NEW DELHI, Feb. 17 -- In Air Becomes Breath, Fr Dr Jacob Naluparayil crafts a symphony of spiritual inquiry, weaving homiletic tradition with the fresh, invigorating rhythms of Pope Francis' vision for preaching.

Structured around the Latin liturgical cycle (Year C), this 392-page volume is neither a dry exegetical manual nor a prescriptive sermon archive. Instead, it breathes-slowly and deeply-inviting readers to inhale the Gospel's life-giving breath and exhale its truths into the rhythm of their lives.

Each of the 73 chapters mirrors a liturgical Sunday or feast, dissected into four movements: Context, Theme, Insights for Life, and Parable. The architecture is deliberate.

"Context" grounds the passage historically and theologically,...