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21/09/2023

நானும் இறந்து விட்டேன்: மகள் மீரா மறைவுக்கு இசையமைப்பாளர் விஜய் ஆண்டனி உருக்கம்...❤️

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21/09/2023

Fr Lourdu Anandam Appointed as the New Bishop of Sivagangai

Bangalore, September 21, 2023 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Fr Lourdu Anandam (65), of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Madurai, currently parish priest of the Holy Rosary as the third Bishop of Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu on Thursday, September 21, 2023.

Fr Lourdu Anandam was born on 15 August 1958 in Thiruvarangam, in the Diocese of Sivagangai. After studying philosophy at Arul Anandar College in Madurai and theology at St. Paul's Seminary in Tiruchirappalli, he obtained a doctorate in systematic theology from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (Germany). He was ordained a priest on 6 April 1986 for the Archdiocese of Madurai.

He held the following positions: Secretary to the Archbishop of Madurai (1986-1989); parish priest of Sacred Heart, Kodaikanal (1995-1999); Professor of Theology at the Sacred Heart Seminary in Chennai (1999-2004); Editor-in-Chief of the Catholic weekly Nam Vazhvu - A Tamil Catholic Weekly in Chennai (2004-2011); Rector of St. Peter's Seminary in Madurai (2011-2014). From 2014 until now he has been Parish Priest of the Holy Rosary, Vicar Forane of the Madurai South Vicariate, Director of the Pastoral Centre and Coordinator of the Archdiocesan Commissions. . He is well versed in Tamil, English, German and French.

Pope St John Paul II on 3 July 1987 erected of the diocese of Sivagangai bifurcating it from Madurai archdiocese. The territory of the diocese includes two civil districts Ramanathapuram and Sivagangai. The Sivagangai diocese stretches from the Madurai district border to the Bay of Bengal and it has a long coast in the East and South East measuring 265 kilometers.

St. John de Britto (1693), entered the region as a Jesuit missionary from Europe and became the bedrock of faith for thousands of people. He was beheaded at Oriyur on February 4, 1693. The Catholic population is 1, 82,150, parishes 82, diocesan priests 98, religious priests 79, religious sisters 453.

Rev. Dr. Stephen Alathara
Deputy Secretary General, CCBI

13/09/2023

LIFE LESSON

1. Don’t lend money to your family. Give it.

2. Never shake a hand while sitting down.

3. Stop telling people more than they need to know.

4. Never eat the last piece of something you didn't buy.

5. Don't throw your friend under the bus to impress someone.

6. Never insult the cooking when you are the guest.

7. Don't use the urinal next to an occupied one.

8. Don't take out your phone during a conversation.

9. Never take credit for work you didn't do.

10. Listen, nod, and most of all make eye contact.

11. Don't make fun of your friend in front of his kids.

12. Never let emotions overpower you.

13. Never beg for a relationship.

14. Dress well no matter what the occasion.

15. Never kick a man when he is already down.

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26/08/2023

Happy Birthday our PATRON

🙏 St. MOTHER TERESA 🌄🌄

👉🏻 The incredible life of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta 👑

"I will never forget her feet.

I noticed them when I worked in Calcutta with her and the sisters in the 1990s. Every morning we took off our shoes as we went into the chapel to pray. And hers were deformed. I wondered if she had contracted leprosy or something. But wasn't about to ask her about it. Then...

One of the nuns explained it to us. Her feet became deformed because there were just enough donated shoes for everyone to get a pair... not many extras.

So Mother Teresa dug through the donations and took the worst pair of shoes for herself. And over the years, wearing the worst pair of shoes deformed her feet.

Her life confounds the values of our culture -- the materialism... the narcissism.

It does raise the question for us -- what would the world look like if we took this idea -- "love your neighbor as yourself" -- literally? What if we really did "honor the needs of others above our own" (Romans 12:10)?

It would transform the world."

- An American who volunteered at Mother Teresa's orphanage in Calcutta, India. 🙏🏻

20/08/2023

👔 "I am delighted to share this wonderful NEWS with you about my daughter, HASINI RAJ.
👉🏻 She has taken a significant stride in her career by presenting a BOOK REVIEW today in the presence of Esteemed Dignitaries.
🙏🏻 Your kind wishes and support would mean a lot. Please join me in wishing her the best of luck!" 🌹

15/08/2023

As we honour Mary's glorious Assumption into heaven, we celebrate her life and strive to follow her footsteps in saying 'yes' to God's plans. We seek her intercession and entrust our hopes to her maternal care.

