Monday, 26 August 2019


 SPEECH / SILENCE

Speech needs company
Silence needs solitude;
Speech wants to conquer others
Silence helps conquer self;
Speech demands respect
Silence commands it;
Speech is self expression
Silence is self experience;
Speech is mind bound
Silence is soul bound;
Speech asserts ego
Silence effaces it;
Speech dissipates energy
Silence conserves
Speech is human
Silence is divine;







Monday, 12 August 2019


 WHAT SHE DID, INSPIRED ME TO DO THE SAME




The daughter and grand daughter of military captains,
Elizabeth Catez with the blood of warriors
With iron will and determined mind
A woman of determined determination

According to the mind of our holy Mother St Teresa
She struggled and struggled hard
Till she controlled her fiery temperament
She swam against the current
Till she reached the safe shore

She dug and dug deeper and deeper
Till she found the hidden treasure
She hid and hid even from herself
Till she hid in the hidden God.

She  climbed the steep path of mount carmel
Till she reached the summit and
Experienced the warmth of the flame of love
She fought and fought the spiritual combat
Till she reached the transforming union

She praised and played the piano
Till she became the praise of glory
She longed and longed to be silent and still
To hear the one who speaks in silence

She buried herself in the depth of her soul
To find God who resides there in secret
She flew higher and still higher
Till she found the highest good
The TRIUNE GOD  in the heaven of her soul.

Tuesday, 30 July 2019



God our creator

In the beginning  God  created
The heavens and the earth in love
O universe you are great and sacred
A very big temple filled with his presence.

When the creator pronounced the word
With creative power everything was made
O you flowers and trees you are so lovely
Enhancing the earth with your beauty.

O you sun and moon and stars
All arrayed in splendor marvelous
O you humans beings made by his hands
In God’s own image and likeness.

After all creation God found it very good
Let us all bow in humble Adoration
Before this great and mighty God
For such wonderful beautiful creation.

In him we live and move and exist
Our life depend on him alone
Let us with confidence and trust
Surrender to his infinite love.


THE FALL OF CREATION

Adam and Eve where pure and innocent
They lived in close intimacy with God
In the garden of Eden they lived in contentment
They yielded to the evil one and disobeyed God.

Their eyes were opened they hid from God in shame
But God our father came in search of them.
Where are you he asked with loving concern
Where do you stand in your relationship?

They choose evil and lost his friendship
They blamed each other for their sin
Since then the conflict prevailed between good and evil
God speaks through our conscience to resist the evil .
Abel the just one was killed by his brother Cain
When asked by God where is your brother
Am I my brother’s  keeper was the answer
Each one of us is our sisters and brothers keeper.

Whoever is in need we have to be their protector.
God has blessed us with health and wealth,
Time and talent and a heart to love with
When we share with the poor and the helpless.

We  become like Jesus who gave himself for us
He came to teach us how to live as a family
In this world of our common home joyfully.



Thursday, 27 June 2019


TO BE CARMELS


Carmel’s height, that glorious sight
Beacons you and me
To take the flight to the Lord of Light
Bravely on bended knee.

Carmel is more than a mountain
It’s the symbol of human soul –
Sweet source of divine fountain
The secret of our goal

Only those who dare to ascend
Can taste its joyful gospel;
Soft, yet strong, its echoes trend
To shake pride’s towering steeple

Carmel transcends all other peaks
In its beauty and its glory
To the serene, silent soul it speaks
The ode of celestial story

It looks down from eternity
Upon the earth below
From the abode of the Trinity
Whence grace-filled waters flow

Carmel covered with clouds unknown
The encountering sight of the Absolute
Lit by the radiance of the sun
Reveals the mystery of the Truth

Standing between earth and heaven
Carmel unites God and man
Raising spirits as does the leaven
In unbroken, unspoken communion

Carmel, altar of contemplation
Goads on seekers in their search
To be “Carmels” to our nation
To be “Carmels” to God’s holy Church.


