Rev. Jeswin
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Holy Spaces & Holy Time
Read more: Holy Spaces & Holy TimeWhat is the place of spiritual development in our life? For most Christians, from a young age they are taught in the ways of Christian spirituality and faith development. At the point of adulthood, it is necessary that they are able to carry on the faith practices that they learned in their younger years in…
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Re-Imagining Halloween: Magic, Horrors, and Christian Faith
Read more: Re-Imagining Halloween: Magic, Horrors, and Christian FaithAs we enter the Autumn Season and near Winter, the lawns outside many homes become decorated for Halloween. Witches, ghosts, and skeletons appear with ever-increasing realism each Halloween season. Halloween has its origins in European paganism. Christian encounters with those traditions led to a make-over. Modern observations around the world are usually non-religious although some…
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The Samaritan and the Victim (Part 2)
Read more: The Samaritan and the Victim (Part 2)The Samaritan and the Victim: Questions from Three Perspectives In the previous post, we discussed the question, “Who is my neighbor?” There we examined the question posed by the lawyer. His question is one that we all may come to ponder on as we read the parable. But it is not one with an obvious…
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The Samaritan and the Victim (Part 1)
Read more: The Samaritan and the Victim (Part 1)The Samaritan and the Victim: Questions from Three Perspectives We are familiar with the Parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37. In fact, the parable permeates modern civilization. There are hospitals with that name. Also “Good Samaritan” laws protect those who help others in danger. But the parable is a story told in different…
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Characteristics of the Christian Life
Read more: Characteristics of the Christian LifeThis Sunday, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church is observing as Clergy Sunday. The theme in the lectionary is “Servants in Pastoral Ministry.” According to the nature of the Mar Thoma Church, we place importance of the role of each of the faithful in participating in the ministerial and missional life of the Church. The Constitution…
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Call & Commission to be Christ’s Disciples
Read more: Call & Commission to be Christ’s DisciplesDiscipleship & Repentance: Christ’s Call for Repentance From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” Matthew 4:17 Discipleship is a call from the Lord God. When that call is heard, there needs to be a response. In the call and commission of St. Paul, the Lord Jesus…
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Along the Way of Jesus Christ
Read more: Along the Way of Jesus ChristIn the season of Annunciation (Syriac, “Suboro”), meaning “Good News”, Christians meditate on the news given to men and women that the coming of the Messiah was near. The first announcement came to the priest Zechariah in the Jerusalem Temple through the angel Gabriel. Churches of the Syriac tradition observe the Day of Annunciation to…
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Characters in the Holy Confession: The Publican
Read more: Characters in the Holy Confession: The PublicanIntroduction In the English translation of the Sacrament of Holy Confession for the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, there are three characters who remind us about the act of confession and repentance: O Lord, Who is merciful and full of grace, accept me even as You accepted the publican, the woman who was a sinner…
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Sacrament of Holy Confession (Part 2)
Read more: Sacrament of Holy Confession (Part 2)The Need for Holy Confession The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church practices “public” Confession. As part of the reforms in the 19th century, which led to its split with the Syrian Jacobite Orthodox Church, the private confession (auricular confession) to the priest was done away with in the Mar Thoma Syrian Church. Instead, those who…
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Sacrament of Confession (Pt. 1)
Read more: Sacrament of Confession (Pt. 1)Introduction This Sunday (October 29, 2023), the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church is meditating of the theme, “Confession: Sacrament of Reconciliation with God and Humans”. Holy Confession is one of the 7 Sacraments observed in the Mar Thoma Syrian Church. There is a system of Christian living described in the traditional Christian denominations around the…
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