" MOTHER TERESA TRUST " Wishes a very 😊 HAPPYFAEST .

31/12/2022

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away today (31.12.2022) at 9:34 in his residnce at the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae Monastery.
Let's pray for him

12/12/2022

From the streets of Madeira to the greatest goal scorer in the history of the game. 🙌🏽🇵🇹

No matter how it ends, it was a privilege to witness the era of Cristiano Ronaldo. 🐐👑

14/11/2022

*MOTHER TERESA TRUST* wishes a *"HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY"* to your Children. May the Blessings of God be with them always.

On this Beautiful Day, we humbly request you to contribute for the hungry poor kids. The kids suffering from hunger due to poverty are in need of your support, we seek your valuable contribution to feed them.

Your contribution will relieve the kids from hunger and save them from hunger-related diseases and deaths and make an impact in their well-being. Kindly contribute generously on this Wonderful occasion to feed many children today.

The money raised will be spent on the program expenditure for poor children’s food ( rice, dal, vegetable, milk, biscuits), facemasks, sanitizers, soaps.

This is a call for everyone who understands that our future is based on the well-being of our children. Whether it is saving lives for children who are fighting rare diseases; whether it is about generating wings to fly via a proper education.

One thought of yours can make a big difference. It can ensure proper education and timely health interventions for every child.

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01/11/2022

Feast of the Day (November 2)
✠ All Souls’ Day ✠
Also called:
Feast of All Souls
Defunct' Day
Day of Remembrance
Commemoration of the Faithful Departed

Observed by:
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Lutheranism
Anglicanism
Methodism
Other Protestant denominations

Feast Day: November 2

Once the Halloween candy has been counted and the costumes stored away, many religious people around the world enter into a time of remembrance for the dead. In the Christian calendar, this tradition is upheld on All Souls’ Day, which falls yearly on Nov. 2. It follows All Saints’ Day, which is observed on Nov. 1.

While All Saints’ Day is a day that Catholics remember those who have already entered heaven, All Souls’ Day is a day to pray for all loved ones who have died. In particular, Catholics remember the souls of those who are caught in purgatory, undergoing a process of purification before entering heaven.

The Catholic Church teaches that “all who die in God’s grace, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death, they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.”

The purification that happens in purgatory is entirely different from the punishment that takes place in hell. According to the church’s catechism — a document containing essential church teachings — purgatory is like a “cleansing” or “purifying” fire for people who are already assured of God’s grace. Catholics believe that souls in purgatory can be helped along the path towards heaven by the prayers of those who are still living.

All Souls’ Day is not a holy day of obligation, so Catholics aren’t expected to attend church. However, if it falls on a Sunday, Catholics mark the day by attending a special Mass. Catholics also visit the graves of their loved ones, where they light candles, leave flowers and sprinkle holy water.

One of the most famous prayers for those in purgatory is the prayer of St. Gertrude the Great, a 13th-century German Benedictine nun. According to tradition, God revealed to the nun that the following prayer would release 1,000 souls from purgatory every time it is said:

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

Although All Souls’ Day is primarily a Catholic holy day, it is also observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican church and a few other Protestant denominations.

In Latin American countries and communities, All Souls’ Day celebrations are often tied to Día de Mu***os (also Día de Los Mu***os), or “the Day of the Dead,” which falls on Nov. 1 and 2. Celebrations are elaborate and joyful, with observers participating in costume parades and visits to cemeteries. Some families create altars inside their homes to remember their departed relatives.

01/11/2022

*November 1st : First Reading*

I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language

*Apocalypse 7: 2-4,9-14*

I, John, saw another angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land and sea, ‘Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’ Then I heard how many were sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel.
After that I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. They shouted aloud, ‘Victory to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ And all the angels who were standing in a circle round the throne, surrounding the elders and the four animals, prostrated themselves before the throne, and touched the ground with their foreheads, worshipping God with these words, ‘Amen. Praise and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.’
One of the elders then spoke, and asked me, ‘Do you know who these people are, dressed in white robes, and where they have come from?’ I answered him, ‘You can tell me, my lord.’ Then he said, ‘These are the people who have been through the great persecution, and they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb.’