By her life, her words and deeds
St. Therese wrote the gospel day by day
People read, near and far
The message of her Little Way.

Her life became a veritable channel
The love of God flowing through it;
She toiled for souls saved by Him
And her Little Way became a hit!




Sunday, 21 April 2019


 WHAT IS RESURRECTION?

It is Christ Jesus encountering His own
God’s unique gift in boundless love shown.

It is  life after a death ignominious
The conquest of mortality- a victory glorious.

It is fire that breaks the darkened night
Shining forth from the tomb, eternal light.

It is love that can’t be touched by destruction
Fertile seed of God’s new creation.

It is the awareness of celestial presence and power
Hidden, yet real, love’s sublime shower.

It is the banquet in which we celebrate
Communion of the faithful- its glory anticipate.

It is the divine dimension shining through
Visible only to faith’s view.

It is the Ark entering the temple
An asset out of liabilities ample.

It is victory after crossing the sea
And allowing God, God to be.

It is the triumph of fullness over emptiness
True sweetness sipped from the cup of bitterness.

It is divine strength and human weakness
Health gained after fatal illness.

It is the martyr’s blood – salvation’s seed
That over the world, did Christians breed

It is light of love in darkness drear
A lively faith that casts out fear.

It is the secret of zeal of God’s messengers bold
Fighting the good fight with courage untold.

It is freedom from slavery to sin
The breaking forth of the Spirit from within.

It is the source of inspiration for you and me
To surrender to God with hearts pure and free.




Saturday, 13 April 2019

EUCHARISTIC COMMUNITY

Eucharistic community, Jesus and we,
Like vine and the branches Nourished from the Tree.

Eucharistic community Jesus and we,
His marvelous dream Of humble charity.

Eucharistic community Jesus and we,
With Him by our side Living in solidarity.

Eucharistic community Jesus and we,
He in us and we in Him In the heart of the Trinity.

Eucharistic community Jesus and we,
Caring, sharing, bearing In love’s simplicity.

Eucharistic community Jesus and we,
Union of hearts In total liberty.

Eucharistic community Jesus and we,
Loved and upheld Meaningful entity.

Eucharistic community Jesus and we,
Ongoing salvation Forgiveness and maturity.

Eucharistic community Jesus and we,
His presence made visible A pointer to a wider reality.

Eucharistic community Jesus and we,
The mission in life Of a contemplative personality.


Saturday, 6 April 2019




MASS AT CLOISTERED CARMEL, BANGALORE.

THE LIFE OF A CLOISTERED CARMELITE NUN.

 FAITH … A thirst for the Infinite

A pure, ardent and strong faith is a grace, and as we know, it is a free gift to all. Those who desire more will receive more. When we made a choice to live in this enclosure, of a CLOISTERED CARMELITE LIFE, it was faith that was at work in us, prompting us from within, a deep thirst for the DIVINE, for the INFINITE. And it is this faith that sustains and guides us in our continual search for God, makes us adhere to Him with perfect confidence though He remains hidden from our sight. Like St. Paul we too can see “Through a glass in a dark manner”(1cor. 13:12) Yet we are certain that he will not deceive us.      

St. Therese of the Child Jesus says “I want to seek You O God in this ardent faith and cling to You always even if such faith is naked and stripped of every consolation” (Story of a Soul,ch.13.)

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity gives a number of quotations from St. Paul and from  
ST. John of the Cross. Thus even in this life, faith gives /shows us God, hidden it is true but God Himself.
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Faith is the Eye that sees God
No matter how Dark the day
Faith is the Hand that holds Him
On the STEEP and RUGGED way
Faith is the HEART rejoicing
Accepting God’ s promise true
Faith is the EAR that listens
To the VOICE that speaks to you
Faith refuses to Doubt Him
Though others are filled with fear
Faith is believing the Word
And Knowing that God is NEAR.