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- “On Loving God”
- “Treasures of Healing in the Catholic Church” – Part I
- “Treasures of Healing in the Catholic Church” – Part II
- “Trust and Love” – Lessons from the life of St Joseph
- "Experience the joy of the presence of God"
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- BIBLE STUDY ON GENESIS: Comparison between Jesus and Joseph - Fr Joseph Edattu VC
- BIBLE STUDY ON GENESIS: God Gives Grace According to One's Character—Fr. Joseph Edattu VC
- Bible study on genesis: God will surely bring justice to those who are denied justice
- Bible Study on Genesis: Look
- BIBLE STUDY ON GENESIS: Sinful memories will haunt you
- Bible study on Genesis: These are the Effects of a Guilty Conscience
- BIBLE STUDY ON GENESIS: Why our prayers are not always answered! — Fr. Joseph Edattu VC
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- Dealing with Insecurities in Life - Fr George Panackal VC
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- DO YOU LOVE JESUS PRACTICALLY?
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- DOES SIN CAUSE SUFFERING?
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- Fr Antony Parankimalil
- Fr Antony Parankimalil VC
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- Fr Joseph Edattu VC
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- Fr. Joseph Edattu VC
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- He is jealous for your love
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- How Can Catholics Understand Mother Mary as Co-Redemptrix?
- How did Mother Mary overcome her faith crisis?
- How do I know God is calling me to the Priesthood?
- How do we receive the gift of Wisdom?
- How do you react to the fact that the Bible calls you a sinner?
- How does God speak to us?
- How Important is Silence for our Souls?
- how should I respond?
- How St. Nicholas became Santa Claus
- How to Celebrate the Holy Eucharist Meaningfully?
- How to Control Sinful Thoughts
- How to face persecutions? – Fr Antony Parankimalil
- How to maintain the Holiness of God within us?
- How to overcome family problems
- How To Overcome Hurt Feelings
- How to Overcome Temptation
- How to Trust God Completely During a Crisis
- How to Walk in the Spirit
- humanity of jesus
- humans are of more value
- humble
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- Hurtful
- I am Eve
- I am the Life
- I am the truth
- I am the way
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- If Jesus suffered for us
- If others continuously hurt me
- If self-glory is a concurrent desire
- If you seek God
- Images
- Impressing Jesus – The Canaanite woman’s faith
- Influence of Mother Mary
- injustice
- Inner healing
- inscription
- Insecurities
- Inspiration
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- inviting us into God's family
- is God calling me?
- Is Jesus God or just a Prophet?
- Is the future of the Church in danger?
- Israel
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- It's Time
- Jairus daughter
- Jealousy
- Jesus
- Jesus Brings Peace and Joy into your Lives
- Jesus Christ
- jesus helps
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- Jesus's family tree
- Jewish
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- Joyful Mysteries
- joys of priesthood
- joys of seminarian life
- judgement
- Judgement on others
- King
- King in a Manger
- kingdom
- Kingdom of God
- Knowing
- Knowledge
- laborious
- Lamb of God
- lamb that was slain
- Lambof God
- Landowner
- last
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- Leah
- Leah - The girl no one wanted
- Leah and Rachel
- learning how to fast
- Lent
- Lessons from the Life of St Joseph
- Life
- Life of St Joseph
- life partner
- listen
- Liturgical Events Post Easter
- Live-in retreat
- lord
- loss of sanctity of marriage.
- Lot's wife
- Love
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- love your enemy
- Loving God
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- Lumimnious Mysteries
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- Marian Apparitions
- Mark 1:1-8
- Marriage
- Marriage - A Biblical Perspective
- Married life
- Martha
- Martha or Mary? The Importance of Setting Priorities in Life
- Mary
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- Mary Magdalene: Sinner to Saint
- mass stipend
- Matrimony
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- Medjugorje
- Mercy
- mercy and forgiveness
- Mighty hand of God
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- more than your capacity
- Moses
- Mother
- Mother Mary
- Mother Mary as Co-Redemptrix
- Mother Mary: Queen of Heaven
- MOTHER MARY: The Powerful Weapon Against The Devil
- Mother Mary: Your True Mother
- Mothery Mary
- Mount Tabor
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- mysteries of God
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- Naomi
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- nature
- Nature of God
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- New Year
- New You
- Nigeria
- No
- No Healing
- noah
- Nose
- not letting go
- Novena
- number tripple six
- Nuns
- obedience
- Obedience to God brings success
- obstacles
- Old Testament
- only Jesus can heal
- opperession
- or subdue it?
