I began dusting books one after the other , and the dust exposed many favorite stories of my childhood. While cleaning the attic, the heaviest stack of books just fell down in front of me and on the top of the books was the book that flashed like a jet through my memory and the book was “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”.          This book had one character who had different shades – a good person and a bad character. There was the good Doctor Jekyll, who was this good doctor who did his work of treating patients and also lived a good life, was a Catholic fulfilling al

                                                                                      St. John the Baptist                                                                 I woke up to a blasting sound on the 24 th June . The sound was coming from   the streets outside my window. There was a lot of commotion going on and I was wondering what it was about. Annoyed I looked out of the window and saw some celebrations going on. I enquired what was going on, and the   reason why it was happening. It was the feast of San Joao ( or St. John the Baptist). The celebrations had already started for the day. The chapel was near my house in Goa and the procession was going towards the chapel. As the procession went towards the chapel I thought about St John the Baptist. M, Many of the people who were celebrating this great saint did not know much about him. They celebrated the feast as it was a matter of custom and a source of enjoyment, with a lot of fun and frolic happening.

                                                      The Holy Week in The Phillipines        Sitting down in my cubicle, I was watching some videos during the Holy week  when I came across this video of the Holy week that was taking place in the Philippines. I found it quite fascinating , as normally in my country the holy week starts with the Mass services and the Church rituals, but out here in the Philippines there was much more.       Much more devotion, would be the right thing to say , is what happens in the Philippines where they have an amazing form of devotion to Jesus and to Mother Mary. During the Holy week, there are many things that you will see in the Philippines, where the devotion is practical and you can see the life events of Christ taking place in front on you.       As you walk through the cities in Philippines, you will see the falagellants or the Penitents – where the Philippines. These are people who have these bundle of knives that they lash on th

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 The Shepherd                                                   The Shepherd                  “ The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want” I hear this hymn all the time in the Church, and it sits in the mind like a chicken and then goes roaming off after a few minutes.   But the things that has been staying in the mind is the word “Shepherd” . Shepherd …. Which means “one who tends to sheep”. In the Catholic faith, Jesus is shown as a Shepherd who constantly cares for his sheep who are the Catholics. But how about the profession, the one of a shepherd who goes around taking care of the sheep   Well, for starters shepherding is an ancient profession which has its roots in history from the times of Christ and probably even before  . Whenever I would think of the Shepherd’s job, then the imagery would play on my mind. The flock of sheep are rounded up and taken over the hills and the shepherds would round them up to graze, and w