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  February 24 Meditation: God Set us Free of Fear! I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fear (Ps 34:4). In time of trouble, I sought the Lord and came to solve problems of life. He delivered the one’s who are in danger and set the free from their fear. In fear there is no growth and no prayer. The Lord is close to us to remove fear from us. Do we seek for God’s help? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

February 23 Meditation: God Saves! Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, My rock and my redeemer (Ps19:14). Every word that comes out of one’s mouth must be to praise God. The meditation of the heart transforms one to be acceptable to the Lord. The Lord’s saving action is as strong as rock. God is redeemer. He continues to save us. Do we like to be saved? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

  February 21 Meditation: Listen to me Lord! Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy (Ps 86:1) Listen to me Lord. I have much to tell you. I have lot of questions and doubts and seek answers and clarity from you. I have all I need but still human greed for things drags me away from you. Help me to choose you and choose your laws to love and to be loved. Do we speak to the Lord? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

  February 17 Meditation: God’s Love is His Law! Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law (Ps 94:12). A father who disciplines a child teaches gives new life to his children. Happy are the children who are disciplined by their father. One needs a strict father who teaches what is right and wrong. God is loving Father who gives us loving laws to follow.  Those who love their father love to obey the laws taught by their father. If we love God, then we keep God's law.  Are we aware of the Law of God? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

February 16 Meditation: Be Humble!  Before I was humbled, I went astray, but now I keep your Word (Ps 119:67). If someone smile because of your goodness and sweetness be humble and thank God. Learn to be humble. Accept and acknowledge that we have gone astray and accept we have sinned, failed and broken. Repent and aske pardon and long for God’s mercy and human acceptance and forgiveness. Mean what you say! Say what you mean and let there be no ambiguity in words and actions. Do we keep God’s Word? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

  February 12 Meditation: Give Justice! Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times Ps 106:3). In every religion, every civilization, every culture has one way or the other way of confessing sins for overcoming guilt and be forgiven by God and the persons and people concerned. The practice in the Catholic Church has the Sacrament of confession in which sins are forgiven, and reconciliation is made possible with God and others to be set free internally and externally. Do we set things right in our lives? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

  February 11 Meditation: Trust is Life! Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act (Ps 37:5). Those who are commit to the Lord will be blessed. The Lord is faithful to generation of people and to each individual as community and as an individual. He will act for good therefore one must have trust in God. Life is all about trust in God and others. Do we trust God? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

  February 10 Meditation: Church is a Mother! Happy are those who live in your house (Ps 84:4). Happy are those who live in their father’s house. Everyone longs to be at home in the company of the loved.   God is Father and creator of the universe; we are his children; we are happy to live in his home. God dwells in the heaven and on earth in the Churches we build for him. Church is a mother who takes care of her children. Happy are those who live in love in communion with God and communion with community of faithful who are is a living home. Do we long to live in communion with God and community? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

  February 9 Meditation: God is Available to Us! Rise up, O Lord, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.   Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your faithful shout for joy (Ps 132: 8-9). God’s presence was with Israel in the ark of the covenant, and he led them in ages. God’s presence is there with us always and particularly in the Tabernacles of the Churches. Priests and people love and adore you, Lord. Do we in trust in God’s constant presence?   Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

  February 6 Meditation: Trust in God is Prayer! For who is God except the Lord? And who is a rock besides our God? (Ps18:31). God alone is our true source of strength and safety. When everything else feels unreliable even our own confidence, God remains steady and trustworthy. It is a invitation us to stop leaning on false rocks and place our trust fully in him, knowing that his ways are secure and his protection does not fail. Do we trust him? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

February 4 Meditation: David Teaches Us to Pray! Blessed are You, LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever (1 Chronicles 29:10). We are invites to begin our prayers not with needs or plans, but with praise. The Word of God, reminds us that worship restores our perspective. When we bless God first, we remember that our lives are part of a much bigger story, one held securely in God’s faithful hands, forever and ever. Do we trust in God? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

  February 4 Meditation: Love of God, Forgives Sins! Happy are those whose transgressions is forgiven, whose sin is covered (Ps 32:1). The greatest joy of a person is being forgiven by God and by the persons to whom one has done wrong. A person who experiences forgiveness is grateful to God and to the person concern. It is also true that forgiving is mutual and it heals both persons and covers a multitude of wrong doings and innumerable sins. Do you know one has power to forgive as God has power to forgive? Fr Putti Antthaiah Sdb

  February 3 Meditation: Am I in Need? Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy (Ps 86:1). Even the best of people has enemies. David had known and unknow enemies. He is praying to God to listen to him and answer his prayers. He was king, but poor in spirit and he is desperately in need of God and his forgiveness. In a way spiritual poverty is more dangerous than the material poverty. Do we call to God in need? Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

  February 2 Meditation: Be Bold and Be Free! Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in (Ps 24:7).                                                                                                      God is the creator of the earth and the entire universe.   Be bold for God is in control. All that is in the universe belongs to the Lord. The Lord is the master of the universe. God possess the world.   Everything belongs to...