- original sin
- Our Father
- Our Lady
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- Our Prayers do not change God
- outcry
- over confidence
- overcome
- Overcome Hurt Feelings
- overcoming limitations
- Overcoming temptation
- paid price
- Pain
- parable of landowner
- Parable of the Wedding Banquet
- parents
- Parents sin
- Passion
- Passover
- past regrets
- past regrets hunts us down and haunts us?
- Peace
- people
- people who really love you
- Perfect Good Friday Sacrifice
- Perpetual Virginity of Mother Mary
- Persecution
- Persecution of Christians in Nigeria
- persecutions
- Persistence
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- Peter's Denial
- Pharaoh
- pharoah
- pilot
- Pope Francis
- Positivity
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- Power of blessings
- power of eucharist
- Power Of Praise (Video Transcription)
- power of prayer
- Power of Repentance
- power of the blood
- Power of the Cross
- Power of the Cross (Transcribed talk - Fr Antony Parankimalil VC)
- Power of the Tongue
- Power of tongue
- power of words
- power to forgive
- powerful
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- Praise
- Praise God
- pray
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- prayerful
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- Praying like St Teresa of Avila
- Preachers
- preaching
- preparation
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- Presence of God
- price paid
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- priests
- Priorities
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- protection
- provider
- prudence
- purgatory
- purification
- Purity
- Qualities
- Queen of Heaven
- Ramsgate
- Rapture
- ready
- Real Presence of Jesus
- Real?
- reason for the world's hatred
- Reconciliation
- Redeeming grace
- Reflection
- Reflection on Mark 1:1-8
- Reflections of the Holy Scriptures
- regret
- Rehab
- rejection
- reparations
- repent
- Repentance
- repentance at the last moment
- repented
- reproving others
- resourceful
- Responsibilities
- Rest
- restoring dignity
- Resurrection
- Retreat
- Rev. Saint Valentine invites you to the sacrament of love
- right way of fasting
- righteous person
- Role Model
- Rome
- Rosa
- Rosa Mystica Novena
- Rosary
- Ruth
- Ruth - An epitome of abiding loyalty and devotion
- Sacramental Union with Christ
- Sacred Heart
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Sacred Heart of Jesus – The portrait of Divine Love
- Sacrifices
- sadness
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- Saint Justus
- Saint Vincente de Paul
- sainthood
- Saints
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- Santa Claus
- scacrament of marriage
- scriptures
- Second Coming
- Second Sunday
- Second Sunday of Advent
- secrets
- secrets sins
- seek support
- Seeking God
- self control
- self-glory
- Seminarian
- September – The Month of Our Lady of Sorrows
- servant girl
- services
- set free
- Shadows of Mother Mary in the Bible
- Shadows of the Holy Eucharist — Blood Covenant
- Shadows of the Holy Eucharist — Manna
- Shadows of the Holy Eucharist — Passover
- Sharing
- should we be subjected to it
- sight
- Silence
- simon
- Simon Peter
- Sin
- Sinful memories will haunt you
- Sinful thoughts
- Sinner
- Sinners
- sins
- Sins hide God’s face
- sisters
- slavery
- Social Media
- soldiers
- Solomon
- Son of God
- Son of Man
- Soul
- source of strength
- spirit
- Spirits
- Spiritual power
- Spiritually Dead
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- St Alphonsus Ligouri
- St John Paul II
- St Joseph
- St Peter
- St Teresa of Avila
- St Thomas Aquinas
- st. faustina
- St. Gertrude
- St. Januarius
- St. John the Apostle
- St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
- St. Nicholas
- strategies of Satan
- strength
- strong drink
- struggle
- stumbling block
- Success
- suffering
- sufferings
- Sunday Gospel
- Tabor
- Tamar
- Teaching with Authority
- temple
- Temptation
- test
- Testimony
- Testing
- Thank God for beauty
- that the Eucharist is Jesus
- the “Influencer”
- The Beloved Apostle
- The Bitter Truth About Anger
- The Canaanite woman
- The Canaanite woman’s faith
- The Father's love
- The girl no one wanted
- The Holy Family
- The Holy Lenten Season
- The Importance of Sacrifices in Christian Life
- the King
- The Kingdom of God - The Church
- The Kingdom of God - The Person
- The Kingdom of God - The Word
- The Miracle of the Eucharist
- the mother who lost all
- the new Eve
- the new Rachel
- The Our Father Prayer Explained
- The power of a parent’s word
- The power of careless words
- The Power of Intercession
- The Power of Praise & Worship
- The Power of Your Tears
- the Queen
- The Real Meaning of Christmas
- The Ten Commandments
- The Ten Commandments- A Reference Guide to Christian Life
- The Third Person in the Marriage
- The Third Person in the Marriage (transcript)
- The True Meaning of Abraham’s Sacrifice — Fr. Joseph Edattu VC
- The True Meaning of Abraham's sacrifice
- the unity between the love of God and love of neighbour
- the way
- The Wedding Banquet
- there are hidden treasures in your life!