*The Word of the Lord.**November 1st : Responsorial Psalm*

Psalm 23(24):1-6

*Such are the men who seek your face, O Lord.*

The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
the world and all its peoples.
It is he who set it on the seas;
on the waters he made it firm.

*Such are the men who seek your face, O Lord.*

Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who shall stand in his holy place?
The man with clean hands and pure heart,
who desires not worthless things.

*Such are the men who seek your face, O Lord.*

He shall receive blessings from the Lord
and reward from the God who saves him.
Such are the men who seek him,
seek the face of the God of Jacob.

*Such are the men who seek your face, O Lord.**November 1st : Second Reading*

We shall be like God because we shall see him as he really is

*1 John 3:1-3*

Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children;
and that is what we are.
Because the world refused to acknowledge him,
therefore it does not acknowledge us.
My dear people, we are already the children of God
but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed;
all we know is, that when it is revealed
we shall be like him
because we shall see him as he really is.
Surely everyone who entertains this hope
must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ.

*The Word of the Lord*.

*Gospel Acclamation* Mt11:28

Alleluia, alleluia!
Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened
and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
Alleluia!*November 1st : Gospel*

How happy are the poor in spirit

*A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Matthew 5: 1-12a*

Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:
‘How happy are the poor in spirit;
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy the gentle:
they shall have the earth for their heritage.
Happy those who mourn:
they shall be comforted.
Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right:
they shall be satisfied.
Happy the merciful:
they shall have mercy shown them.
Happy the pure in heart:
they shall see God.
Happy the peacemakers:
they shall be called sons of God.
Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right:
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
‘Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.’

*The Word of the Lord.*

30/10/2022

October 30th : First Reading

You are merciful to all, because you love all that exists

Wisdom 11:22-12:2

In your sight, Lord, the whole world is like a grain of dust that tips the scales,
like a drop of morning dew falling on the ground.
Yet you are merciful to all, because you can do all things
and overlook men’s sins so that they can repent.
Yes, you love all that exists, you hold nothing of what you have made in abhorrence,
for had you hated anything, you would not have formed it.
And how, had you not willed it, could a thing persist,
how be conserved if not called forth by you?
You spare all things because all things are yours, Lord, lover of life,
you whose imperishable spirit is in all.
Little by little, therefore, you correct those who offend,
you admonish and remind them of how they have sinned,
so that they may abstain from evil and trust in you, lord October 30th : Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 144(145):1-2,8-11,13b-14

I will bless your name for ever, O God my King.

I will give you glory, O God my king,
I will bless your name for ever.
I will bless you day after day
and praise your name for ever.

I will bless your name for ever, O God my King.

The Lord is kind and full of compassion,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures.

I will bless your name for ever, O God my King
All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,
and your friends shall repeat their blessing.
They shall speak of the glory of your reign
and declare your might, O God.

I will bless your name for ever, O God my King.

The Lord is faithful in all his words
and loving in all his deeds.
The Lord supports all who fall
and raises all who are bowed down.

I will bless your name for ever, O God my King.October 30th : Second Reading

The name of Christ will be glorified in you, and you in him

A Reading from the Second Letter of St.Paul to Thessalonians 1:11-2:2

We pray continually that our God will make you worthy of his call, and by his power fulfil all your desires for goodness and complete all that you have been doing through faith; because in this way the name of our Lord Jesus Christ will be glorified in you and you in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
To turn now, brothers, to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we shall all be gathered round him: please do not get excited too soon or alarmed by any prediction or rumour or any letter claiming to come from us, implying that the Day of the Lord has already arrived.

The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation cf.Lk19:38,2:14

Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessings on the King who comes,
in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven
and glory in the highest heavens!
Alleluia!October 30th : Gospel

Salvation comes to the house of Zacchaeus

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 19:1-10

Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the town when a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance: he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man. He was anxious to see what kind of man Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way. When Jesus reached the spot he looked up and spoke to him: ‘Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today.’ And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully. They all complained when they saw what was happening. ‘He has gone to stay at a sinner’s house’ they said. But Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord, ‘Look, sir, I am going to give half my property to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will pay him back four times the amount.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek out and save what was lost.’

The Word of the Lord.