Monday, December 31, 2018

Happy New Year 2019....Decide and Jump into it.....Resolutions....

Wake up – Begin the day with the Lord. It is His day. Rejoice in it. Praise and thank Him for the rest of the Day.
Dress up – Put on a smile amidst difficult moments too. Try to look good. People will look at you and appreciate your attitude.


 Shut up – It is good to spend the day in the Lord…. watch your tongue…don’t allow it to get involved in gossip, criticism…learn to say nice things….speak positive about others
Stand – up: Be what the Lord wants you to be….stand up for your values and principles…don’t   compromise them
 Cherish your yesterdays, dream your tomorrows but live in the present...Pray, believe and walk with the Lord....
 Look up: Others look up to you for good examples….you to look up….open your eyes to see good in others and in you….Look for the presence of the Lord in everyone and in everything.
Reach Up: Reach out to help others, help yourself with prayers, adorations, confessions, thanksgiving and supplications to the Lord.
 During this year spread your wings of hope and you will learn to fly higher....dream dreams of hope and opportunities.


Br. Lavet Fernandes is Ordained as Capuchin priest



Our Province of St. Bonaventure Maharashtra is blessed this year with 5 new priests....the first one to be ordained is Br. Lavet, son of my first cousin...my cousin died when Lavet was only 9 years old....
 The other four will get ordained in January and February in their respective parishes....

 Being Christmas week the presence of the parishioners was great......the temperatures are very pleasant...
 Many friars were present for the Ordination
 The Bishop of Vasai diocese Archbishop Felix Machado ordained him

 My Nephew will get married on 27 January yesterday the first Banns were read in the Church
 Twins are my grand nephew and niece...Giselle and Gareth


 Felicitation of Fr. Lavet by Provincial Minister Fr. Philip Gonsalves

 Friars who attended the Ordination ceremony
 Lavet's house...we prayed for his entire family and then moved towards the church in procession

Friday, December 28, 2018

Memories of Childhood!!!!!

 I am enjoying my vacations with my family at home....Christmas was celebrated with them....we are 33 in the family...four brother's families....great to spend some time with the small ones too...
 I go every day for my walks....I go through the fields and lakes to which I am known from my childhood....I have played in these fields...worked as a small young boy along with my family....in Lakes where I had my first swimming lessons.....go through all these my memories are filled with childhood experiences....
 As a child we would go round and collect fire wood for the winter as well as for monsoon .....as I was visiting these places in the villages I narrated to my grand nephews and nieces all those beautiful experiences....we were free to go the field any time.....pluck some fruits and vegetables and eat them raw,,,,we would swim in the lakes and open wells twice or thrice a day...
 Today vegetables fields are all empty as no one wants to work in the field...all have taken up jobs...
 Dray wood is just lying on the ground.....no one burns it because all got gas cylinders in their kitchen for cooking....
 Lakes and open wells are not used as today there are swimming pools all around....
 We used fish in these lakes and open wells but today they don't do it as fish is being sold just in front of the house...
 We used collect early morning mangoes which were fallen from the trees.....today the children don't do it because it is considered to be non-hygiene....and also very few mangoes trees are left as they have been cut down ....
 Early morning we used to rise up hearing the cock crowing but today they don't have any birds at home...
 We would get pure fresh Buffalo and cow milk but today there is no livestock maintained and as a result we buy pasteurized milk which has no taste or flavor at all..
 As I go round I noticed one thing that has disappeared is the tailoring shops....they are not around the corner....their place is taken up by the readymade wear shops....
 In the Markets vegetables come from other places and states....they are not fresh as they used to be,.


Thursday, December 27, 2018

Pray for the Innocent Children of the World

 We know that so many innocent children are affected by war, famine and malnutrition....many die due to lack of food, water and medicines....
 Many Babies are not allowed to see the world but they are killed before they could see the light of the world
 A lot of children are given arms in their hands instead of toys.....

 A lot of children run for shelter in order to avoid being killed by Bombs...
 We know how many children are kidnapped and for years we have no Idea where they are kept...

 so many children are Orphaned by war, hate and crime....
 How many children are abused by grown ups....physical, mental, emotional and psychological abuse..
The world has to stand together in order to save the Children
 A girl child is not welcomed in some part of the world....

 Let us respect all the young ones as they are the future of our world..