- this Christmas season?
- Thoughts
- Three ways to defeat the devil
- Three ways to defeat the devil - Fr Joseph Edattu VC
- throne
- through music
- through nature
- through people
- through prayer
- through silence
- Tongue
- Touch
- Toxic relationship
- Transcribed talk - Power of Repentance - Fr Antony Parankimalil VC
- Transcribed talk on Mother Mary - Influence of Mother Mary - Fr Antony Parankimalil VC
- Transcribed talks on Mother Mary - Mary Prepares the World for the Second Coming - Fr Joseph Edattu VC
- Transcribed talks on Mother Mary - Mother Mary
- Transcribed talks on Mother Mary – Mother Mary: Queen of Heaven – Fr Joseph Edattu VC
- Transcribed talks on Mother Mary – Mother Mary: Your True Mother - Fr. Antony Parankimalil VC
- Transcribed talks on Mother Mary − Episode 5 − Perpetual Virginity of Mother Mary − Fr Joseph Edattu VC
- Transfiguration
- Trials
- trials and tribulation
- true Christian spirituality
- True Disciple of Christ
- True Discipleship
- true love
- true nature
- True Peace
- Trust
- trust God
- trusting God
- truthful
- Turning the Other Cheek
- two intentions of St.John
- Two Sons
- types of fasting
- typical day of a seminarian and priest
- unforgiveness
- unholiness
- Unlawful union
- unless you repent
- unless you repent - Fr Joseph Edattu VC
- unrest
- Unrighteousness
- values
- Venerable Carlo Acutis
- victim
- vineyard
- Virtue
- vision
- Visions
- Vocation
- Vocations
- vocations director
- Voice in the Wilderness
- Voice of God
- Waiting
- Walking in the Spirit
- Walking on Water
- warriors
- washes
- Watchfulness
- we must have a listening heart
- Weakness
- weaknesses
- Wedding Banquet
- What Impression do you have of Jesus? Who is Jesus to You?
- What is Lent?
- What’s so Joyful about the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary?
- When pursuit of God
- When your laborious efforts seem wasted
- where is God
- Who is Jesus?
- Why did the Holy Family lose Jesus? - Fr Joseph Edattu VC
- Why Do Some People Not Receive Healing?
- Why do we repeat sins?
- Why is it that
- Why is Rome the capital of the Catholics and not Jerusalem?
- why should we suffer?
- wilderness
- Wisdom
- womans rights
- Women
- women of faith
- Word of God
- words
- world
- worries
- worry
- Worry And Anxiety
- Worship
- Would you like to be the happiest person in the world?
- Wreath
- Wrong relationship
- your will
- youth
July 15, 2025
Published by Fr. Joseph Edattu VC on July 15, 2025
Introduction Praising God is a vital part of Christian life yet many believers often wonder why praising God loudly is essential. Is it because God needs […]
July 21, 2023
Published by Audrey Sequeira on July 21, 2023
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Based on a talk by Fr Joseph Edattu VC Luke 15: 1-10: “The tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of Jesus to […]
December 15, 2020
Published by Amandha Senanayake on December 15, 2020
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There are many who ask why we praise God so loudly and why we need to praise God. Is it because God is so interested in […]
July 6, 2020
Published by Rohit Cheyaden on July 6, 2020
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In the Acts of the Apostles (16:24-25) Paul and Silas were chained and imprisoned in the innermost cell. About midnight they started praying and singing hymns […]