When this series was originally published three years ago I noted that, in Years B (Mark, this year) and C (Luke) of the Sunday readings cycle, there are two possible Gospels for the Third, Fourth and ...

Sunday, March 7, is the Third Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19:8-11; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25. It’s the Third Sunday in Lent, and we are nearing the midpoint of this ...

Every year, a day before the grand Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri, Odisha, a deeply spiritual ritual called Gundicha Marjan is performed at the Gundicha Temple. Scheduled this year for Thursday, June 26 ...

Gundicha Marjan 2025 is a significant Hindu ritual that takes place a day before the grand Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri. This sacred ceremony involves cleaning the Gundicha Temple, believed to be Lord ...

‘Koil Alwar Thirumanjanam’, a traditional temple cleansing ritual, was performed with religious fervour at the temple of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala on Tuesday, as a prelude to Ugadi, the Telugu new ...

“Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace” (John 2:16). Ezek 47:1-2, 8-9, 12; 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17; John 2:13-22 Large buildings are one way to establish the permanence of governments and churches.