CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN

A 140-foot bulletproof cross is being build in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan is one of the country where violence against minorities like Christians are very often .Pakistani Christians are very brave and faithful communities in the world. They will never leave Jesus behind at any matter. Over the years many Churches has been destroyed many Christians were dead due to the Islamic extremism in Pakistan. But yet they never loose their hope and faith in Christ. On the Open Doors World Watch List, Pakistan stands at No.8. But yet some Christians like Pervez Henry Gill, have this great faith and courage to build a 140- foot cross in the middle of the "blood"city Karachi.

Present Christian Actors in Indian Cinema 2015

Stage name : Vikram
Born: Kennedy Vinod Raj 
Age : 49
Vikram predominantly appears in Tamil Language film.

Stage name : Vijay
Born: Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar 
Age: 40
Vijay predominantly appears in Tamil Language film.

Stage name : Nayantara 
Born: Diana Maryam Kurian
Age : 30
Nayantara predominantly appears in south Indian films.

Stage name : Genelia D'Souza 
Born : Genelia D'Souza
Age: 27
Appears in all language indian cinema.

Stage name: Amala Paul
Born : Amala Paul
Age:
Mostly appears in south Indian films.

Stage name : Asin
Born: Asin Mary Thotumkal
Age:
Appears in Hindi and south Indian movies .

Stage name : Meera jasmine 
Born : Jasmine Mary Joseph 
Appears mostly in south Indian movies.

Stage name : Amy Jackson 
Born : Amy Louise Jackson
Age: 22 
Appears in Indian cinemas but a Britain girl.

Stage name : Nagma 
Born: Nandita Arvind Morarji
Age: 40.
She appeared in various language cinemas. She converted to Christianity.

Stage name : Kunchacko Boban
Born: Kunchacko Boban
Age:38
Malayalam film actor.


Stage name: Mia George 
Born: Gimi George 
Age: 23
Malayalam film actress.

Stage name: Regina Cassandra 
Born: Regina Cassandra 
Age: 26
Appearing in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film.

Stage name: Samantha 
Born: Samantha Ruth Prabu
Age:28
Appearing in Tamil and Telugu movies.

Stage name: Ileana D'Cruz 
Born:Ileana D'Cruz 
Age: 27
Appearing in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies.

Stage name : Freida Pinto 
Born: Freida Selena Pinto
Age:30
Appears in Hollywood films.

Stage name: Andrea Jeremiah
Born: Andrea Jeremiah
Age: 29 
Appears in south Indian movies.

Stage name: Richard Rishi
Born: Richard Sharaf Babu
Age:37
Appears in south Indian Cinema 

Stage name : John Abraham
Born: farhan Abraham
Age:42
Appears in Hindi cinema.

Stage name: Katrina kaif
Born: Katrina Turquotte 
Age:31
Hindi film actress 

Stage name: Oviya
Born: Helen Nelson
Age: 24
Appears in south Indian movies.

Stage name: Nivin Pauly
Born : Nivin Pauly 
Age: 30
Appears in Malayalam cinema.

Stage name: Catherine Tressa 
Born: Catherine Tressa Alexander
Age:-
South Indian actress 

What is the Purpose of book of Revelation?

Given the situation that brought about the  composition of Revelation and for which the book was written, its purpose and message ought  to be easy to discern. In the first place it exhorts Christians to remain faithful to their Lord despite all the adversities they might have to suffer. That is why it offers reasons for hope to those to those who are disconcerted and besieged by adversities. God is the Lord of Lords and King of the Kings. The Lamb, "the first born of the dead "because of his fidelity to God, is in control of history. By means of hymns and triumphant portrayals John ensures those who remain faithful that just as with the 144,000 and the myriads of others in heaven, they too will participate in the glory ( the wedding feast) of the Lamb in the heavenly Jerusalem.

Second, when he afirms God's justice and final victory John is warning those Christians tempted by syncretism or apostasy that one cannot serve two Lords; the beast and the Lamb, the emperor with his institutions and God.By means of the calamities depicted John categorically affirms that all those who turns their back to on God are headed toward a catastrophic end. His message was therefore uncomplicated for the Christians: assured of the divine sovereignty and justice, be faithful to the Lord! Nobody, nothing will escape God's judgement ! Only those  who are faithful will enjoy the Lamb's marriage and the heavenly Jerusalem .

The centre of attention here, rather than the calamities, is the final triumph; it is Christ and not the emperor of the Roman empire. The overall perspective is focused on present, looking toward the future ( and not on the future, looking back at the present ) : it is to live faithfully today one's commitment to Christ till the end. John's concern is for the Christians, not the Romans.

