A Message From Fr. Jose – 7th June

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Fr. Jose - Parish Priest

Fr. Jose – Parish Priest

Dear family members and friends, Today we celebrate the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, the Feast of Corpus Christi. In today’s Gospel Jesus said,” For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.” Jesus further said, “Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”

St. Paul says as we read in the second reading, “Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. “All these tell us the importance of receiving the body and blood of Jesus in the sacramental form, i.e. we live because of Him. In the first reading we are reminded about manna. God fed the Israelites with manna in order to make them know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Amen 

              

A Message From Fr. Jose – 31st May

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Fr. Jose - Parish Priest

Fr. Jose – Parish Priest

Dear family members and friends, We start our prayers: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The greeting is: The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Again the blessing is: May Almighty God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit bless you. Besides Sacraments like Baptism are administered in the name of the Trinity.

All these remind us about the Holy Trinity, the Triune God. Doctrine of the Holy Trinity is the foundational Christian doctrine. Today’s Gospel reminds us about the love of God to send His only Son so that all those who believe in Him shall have eternal life. Let the unity of the Triune God be an inspiration for us to closely stick to our faith in the Triune God. Amen    

              

A Message From Fr. Jose – 24th May

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Fr. Jose - Parish Priest

Fr. Jose – Parish Priest

Dear family members and friends, Today is the Pentecost Sunday. It is the day when the promise of Jesus was fulfilled. The first reading is a description of what happened on the day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles in the form of tongues of fire and they were filled with the Holy Spirit and they began to speak in tongues other than theirs and all the people who heard them speaking understood what they were speaking. That means there was an infilling of the Holy Spirit in the people also.

St. Paul reminds us that we all are baptised into one body by the one Spirit. Holy Spirit is the greatest gift of the resurrection of Jesus when Jesus breathed on the Apostles. On the Pentecost day there was the manifestation of being filled with the Holy Spirit. Let us pray for this infilling and power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.  

              

A Message From Fr. Jose – 17th May

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Fr. Jose - Parish Priest

Fr. Jose – Parish Priest

Dear family members and friends, today we listen to the priestly prayer of Jesus. First of Jesus glorifies the father and prays to glorify Him because he had manifested the name of the Father. Thus, Jesus glorified the Father on earth by accomplishing the work given to Him. Jesus also prays for all those who believed in Him as they continue to live in the world. He accepts all them as His own and as such they are of the father also.

Jesus reveals that intimate relation between the Father, Jesus and those who believe in Him. In today’s second reading Peter refers to this relation as even to share in the suffering gospel of Jesus and be glad. The Apostles continued this relation after the ascension of Jesus by devoting themselves in prayer together with Mary and others as we hear in he first reading. Let us try to glorify the Father by accomplishing the work given to us and being one with Jesus in prayer. Amen

              

A Message From Fr. Jose – 10th May

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Fr. Jose - Parish Priest

Fr. Jose – Parish Priest

Dear family members and friends, Love demands love. Jesus loves us and he demands love from us. It is very important to listen to what Jesus says: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” We cannot simply say in words that we love Jesus. The proof for our love is whether we keep His commandments. And to those who love Him and keep His commandments, Jesus promises to give them another Helper, the Holy Spirit.    

Again, Jesus promises that He will not leave us as orphans, but He will come again to those who believe in Him and love Him. There will be a very close relation between the Father, Jesus and ourselves, a relation of indwelling love: Being in Jesus and Jesus being in the Father, we become one with the Father because the Father will love those who love Jesus. Amen