Thus we see the purpose of the Revelation runs along the lines of liberation and the victory of justice.Fidelity to the Lord presupposes not only having him faithfully in one's daily life, evidenced by ones's "work" . Succinctly put , Revelation is  a book of hope and of eschatological optimism. It is one of the clearest imaginable affirmations of the absolute sovereignty of God and of the Lamb.

How does the Church view of other Religions?

The Church respects everything in other religion that is good and true .She respects and promotes freedom of religion as human right. Yet she knows that Jesus Christ is the sole redeemer of all mankind. He alone is " the way , and the truth, and the life " - John 14:6

However anyone who recognised that Jesus Christ is " the way and the truth and the life " but is unwilling to follow him cannot find salvation by other paths.This is what meant by the saying, "Extra ecclesiam nulla salus" , which literally mean in English as "outside of the Church there is no salvation".

Matthew 7: 15-20
15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them."

Jesus himself warned us about false religions and false prophets which come after him , so it is clear that Jesus is the only way to Heaven . 

Buddhism , Hinduism and Sikhism is also good faiths that promotes humanity and respect to the nature . 

THE DAILY CATHOLIC :21 MAY 2015

Verse of the Day :
"May they all be one as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that the world may beleive that you sent me, says the Lord " - John 17:21

Saint of the Day:
Eugene de Mazenod was born on August 1, 1782 at Aix-en-Provence in France.He died on 21 May 1861. He was beatified by Pope Paul VI in 1975.

Can people be forced to believe in God? (Christian View)

Can people be forced to believe in God? 

No.No one may force others to believe , not even one's own children , just as no one may be forced to be an unbeliever. A person can make the decision to believe only in complete freedom. Christians, however called to help other people , by word and example, to find the way to faith.

Pope John Paul II said, "Proclaiming Christ and bearing witness to him, when done in  a way that respects conscience, does not violate the freedom, faith demands a free adherence on the part of  man, but at the same  time faith must also be offered to him" - Encyclical Redemptoris missio, 1990, no.8)

The Daily Catholic : 20 May 2015

Verse of the day :
"In all my prayers for all of you , I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the Gospel from the first day until now " - Philipians 1: 4-5

Saint of the day : Bernardine of Siena

The Meaning of the Term "Gospel"

The greek word for "gospel" is euangelion and it means good tidings, or good news. Euangelizomai is the verb form , which means "proclaim or preach the gospel" , The term "gospel" originally referred to the "reward" given to a messenger who brought the news , and it soon became identified with the news itself.

Paul's letters are the earliest  NT writings in which euangelion  directly refers to God's saving act in Christ .Paul uses the term in an absolute sense : that is, the gospel is complete , requiring neither embellishment nor qualitative description . It is one and there can be no other (Gal 1:7). It originated with God and was revealed to Paul by God (not by human agent). Paul's authority as an apostle  is grounded in the gospel he understands to be the gospel of God and of "his son" , Jesus Christ (Rom 1:1-5).This is gospel to which Paul has responded and by which he now functions is the story of Jesus Christ (Phil 2: 6-11) including his sufferings, death , and resurrection ( glorification)
The content of the gospel find striking affinity with the prophetic oracle of the suffering servant in Isaiah 53. This Gospel is totally sufficient for for salvation and it is freely given by God's grace to be received by faith that finds full expression in the actions of all who believe .

According to the Church the term gospel takes on a literary character with the first four books of the NT canon: the "gospels" according to Matthew, Mark Luke, and John. In these books of the good news is presented in the form of the story of Jesus Christ including an account of of his birth, ministry, death and resurrection . Although Mark is the only author who specifically refers to his narrative of Jesus as a gospel (Mark 1:1) the term become accepted canonical title for all four of the NT accounts of Jesus along with the  several other noncanonical works that present  traditions related to Jesus. Gospel therefore refers to the refers to the good news of Salvation through Jesus Christ as in  the Pauline letters ; it also refers to a type of type of literature revered in various christian communities.

This literature may contain a presentation of the story of Jesus Christ as set forth in a narrative "biography" form , it may take the forms of tradition presented as Jesus' sayings or it may present material topically organized around specific events in Jesus' life . Clearly the dynamic concept of the gospel of Jesus Christ  as proclaimed by Paul and other early Christian  evangelists provided the conditions in which the term gospel become the literary designator for those books containing the story or traditions related to the story of Jesus Christ.